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![]() ![]() ![]() Shakespeare suggests that the love has the potential to bridge the feelings of animosity and hatred that swirl between the two families and for this reason Friar Lawrence agrees to wed Romeo and Juliet. However both agree that their love for each over outweighs their families’ hatred. She is deeply saddened by the fact that Romeo is a Montague. Juliet refers to the ambiguity of love and the fact that love and hate are intertwined: “my only love sprung from my only hate”. Juliet exclaims in despair, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo”. They deeply regret the fact that they are foes and resent the social restrictions placed upon their love because of their different “names”. Romeo expresses his rapture: “O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.” The fact that they come from hostile families makes their love more intense, urgent and desperate.ĭuring the balcony scene Romeo and Juliet express their deep love and devotion to for each other. Juliet is also much more angelic and radiates purity and softness. She is a “snowy dove trooping with crows.” He is immediately respectful towards her even though she is a Capulet, and his love is more heartfelt than his pretentious show of affection towards Rosaline. ![]() Romeo emphasises how Juliet’s beauty stands out from the crowd. Upon their first meeting, the “star-cross’d lovers” appear spontaneously attracted to each other and unaware of each one’s enemy status. Ultimately, the families’ hatred for each other arises from a strong desire to uphold their family’s pride and honour and neither party seems capable of overcoming the “ancient grudge” and the simmering grievances and tension.ĭespite the enmity of the Montague’s and Capulet’s, the attraction between Romeo and Juliet is instinctive and strong. Shakespeare presents many attempts in the play to bridge the hatred between the families, but only the deaths of the lovers has the potential to make a lasting difference. Sadly, Romeo and Juliet hail from the two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets respectively, which determines their intense, short love affair. Romeo and Juliet is as much a story of hate as it is of love (by Dr Jennifer Minter, English Works Notes, 2014) Essays Made Easy for English Language (VCE Units 3-4).“Contemporary” language examples and commentators.Argument Language Analysis Exams Yr 12 VCAA.Arguments and Persuasive Language (2023). ![]()
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