But when Tybalt kills Mercutio anyway, Romeo's love for his friend blinds him - just as his love for both Rosaline and Juliet blinded him before - and he kills Tybalt in an act of rage. Romeo's decision to stop the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt is another example of his love for Juliet. They are but beggars that can count their worth īut my true love is grown to such excess, Receive in either by this dear encounter.Ĭonceit more rich in matter than in words, This neighbour air, and let rich music’s tongue To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath One such decision is their choice to marry each other the day after meeting: "ROMEOīe heap’d like mine, and that thy skill be more The love between Romeo and Juliet drives the plot forward, as nearly every decision they make is in service of their love for each other. The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand,Īnd touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.ĭid my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!įor I ne’er saw true beauty till this night." So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightīeauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! The only force strong enough to break him of this spell is his newfound love for Juliet, which occurs at full force for Romeo upon seeing her: "ROMEO Romeo's love for Rosaline, and his heartbreak at her disaffection, affects everything he says or thinks. What is it else? A madness most discreet, Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs īeing purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes īeing vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: This love that thou hast shownĭoth add more grief to too much of mine own.
Which thou wilt propagate to have it prest Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
We first see its depths when Romeo laments being out of favor of Rosaline, his first love: "ROMEO There are several love themes in Romeo and Juliet, but the strongest is how powerful love can be. At its core, Shakespeare's famous tragedy is a story about the all-consuming power of love.
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