In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare love is an important theme. In this play, Juliet and Romeo fall in love while Romeo is trying to get over Rosalind and Juliet is having an arranged marriage, their families are also feuding. In Shakespeare's play, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet all have different views of love. Mercutio’s view of love is very humorous and not true, Romeo’s view of love is hopeless; he likes being in love, but does not like love itself. Lastly, Juliet’s view of love is logical; she does not follow love blindly.
The Friar responds with, “Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts but, in their eyes jesu maria, what the deal of brine/ Hath washes thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!”(2.3.68-90). In the first act, Romeo thought himself to be in love with Rosaline. Romeo had been distraught over the fact that his beloved Rosaline was going to become a nun. Romeo would never be able to love Rosoline, or be with her. Friar Lawrence makes fun of Romeo saying that young men only love what they see.
everyone seems to lie; good characters as well as evil ones engage in deceit as they attempt to conceal their feelings: beatrice and benedick mask their feelings for one another with bitter insults; don john spies on claudio and hero; don pedro and his 'crew' deceive benedick and beatrice. who hides and what is hidden? how does deceit function in the world of the play, and how does it help the play comment on life in
In the beginning of the play a conversation is heard between Roderigo and Iago. Roderigo is frustrated because he has been giving money to Iago in hopes that Desdemona will love him, however, he learns of Desdemona’s marriage with Othello. At the start of the play, Iago convinces Roderigo to break up Othello’s marriage by stirring Desdemona’s family against the Moor. At the end of Act one, Iago has his first soliloquy and says “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse/ for I mine own gained knowledge should profane / If I would time expend with such a snipe/ But for my sport and profit” (I, iii, 372-375). He reveals his plan of cheating Roderigo out of his money and giving him unfilled promises.
Paris’s insincere love does no justice to his case; in fact, it serves to further illuminate the legitimacy of Romeo’s adoration. There are three causes of Paris’s apparent love: social obligation, political and economic advantage, and being in love with the idea of love. As far as the first motive goes, Paris may be obligated to maintain the appearance of love in order to retain social propriety. As a member of a royal family, and the bearer of the title “County,” certain standards of conduct are expected from him. If, after his betrothed dies, he immediately starts wooing another girl, his reputation as a fine and upstanding gentleman will be ruined, and he will be hard-pressed to find a new wife of appropriate status.
we see him trying with a great effort the first time he talks to Roxane without cyrano. The poor man is bad with words, but he does love her dearly. The other love triangle we see is Roxane with De Guiche/valvert. Although its not the same type of love triangle since this love is not returned from roxane to anyone, it is still an example. De guiche loves roxane, but since he is married, is having Valvert marry her instead, so he can then turn around and keep her close.
She steals Desdemona's handkerchief in the hope that Iago will appreciate her for once. "I nothing but to please his fantasy.’’ Iago grabs the handkerchief and Emilia comments, ‘’what he will do with it, heaven knows, not I’’ Later, it seems like Emilia is aware of Iago's hunger for power and wishes she could satisfy it. She asks Desdemona, "Who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?’’ Emilia speaks disparagingly of men, in her conversation with Desdemona in Act 4 scene 3, ‘’And have we not affections and desires for sport – an frailty – as men have?...the ills we do, their ills instruct us so’’, she and Desdemona’s different views of men is clearly portrayed here, ‘’tell me Emilia, Emilia - that there be women do abuse their husbands in such gross kind?’’ and Emilia responds with a definite yes, she seems much older both knowledge-wise and in age, she is experienced in the real world whereas Desdemona deprives critical thinking and is very inexperienced in the real world, she is
Gwendolen wants to marry a man called Ernest, not caring whether he possesses the qualities that comprise earnestness. This is evident as Gwendolen quickly forgives Jack’s deception and Lady Bracknell quickly forgets her earlier disapproval of Jack’s suitability for Gwendolen. Jack, the central character, is initially neither ‘Ernest’ nor ‘earnest’. Through forces at times beyond his control, he becomes both: a symbol of Victorian hypocrisy. Both Jack and Algernon lead a double life, known as ‘Bunburying’, the practice of creating an elaborate deception so as to misbehave whilst maintaining expected social standards of duty and responsibility, essentially, pretending to be earnest.
There is a very cynical theme to “Charlotte Temple.” We can see it the way Charlotte so badly wants to elope (a la the romantic stories she’s heard over her life, including her own parents) and does against her better judgment, only to find out her better judgment was, in fact, better. We can see a cynical theme in the way Montraville presents himself, with such emphasis placed on his father’s advice about youthful marriage and bringing a wife into an uncertain life. He seems to hold his father’s words in such high regard, but then knowingly does the exact opposite, without any second thought
As you can imagine, the pressure to marry well is high. When Elizabeth is slighted with the opportunity to meet a ravishing young fellow named Mr. Darcy, she is drawn in by his wit and charm. Mr. Darcy is by far the passionate choice in the war between passion and responsibility. Elizabeth didn’t much like Darcy at the beginning of the novel but once he admits what he does for Elizabeth’s younger and older sisters, she realizes that he couldn’t possibly be a bad man. The conflict begins with Elizabeth’s parents.