love

• 'It is too rough. Too rude too boisterous and it pricks like a thorn.'- Romeo, Act 1, Scene 1
• 'What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun.'- Romeo, Act 2, Scene 2
• 'My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.'- Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
• Shakespeare sought to show that love is complex and intense but true love should be valued and cherised.
• Context around love:

  • Courtly love is when a young man falls in love with a wealthy lady and tries to make himself worthy to her.
  • Real love- by comparison is powerful, emotional and deep etc
  • Arranged marriage is in Elizabethan times, it would be common practice to get married at 13 years of age. Typically, parents chose their child's partners, and this would be based on wealth, potential titles and family titles.