Mercutio's View Of Love

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In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare love is an important theme. In this play, Juliet and Romeo fall in love while Romeo is trying to get over Rosalind and Juliet is having an arranged marriage, their families are also feuding. In Shakespeare's play, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet all have different views of love. Mercutio’s view of love is very humorous and not true, Romeo’s view of love is hopeless; he likes being in love, but does not like love itself. Lastly, Juliet’s view of love is logical; she does not follow love blindly. Mercutio’s view of love is humorous and cynical. He believes that love is a burden and love is not worth the burden. Mercutio talks to Romeo and says, “To sink in it, should you burthen love—Too great…show more content…
He likes being in love, but he does not like the thought of love and finds it confusing. He is talking about love when he says, “Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel that feel no love in this" (1.3.184-187). Romeo is talking in paradoxes; he does this to emphasize that love is confusing. He says that love is everything except for what it actually is. Since Romeo thinks that he is in love although no one loves him, love can be two things that are opposites at the same time. Although Romeo is happy to be in love, he does not like the thought of love itself because if no one loves him back, love will become more confusing. Romeo is hopelessly in love with Rosalind which he explains when he says, "I am too sore enpiercèd with his shaft To soar with his light feathers, and so bound, I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe. Under love’s heavy burden do I sink" (1.4.19-22). Romeo says that he is too much in love to be able to be happy because the kind of love that he has is a burden. The love that Romeo has is good because he likes being in love, but it makes him sad and it is a burden for Romeo. He wants to be in love and be able to be happy, but right now he is wounded by…show more content…
Juliet is having an arranged marriage with Paris, but she does not want to marry him. She says, about Paris, "I’ll look to like if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly" (1.3.103-105). Juliet is being logical, she does not agree because she is blinded by Paris' looks or money, she will not automatically love Paris; she will only try to like him first. Juliet also thinks that her love with Romeo came too fast and it was dangerous, she says, “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say “It lightens"" (2.2.123-127). Juliet says how their love is dangerous and crazy. She said that is like lightning, it happened fast and it will leave just as fast. Juliet is being logical, she doesn't want to be risky; she wants to make sure that they are safe. Juliet is not blinded by love, yet, she is careful with it, like it is delicate and she makes sure not to play with it or fall too fast and risk getting
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