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Analytical Essay On Romeo And Juliet

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The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about the dilemma of choosing love over loyalty for your family. In the story Romeo and Juliet come from separate families who hate each other, but still find love in each other. They get married without telling their families and eventually the two families get into a fight which ends in Romeo getting banished from the city where Juliet lives. They have a plan for him to get back into to the city to prevent Juliet from being forced to marry another man, but it fails and ends with the suicide death of both Juliet and Romeo. Shakespeare's major theme in the text is that Love plays a major role in our lives and can heavily affect our decisions.

Shakespeare proves this theme when Romeo uses the metaphor in the quote “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun”(2.2.3). When Romeo uses this metaphor, he shows his affection for Juliet and the role she plays in his life. He describes her as the sun, which is essential to life of all living things and by saying that she …show more content…

This example of Romeo and Juliet and how much they sacrificed to be together is his way of showing it. They sacrificed Family, Loyalty, and their own lives for love and that takes a pretty big influence to do that. Shakespeare makes a valid point when describing love in this play, although it is dramatized. Most people today wouldn’t kill themselves after the person that they’ve been married to for a few days died, but Romeo and Juliet's role in this play is to clearly show the influence of love and not just act like the average person. Today the influence of love would be shown through moving so that you can stay with your partner or doing something that you would never do just for the same love that Romeo and Juliet have. Love is the only thing that stands above all logic, calculation, and obvious thought and that is what Shakespeare is showing in this

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