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Considering the characters in “Romeo & Juliet” in the famous tragedy written by William Shakespeare probably in last 1590’s, we may observe the unrolling of ethoi, it means, different moral ideas and attitudes that belong to the main characters of the play: one ethos revealed in Romeo and Juliet’s relationship and their view of love and another in Mercutio and the Nurse’s speeches. ... This love, at that time, seems platonic, full of romantism, which we can see when Romeo sees Juliet at the first time, in the Capulet’s feast (I. ...
Their love arises in a natural way, so pure that Shakespeare uses religious symbols in their first dialogue, representing Jiliet as a saint and Romeo as a pilpgrim. Besides, probably Romeo is wearing a pilgrim’s costume and his own name means ‘pilgrim’ in Italian. ... Blakemore Evans, in a note on “The New Cambridge Shakespeare” edition, published in 1996, page 85, “This first exchange between Romewo and Juliet, with its formal patterning and gentle expression of human love through religious metaphor, conveys an antiphonal ritual effect that balances the lovers’ delicate sparring with a nice blend of male ardour and seeming maidenly reserve”
Then, they live a kind of spiritual love. ... Romeo and Juliet’s love encloses another different kind of this convention: a less sublime love which the only solution is the marriage represented by the theme of the play. However, in the beginning of the play we can also see the Petrarchian convention of non-secret love that Romeo felt for Rosaline and, in another perspective, the vulgarity and cynicism in the comments of Mercutio and the Nurse.
When Romeo was in love with Rosaline,he had conventional attitudes that a lover had: he put his clothes out of alignment,he wrote poems and cried “adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs”. ... However, when he meets Juliet he loves at first sight and his love is not avoided: they live a mutual love.
Approximate Word count = 1559
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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