Shakespeare presents love in three ways in Romeo and Juliet. He presents it as something that happens at first sight, something that can conquer anything, and as something that is worth dying for.
Regarding love at first sight, Romeo and Juliet are instantaneously in love with each other upon first laying eyes on each other. Their conversation is great, because together their spoken lines of dialogue make a sonnet. At the end of...
Shakespeare presents love in three ways in Romeo and Juliet. He presents it as something that happens at first sight, something that can conquer anything, and as something that is worth dying for.
Regarding love at first sight, Romeo and Juliet are instantaneously in love with each other upon first laying eyes on each other. Their conversation is great, because together their spoken lines of dialogue make a sonnet. At the end of the 14 lines, they kiss. Are you kidding me? After saying 14 lines to each other, they are kissing. Then within 36 hours or so they are married. If that's not love at first sight, I don't know what is.
Love conquers all. Both Romeo and Juliet are aware that the other person is from the family that they are enemies with, yet they don't care. Their love for each other has ended any sort of squabble that Romeo or Juliet may have for the other family. Friar Lawrence believes in that aspect of love too. He agrees to perform the wedding ceremony for the two star crossed lovers, because he hopes that it will bring the Capulets and Montagues together.
For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancour to pure love.
The last presentation of love is that it is worth dying for and/or that it can conquer the grave. The best example of that is the fact that Romeo and Juliet would rather die together than live apart. Juliet even says as much in Act 3, Scene 5.
If all else fail, myself have power to die.
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