Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. Physical love, which Mercutio
believes in, is well explained in his Queen Mab story. Queen Mab, an
English folk tale fairy was said to bring the dreams to men and her child
is the midwife to men's fantasies. Mercutio wants just the physical part
of love, that is, sex. This is evident in his queen mab story: "O, then,
I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is a fairie's midwife, and she
comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an
alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses as they
lie asleep; Her waggon spokes made of long spinners legs, The cover of
the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces of the smallest spiders web; Her
collars of the moonshine's watery beams; Her whip of cricket's bone; the
lash of film; Her waggoner a small grey-coated gnat, Not half so big as
a round little worm Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid: Her chariot
is an empty hazle-nut Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out
o' the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers brainsand then they dream of love; O'er the courtier's
knees...."(ActI Scene iiii lines 62-73) Mercutio tells this story because
that is the way he feels about love; which is All that he is in it for is
the sex. It is not important to him to wait and let the relationship
advance with age it is important that he gets what he wants fast.
Physical love is defined as the act of sex or sexual intercourse.
Romeo, on the other hand believes in idealistic love. This is when
everything should be perfect and . This is evident in the scen where Romeo
is at the Capulet household and Juliet and him are on the balcony. "By
love, that first did prompt me to inquire; He lent me counsil and I lent
him eyes. I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore wash'd
with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise."(Act II
Scene ii Lines 80-84) This is also evident in this statment: "I have
Night's cloak to hide me from their eyes; And but thou love me, let them
find me here. My life were better ended by their hate." (Act 2 Scene 2
Lines 75-78) Friar Laurence, on the otherhand, believes in paternal
love. This is evident in the following: "That's my good son..." (Act 2
Scene 3 Line 47) and "... He loves Romeo as a son..." (Page 99, Scene
Summary) Paternal love is the love that a father has for for a son or
daughter. The friar really cares for Romeo. Ther are Many types of love
portrayed in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. These types of love
can still be noticed around in the world today. One of the less comon
ones around is idealistic love. Maybe that is what true love is.
Different Types of Love Evident in Romeo and Juliet
"True love is like ghosts,"claims François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Which
everyone talks about but few have seen". What is true love? Is it idealistic
love or physical love, mature love or paternal love. Well kiddies, it is all
that are listed here for each has its own place in the Shakespearean play Romeo
and Juliet.
Physical love, which Mercutio believes in, is well explained in his Queen
Mab story. Queen Mab, an English folk tale fairy was said to bring the dreams to
men and her child is the midwife to men's fantasies. Mercutio wants just the
physical part of love, that is, sex. This is evident in his queen mab story:
"O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is a fairie's midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate-stone
On the fore-finger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomies
Over men's noses as they lie asleep;
Her waggon spokes made of long spinners legs,
The cover of the wings of grasshoppers;
Her traces of the smallest spiders web;
Her collars of the moonshine's watery beams;
Her whip of cricket's bone; the lash of film;
Her waggoner a small grey-coated gnat,
Not half so big as a round little worm
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid:
Her chariot is an empty hazle-nut
Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub,
Time out o' the fairies' coachmakers.
And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers brainsand then they dream of love;
O'er the courtier's knees...."(ActI Scene iiii lines 62-73)
Mercutio tells this story because that is the way he feels about love; which is
All that he is in it for is the sex. It is not important to him to wait and let
the relationship advance with age it is important that he gets what he wants
fast. Physical love is defined as the act of sex or sexual intercourse.
Romeo, on the other hand believes in idealistic love. This is when
everything should be perfect and . This is evident in the scen where Romeo is at
the Capulet household and Juliet and him are on the balcony. "By love, that
first did prompt me to inquire; He lent me counsil and I lent him eyes. I am no
pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, I
would adventure for such merchandise."(Act II Scene ii Lines 80-84) This is also
evident in this statment: "I have Night's cloak to hide me from their eyes; And
but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their
hate." (Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 75-78)
Friar Laurence, on the otherhand, believes in paternal love. This is
evident in the following: "That's my good son..." (Act 2 Scene 3 Line 47) and "
... He loves Romeo as a son..." (Page 99, Scene Summary) Paternal love is the
love that a father has for for a son or daughter. The friar really cares for
Romeo.
There are Many types of love portrayed in the Shakespearean play Romeo and
Juliet. These types of love can still be noticed around in the world today. One
of the less comon ones around is idealistic love. Maybe that is what true love
is.
Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare wrote the story of two lover's Romeo
and Juliet. The love of Romeo and Juliet was a great and unforgettable love.
The two cross star lovers had shared their love and hate to each other.
The families had to have love and hate or story would have been so good.
The fight of Merutio and Tybalt was an act of hate between the two societies.
In that sence Romeo had to show his hate by killing Tybalt. Romeo just got
marry and now kills the wife's cousin that was an act of real hate. The fact
about this part was that hate over ruled the love of Romeo to its family. The
love of them had the great effect on them. The fact is that hate was more
powerful in a way that it beat love. After that what did Juliet think about
Romeo, the killer of her cousin, she did not realy care about it. But she only
care about was Romeo did not get kill for the murder. Love over power the hate
this time. But can love over power the hate of two families? Many time in the
story the love over turns and sometimes it the other way around. Both of the
family went mad when one of the family member got killed.
The hate between them all started with the parents. Being in the book
of Romeo and Juliet the two families the started fight cause of one the family
made a joke about the other family and it started a huge fight between the two
families. Even the servant help the fight that must have been a fight. If the
servants even fought them, the family must have been in hate. If the servant
would fight for their master then the two families really must have some
historic hate between the families. The fact is that their kinsmen wanted to see
each other dead. The hate of each other was not more powerful then the love
between them. The two love birds can actually love in this society of Verona.
The lovers would even died for each other, they thought live is nothing without
each others. The Romance that they had no one can ever image if it was not for
Shakespeare. The fate bought them to death and the everlasting love. The
powerful love of them actually over throw the hate between the families. After
thee death of Romeo and Juliet the families planed to built a statue. Love can
make hate turn into love.
Both the love and hate can both resolve into a problem. The love ended
with the death of Romeo and Juliet. The problem of that was that the families
did not called peace yet. They could not live in a harmony world. The hate
brought more problem then love did. The problem was that the hate spilt the
lovers in half, when Romeo was banished. That was a lot of problem and plus the
parent made the marriage closer so Juliet would not be sad the thoughtful mind
of the parents. Many other problems was made my hate like how Romeo got the
problem of the banishment from Verona. Both of them worked together to bring
forth the tombs of the two.
The love over throw the hate many times. But this story here is a learn
about what hate and love can do. The both love and hate of Romeo and Juliet
brought two hateful families together into a normal neighbors.
