love in romeo and juliet

In Romeo and Juliet there are many different types of love. The main type is the true love between Romeo and Juliet. Another type of love is the materialistic love of possessions and power. Capulet and lady Capulet’s love for Juliet is the love the power they have over her. Capulet loves Juliet as to him she is possession that he can gain a profit from by marrying her off. At the same time, he wants to marry her off, because he loves her and thinks he is doing the best for her. Juliet does not want to be married off, she tells him this and he disowns her at this point, because he is angry with her. “ Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch”. All Capulet wants is for Juliet to be married and he does not see that she is disagreeable to this, so he says to her to be at the church to be married to Paris on Thursday or “I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee”. The Capulets are associated with control rather than allowing their daughter freedom to explore and choose for herself. They choose her husband for her (which most parents in the 16th century do). Juliet accepts this and is prepared

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B) Explain how the courtship and marriage rituals of Shakespeare’s day are different from our own.

In Shakespeare’s day the parents where able to marry their daughters off, to whom they wish. Juliet will be lying on this bed when this part of the scene begins. The music of the flute is used to create the right mood. They have fraternal love for each other. The bodice is gathered at the waist and has puffy shoulders, which come out into long, thin sleeves. Their love is in a class of it’s own way beyond pursuit of physical fulfilment and sexual lust that Romeo had for Rosaline. A spot light would follow the friar off the stage the focus back on Juliet and Romeo. Mercutio puts his life at risk for Romeo “my very friend, hath got this mortal hurt in my behalf, my reputation stained with Tybalt’s slander. The age of marriage for men was probably the same or a bit older than that of women.

The props are a four-poster bed, a dagger, a coffin, red carpet and two potions. Perhaps it is no accident that Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most romantic and tragic plays. The nurse will do anything for Juliet because she loves her so much. Along the middle of these steps there would be a red carpet leading out to half way across the main stage.

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