When Romeo complains about his love towards Rosaline, Mercutio tells him to stop moaning about it “If love be rough with you, be rough with love; Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down” (Romeo and Juliet Act: 1 Scene: 4). Mercutio is also hostile towards female sexuality in general for example when he is fooling around with the nurse or when he describes Rosaline’s body. Mercutio´s dislike towards the female genre could be said to be signs of being misogynist (women hater). His sexual jokes are all were the play. Mercutio is essential to the play he is the Prince´s kinsman, but above all he is Romeo´s best friend and his intimate.
ctions, even ifnot purposely. This shows that, in the end, Friar Lawrence is merely ahypocrite offering his distorted option.One of the places that Friar Lawrence offers hypocritical advice iswhen Romeo consults with him on how he wants to marry Juliet. When Romeofirst goes to Friar Lawrence, excitedly telling him about his new love, Juliet,Friar Lawrence is outraged, telling Romeo that he, like most young men, isnot really in love, but simply lusts for a new woman so quickly after he wasdying for his last. He says that Romeo is being too hasty and unwise inmarrying Juliet, and that he will eventually move on to someone else. Butdespite his own advice, the Friar marries the couple.
Romeo is talking in paradoxes; he does this to emphasize that love is confusing. He says that love is everything except for what it actually is. Since Romeo thinks that he is in love although no one loves him, love can be two things that are opposites at the same time. Although Romeo is happy to be in love, he does not like the thought of love itself because if no one loves him back, love will become more confusing. Romeo is hopelessly in love with Rosalind which he explains when he says, "I am too sore enpiercèd with his shaft To soar with his light feathers, and so bound, I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe.
Romeo expresses courtly love for Rosaline although he hasn’t met her yet, this shows that Romeo is very childlike. The quotation, ‘Tut I have lost myself, I am not here, this is not Romeo he’s some other where’ shows an example of Romeos courtly love and shows how he remains stubborn in a hopeless situation of being in love with Rosaline. Petrarchan love is the type of love which focuses on the many different emotions placed on someone who is in love. Romeo postures and sighs over Rosaline, the focus is more on how Romeo feels and not on the object of his feelings. To his coy mistress To His Coy Mistress also links in with Petrarchan love, the poem makes a lot of reference to time and talks about if there was enough time he would do different things with her, he lists a lot of time frames such as, ‘I would love you ten years before the flood’, this refers to the biblical story of Noahs Ark and the flood.
Essay Question Compare Romeo and Tybalt’s language in Act 1 Scene 5. How does Shakespeare present them as opposites in this scene? In this scene Romeo mainly talks about his love for Juliet from when he first saw her where as Tybalt expresses his hate and anger towards Romeo for coming to the Capulet party. They are seen as totally opposite people, not just in their personality but in their language. Romeo often compares Juliet using similes and metaphors to show his love for her.
Supporting Characters: Friar Lawrence and the Nurse The roles of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse are hugely important in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Friar’s well meant but ill advised meddling leads to serious complications in the lives of all those surrounding him. Also, the Nurse’s somewhat vulgar sense of humour leads to much comic relief and displays the aspect of physical love. Friar Lawrence acts as a person for Romeo to confide in, to go to for support and guidance. The Friar, in good nature, takes advantage of that.
A good example of this is when Romeo is alone with Juliet in the orchard and they talk of their passionate and soppy love for one another, Romeo throughout this scene is reminded of how much danger he is and how he could be killed if he was caught. You see, the two are inseparable, just like Romeo and Juliet (excuse the terrible puns throughout this essay). As I said before, love and hate come in pairs. Well, they also can’t be without each other, otherwise Romeo and Juliet could turn into a very short story indeed. They both love each other however they’re relationship is made difficult when they realise they are enemies “Deny thy father and refuse thy name, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet”.
Indeed, one could view Romeo and Juliet as a transitional play in which Shakespeare merges the comedic elements perfected in his earlier work with tragic elements he would later perfect in the great tragedies -- Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. This mixture of styles ultimately hurts Romeo and Juliet, exposing the immaturity of the playwright. The heroes of the play must contend with external forces that impede their relationship, but, unlike the great tragic heroes, they are devoid of the inner struggle that makes for great tragedy. The influential Shakespearean scholar, A.C. Bradley, went so far as to neglect the play entirely in his well-known collection of lectures on the great tragedies, Shakespearean Tragedy. While no one can deny the merits of Shakespeare's powerful, inspired verse, the themes Shakespeare stresses in Romeo and Juliet also seem to reflect his immaturity as a writer.
Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism. Devotion to pleasure, hedonism, makes Dorian be deceitful about his true self by deflecting the attention of the public from the mad man to the beautiful and intelligent gentlemen. Dorian is, young, sensitive, and emotional, meaning that he is susceptible to manipulation. Lord Henry takes advantage of that opportunity and gives Dorian the yellow book; this book opens up the world of hedonism and aestheticism which eventually turns his young life into an eternal oblivion of misery. Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth.
Will (William Shakespeare) is the main character in `Shakespeare in Love'. His plays are much loved by all but in the beginning of this film, he finds himself struggling with writers' block. While trying to unlock this creative block he unlocks much more and discovers more about himself and love. During `Shakespeare in Love', Will unlocks a side of him that is rarely revealed: love instead of lust. Will constantly lusts over women but rarely falls in love.