Shakespearean literature

Introduction

The theme of love is as complex as that of the relationship between man and his circumstances. Shakespeare, in each of his works, is from a different angle, creating a whole Doctrine of Love is the treatment of a poet, examples of a mature experience wise, and the presentation is accompanied by a sense of humor that does not remove, but on the contrary, such high dignity issue.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is the most beautiful love story ever written. The love of twin souls meets. Here the tests are not necessary, work, conquest, devotion. The souls recognize, bind and consumed in one fire, beyond the tragic destiny. The test is obedience to the heart. The commitment stems from the recognition (Shakespeare, pp. 45). It is love that in India called the "celestial choir" a blessing from heaven descends on the souls awake and requires eternal fidelity.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, we see love initiate hate, but also love manages to conquer hate when Juliet has to face the death of Tybalt at Romeo's hand. In Act Three, scene one, Tybalt and Mercutio are trading insults and then thrusts of their swords as the hot-headed Tybalt pushes all the right buttons and Mercutio begins to fight with him. Romeo arrives on the scene. He has been transported by joy in his marriage to Juliet. Tybalt wants to fight him, but Romeo declares only love for Tybalt. When Romeo steps between the two fighting men, Tybalt takes a cheap shot under Romeo's arm, delivering a fatal blow to Mercutio (Burningham, pp. 121), and then runs off.

Mercutio knows he will die from this wound, and curses both houses—Capulet and Montague. After Mercutio is carried off, Benvolio returns to report his death. Romeo is so enraged by Tybalt's unscrupulous behavior, and devastated by the loss of his friend, that when Tybalt returns, Romeo engages him in battle and Tybalt falls dead. Romeo has killed one of his in-laws.

In Act Three, scene two, Juliet is anxiously waiting for the time to pass so that she and Romeo can celebrate their wedding night. The Nurse arrives and reports "death" to Juliet. There is confusion at first as to who is dead: at one point Juliet believes that both her cousin Tybalt and her new husband have died. Once the Nurse clarifies her speech, Juliet's first response for the man she loves is hatred for his murder of Tybalt (Shakespeare, pp. 88). She calls him names and laments how someone so beautiful could have such ugliness inside.

At one point, Juliet uses a metaphor comparing Romeo to a handsome "palace" with deceit inside, to a beautifully bound book containing "vile" contents. The Nurse asks Juliet how she can defend the man who killed her cousin. Juliet spends some time chastising herself for her faithlessness to Romeo, while asking how he could have killed Tybalt (Knight, pp. 79). She quickly reasons that had he not killed Tybalt, her hot-headed cousin would surely have murdered her husband instead.

But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That ...