Romeo and Juliet Formal Write

IE) The "language" of love is an important part of the relationships in the play. Choose your favourite passage/s on love and discuss how the words of the characters influence your opinion of their "love". Include characters other than Romeo and Juliet... and "love" in various versions. Why do you think HOW something is said is so important to validating the quality/worth of a relationship? What kind of language exists today that makes something romantic or "real love" and not just a crush? Find examples from modern stories or real world examples to connect to.

I chose this certain topic because it sounds like something simple, but interesting, to do. I could include things like phrases said by Juliet's mother to show how she cares for the father, and how Romeo and Juliet talk to or about each other to portray their love for each other. I could also mention some newer love stories(which is have to look up, as I'm not really into reading those kinds of stories... Yet)

My favourite passage with words of life;

Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,— O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;— Which with sweet water nightly I will dew, Or, wanting that, with tears distill’d by moans: The obsequies that I for thee will keep Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep.

The Page whistles

The boy gives warning something doth approach. What cursed foot wanders this way to-night, To cross my obsequies and true love’s rite? What with a torch! muffle me, night, awhile.

The language of love in this story can be confusing, but some like this one can completely turn the tables on your thoughts.

Initially he appeared to be a creepy, obsessive man, always watching Juliet and making her feel uncomfortable. He tended to make rather awkward or even possessive statements like in the moment where Juliet went to confront the Friar about her plans since Romeo got himself banished;

(Paris

Come you to make confession to this father?

Juliet

To answer that, I should confess to you.

Paris

Do not deny to him that you love me.

Juliet

I will confess to you that I love him.

Paris

So will ye, I am sure, that you love me.

Juliet

If I do so, it will be of more price, Being spoke behind your back, than to your face.

Paris

Poor soul, thy face is much abused with tears.

Juliet

The tears have got small victory by that; For it was bad enough before their spite.

Paris

Thou wrong’st it, more than tears, with that report.

Juliet

That is no slander, sir, which is a truth; And what I spake, I spake it to my face.

Paris

Thy face is mine, and thou hast slander’d it.)

Because of such, this doesn't make his actual love for her all too clear.

He might be doing this all for a show. Some people might argue that he was marrying her purely because of her lineage, and the wealth and fame to be found there. He seemed to make it well known that he was now related, calling her father his father already (as mentioned in the above quote). Juliet's family is quite rich and well known, so it would be good for his wealth and fame to be associated with them, and the fact that Juliet is a beautiful young lady would most definitely contribute to that.

But he is doing it quietly, secretly, sincerely. He puts the effort in to make sure no one sees him lamenting Juliet's death, while he could show it all for the world to see to prove his love. He shows that he loves her even without all of the people there for him to put an act up for. He's showing his sorrows for only her, to show that it is true.

(Paris

Give me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof: Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. Under yond yew-trees lay thee all along, Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground; So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread, Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves, But thou shalt hear it: whistle then to me, As signal that thou hear’st something approach. Give me those flowers. Do as I bid thee, go.)

Doing this puts a twist on your thoughts about him, confusing how we think, therefore the language is important.