The Meaning of Love People use the term either loosely or strongly; either way the major question "what is love?" Remains. Love is a sentimental feeling that most have felt at least once in their lives. My personal definition of love is someone who cares and fights for someone or something. As Romeo and Juliet did the impossible to get to each other‚ even against their families. So now you may be questioning‚ "how does it work?" Love is the sentimental feeling that one gets when they want to take
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Similarities/Differences of Romeo and Juliet/Antigone Rossiter Worthington Raymond once said‚ “Life is eternal‚ and love is immortal‚ and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” Many themes can be illuminated in this quote‚ but there are three that stand out and relate to the plot lines of these two tragic plays‚ in a way that makes the emotions and perception of the characters much more palpable and heartfelt. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Sophocles’ Antigone
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Love Vs. Lust Love and lust have become a part of life that people have trouble differentiating between. To some‚ love is a passionate and exciting feeling that only few share. Lust is a feeling that most everyone comes to feel‚ and is mistaken to be love. To be able to compare the two is very difficult due to the fact that love and lust have so many similarities‚ while they are two very different things. Both can hurt ones’ feelings and at the same time bring joy into ones’ life. For
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"LOVE IS A Certain Inborn Suffering derived from the sight of and excessive Meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex‚ which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other‚ and by common desires carry out all of love’s precepts in the other’s Embrace" is definition of medieval love. But Really‚ How much does Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet comes to terms of traditional " love"? Think about Romeo in the very beginning of the play‚ when he talks about Rosaline. He describes
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Furthermore‚ it is in order to strengthen the theme of forbidden love that Sater‚ once again chose to quote Shakespeare. For instance‚ when Wendla learnt that she was pregnant she sang the song ‘’whispering’’ (81)‚ which was a direct reference to Romeo and Juliet. By referring to this play of youthful passion‚ Sater clearly wants to emphasize the forbidden love between Wendla and Melchior. A second example of forbidden love in the play is the incest between Martha and her father. After having admitted
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Romeo and Juliet Who would have known how bittersweet this could be ! Romeo and Juliet is a timeless classic‚ written over four centuries ago. One of the aspects that make it live on until this day is that its a story of infatuation. Romeo and Julliet has long been portrayed as a story of true and divine love yet in reality the rash events of the story prevented Romeo and Juliet from having enough time to discover true love. The whole story of Romeo and Juliet unfolds over the span of a few
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The definition of true love is the lasting affection between two people in a happy‚ strong relationship. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the two main characters fall in love with each other. Romeo and Juliet were not in love. I believe they were not in love because they just met‚ they are very young‚ and the feelings they had were just lust. In the first act of the play‚ Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. Romeo is not supposed to be at the party that Lord Capulet is
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Shakespeare’s exciting novel Romeo and Juliet Mercutio is a character who shows negative point of view on love. Mercutio is a friend of Romeo‚ who is the protagonist of the story. Mercutio mock Romeo for being in love with Rosaline. He is not happy for being in love with Rosaline. In “act scene 4” Romeo and Mercutio are talking about love. Mercutio says something negative about love. He mocks love because Romeo is depressed and he want to make Romero happy. Act I‚ scene 4 “ If love is rough with you‚ be
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There are many types of love that are portrayed in Shakespeare’s play "Romeo & Juliet". One of them being sincere‚ dignified love that both the main characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ have for each other. Although it seems that Romeo and Juliet do love each other with true‚ whole-hearted love‚ it does seem that they want to rush things in their relationship‚ for instance they fall in love‚ get married and die together within six days! Then again maybe they want to rush things because they do indeed share
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Love is perceived many different ways due to many different exposures of love. Movies and other sources of entertainment can many times be the culprit of the various perceptions. In these medias‚ love is shown as always working out in the end or the exact opposite‚ never working out. Another exposure is the relationships someone is around throughout their life. A powerful emotions like love is not perfect or easy. The emotion is something someone can never master to perfection even in a lifetime
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