love essay Flashcards
THROUGHout the play love is explored as one of the….
main themes throughout the play. however there is a judicious range of different types of love presented such as insincere love between Romeo and Juliet or parental love between lord capulet and Juliet, as the play progresses shakespereare allows the reader to form their own opinion on the love between Romeo and Juliet, whether there is true love there or if its just lust
in the play as a whole shakespear uses….
celestial imagery in romeos soliloquy focusing largely on juliets aesthetic beauty, and reflecting the societal norms of the Elizabethan era where womans beauty to an extent defined her as the fairer sex.
QUOTE with analysis
it is through the celestial imagery being linked with her beauty ‘ the brightness of her cheek would shame those stars’ that Shakespeare explores the idea of fate and love being combined with astrology, being a new discovery in England with many believing that your fate can be determined by the stars, therefore by Shakespeare using celestial imagery he is describing their love as fate, however this juxtaposes his early critique of love between the two possibly hinting the limk between the stars as satire and further critiquing the feeling of young love being so great it even goes against the stars
problem with focusing on juliets aesthetic beaty
however the focus on juliets beauty rather than her personality is arguably problematic for a modern, feminist audience.
shakespear employs the rcharacter of …..
the friar in a choric role, commenting on r and js relationship, and helping the audience to understand the hamartia of the lovers, it is through the character of the friar it is argued that Shakespeare voices his own opinions of Romeo and juliets love and uses the friar as a vehicle for them
QUOTE with analysis the friar comments on…
the friar comments on the repeated underlaying motif of lust within the play ‘ young men love not with their hearts but with their eyes’ with the connective but symbolising the conflict between love and lust and the harsh juxtaposition between the two
the adjective young, can also be viewed as an indirect critique not only towards romeos love towards Juliet being through his eyes but possibly critiquing love with young men in society at the time with many child marriages going on at the time, which is significant as Juliet is significantly younger than romeo
Shakespeare frames Romeos love for Juliet within …
Romeos love for Rosaline at the start of the play, to satirise the conventions of ‘courtly love’ practised by some members of the Elizabethan court.
QUOTE ANALYSIS (atirising courtly love) this could be viewed through
the satirical manner presented by Juliet when she longs for Romeo, ‘‘Romeo Romeo where arst thou Romeo, ‘’
through the repetition of Romeo there is a clear emphasis on the satiracla side this could possibly be Shakespeare critiquing the Elizabethan court and is presenting Romeo and Juliet as immature aswell
overall Shakespeare critiques the love between r and j as…
fickle and uses it to critique the society at the time challenging the views of the audience and court, it is through the friar he voices his opinion on love and with the enevittable death at the end Shakespeare uses it symbolically as the end of love and how young love meets its end
