Romeo and Juliet. THEMES FOUND WITHIN THE PLAY Theme 1: LOVE Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet was set during a time of religious and political turmoil. Europe was a traditionally Catholic society with a strong belief in damnation for mortal sin. Suicide and bigamy were both considered to be mortal sins. Shakespeare was writing following The Reformation and this was when England became a.
Romeo and Juliet is a famous play written by Shakespeare during the Early Modern period with the tragic ending among two “star-crossed lovers”. The love story between Romeo and Juliet arise the sympathy from the audience. It is impossible for Romeo and Juliet to stay together due to the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.
It is when Juliet meets her Romeo at the Capulet ball in Act 1, Scene 5 we get the sense she truly is a mature young woman. She is shown to be capable of showing divine and pure love as she shares a traditional Shakespearean sonnet (synonymous with love) with Romeo; a sonnet containing a plethora of religious metaphors.
Balthasar, Romeo’s servant is found in the churchyard, and might have been held responsible if it weren’t for the Friar’s confession.The nurse would have known that the Friar allowed Romeo and Juliet to get married, but she doesn’t know of the plot that the Friar planned to give Juliet the sleeping potion and alert Romeo, who is.
Romeo and Juliet meet, they dance, but still do not know who each other are. Romeo before leaving the party asks the nurse who that girl (Juliet) is and she replies by saying that Juliet is the daughter of Lady Capulet. Romeo is taken away completely by this and says, “O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (Romeo and Juliet 1. 5. 118).