love

• how does Romeo present love?

  -uses religious imagery to flatter Juliet "O then dear saint let lips do what hands do"

  -Romeo's love turns to challenging the family honour when he refuses to fight Tybalt

  -Romeo starts with a negative view of love but becomes positive with Juliet
• How does Juliet represent love?

  -contradicts patriarchal norms

  -she doesn't accept her arranged marriage and marries Romeo

  -fakes her death to avoid marrying Paris
• how does Romeo and Juliet present love?

  -they marry really quick

  -Romeo and Juliet speak in sonnets to show love and equality

  -their love results in their deaths

  -they marry despite being from conflicted households

  -their love starts with lust but turns to love
• how do other characters show love?

  -Capulet loves Juliet but then turns

  -Nurse shows more love to Juliet than Lady Capulet

  -Mercutio makes sexual puns about love and mocks Romeo
• "My only love sprung from my only hate" Juliet

  "O brawling love O loving hate" Juliet

  "If love be rough with you, be rough with love" Mercutio

  "as a winged messenger from heaven" Romeo