Another comparison of the two poems is the difference in the relationship between the writer and the subject. In sonnet 18, the relationship is one of admiration and wonder. It is said that the subject is ‘more lovely and more temperate’ than a summer’s day. This indicates that there is no point in comparing them because the subject is so much better. Also, the repetition of ‘more’ creates more emphasis on the fact she is better
Romeo is blinded by love, risking the danger of being caught by the Capulet’s and killed outside of Juliet’s balcony. It is safe to say that Romeo’s physical attraction towards Juliet played, not only a small part of his love, but was the entire reason for his love. Romeo and Juliet had never met and knew nothing about the other except what they looked like. Physical attraction is the only reason for love at first sight because you like what they look like and you can make up who they are as a person. You like the idea of you and this beautiful person together.
To be a healthy love must be a true love. The nature of this love I am going to explain to prove that Romeo’s and Juliet’s love was not such. Then I will exemplify it with quotes from the play, based in two facts: first, the lovers did not know each other; and secondly, they were too young and passionate to understand the true meaning of love. They just did not have the maturity. But let us begin with the nature of love.
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.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, the audience often leaves thinking “if only… then…” they remember back to the parts that could have easily been avoided which would have made the ending turn out differently, and perhaps Romeo and Juliet would not have suffered such a tragic end. Shakespeare purposely wrote the prologue, which clearly states the end, “[a] pair of star-crossed lovers take their life… Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife,” (Prologue 6, 8), to send a message to the audience. There is a common misconception that the prologue is a foreshadowing of the two lovers’ end because foreshadowing is when there is a hint, but the prologue declares the ending, so it is not a forshadow. Shakespeare’s purpose of the prologue is to
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.
When he described their love he said things like, “Than to love and be loved by me”, “But we loved with a love that was more than love”, “My beautiful Annabel Lee”, “But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we” (Pike & Acosta, 2010 p388). You wouldn’t expect a child or a young teenager to express his self that way would you? The sad part about this poem is that Annabel died. Edgar was convinced that the angles did it because of their jealousy of his and Annabel’s love. When Edgar said he wasn’t going to be without Annabel he meant that literally.
Freedom gives you the ability to feel emotions and relations between people. For example, people should have the ability to love because love has said to be the best feeling a person could have in the world and with stability you that’s not possible. In Brave New World John “the savage” , talks about Shakespeare and explains how with stability can’t feel and understand the way he talks about things. John says to Mond, “its all the same!” “Othello’s better then those feelies” and with that has trying to explain to Mond that freedom is better. Also with the machinery that plays while they sleep at night they can’t dream and because of that they have no thoughts or
This quote by Duff Brenna, "All literature shows us the power of emotion, It is emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature." To me means that it is emotion that affects characters in literature not reason or thought. I Agree with this statement because many stories characters do what they feel is right not what is logically right. In the story Romeo and Juliet by, William Shakespeare this statement is proven right. The characters Romeo and Juliet fall in love and marry but they didn't think what could happen.
William Shakespeare establishes Benedick’s character by using diction and imagery to show his changed viewpoint on marriage. Benedick is strongly opinionated and rarely ever let’s his guard down when it comes to feelings or love. After he overhears that Beatrice is in love with him, he ponders what to do. The characterization is established through diction, “And wise, but for loving me; by my troth it is not addition to her wit, nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her!” (II.3.235-237). He is saying that is might not be wise for loving him, but he swears it won’t be stupid for he is going to be “horribly” in love with her.