Romeo is a lost young man trying to find true love while Juliet is like a bird locked in its cage waiting to be let out. ... Romeo, although cheerless and deeply in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play, matures rapidly by the power of his undying love for Juliet to a honest and gentle young man able of loyalty and commitment. ... He is brave to come between a fight with Tybolt just to prove his loyalty to Juliet. ...

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The imagery of water is linked with the true love between Romeo and Juliet. ... The values of love, order, justice and loyalty have been conveyed in the film because these values exist as much in "Romeo and Juliet's" modern context as in the original. ... It equally expresses the values of love and loyalty and the need for justice and order. The true love of Romeo and Juliet and the hatred and conflict of their parents are themes that transcend time. Similarly the values love, loyalty, justice and order are eternal. ...

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Forswear it, sight; / For I ne"er saw true beauty till this night." ... (I.i. 113-115) and "I would thou wert so hay by thy stay / To hear true shift." ... However, once she has discovered true love, Juliet changes and matures. ... Friendship plays an important part in the story and is allied to the idea of loyalty. ... Throughout the play Benvolio retains the characteristics of loyalty and honesty. ...

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This obedience starts to diminish as she falls in love and gives her loyalty to Romeo. ... She is passionate about her love, but remembers her adult duties and gives Romeo an ultimatum to marry her if his love is true. ... After she realizes where her loyalty should be, she says, "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" ... Without her loyalty and love, she would not have stuck by Romeo. ... It is very evident that Juliet is the true heroine of the play who has fate opposing her and keeping her from happiness. ...

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Everyone knows the story of the two star-crossed lovers, and it represents our idea of true love. The idea that true love is so passionate, so blinding, so intense, that even the thought of life without the beloved would be inconceivable. ... This is true romantic love. ... Balancing the honesty with sincerity and loyalty takes much work. ... We have, in this life, many friends, many lovers, but only one true love: one person that completes us, that we are meant for, and that is the one relationship that everyone needs: someone to love and be loved by. ...

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Originating with kinship love, Juliet evolves in the presence of Romeo and develops a romantic, true love. ... Benvolio's character within the play is that of loyalty and honesty. ... This is especially true when he takes up the challenge with the violent Tybalt in defence of his friend's honour. ... Yet once he has met Juliet his idea of love changes and he discovers true love. ... The comparison of romantic love to true love is extremely prominent in Shakespeare's work - the lovers experience both but it is the fact that they are united even in death that makes the nature of t...

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This is even true of the lesser characters as we see at the beginning of the play when the servants of both houses insult each other. ... Throughout the entire play we see what conflict is and how it can occur, but in the end, at least some of the characters realize that all of their loyalty was worth nothing. ... It is the case that these people must have unquestionable loyalty for their house or country. ...

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Love in this play has many guises; it is violent, ecstatic, and an overpowering force that disregards values such as loyalty and emotions. ... His first sighting of Juliet changes his thoughts completely; he readily admits that until that moment he has never seen true beauty. ... Juliet is now quite distraught, having found out that her true love is a member of the Montague family. ... There is no doubt that from their original meeting to their final scenes together the chief aspects of the relationship are those of concern, worry, deceit and true love. ... They only meet briefly but from the...

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In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the theme of simultaneous perspectives is true throughout the play's entirety. ... This is true of Romeo's actions. ... We can understand his hatred, and his loyalty, in some small way, and understand that that is why he chooses to act in such a way that causes the death of Mercutio, and eventually his own death. ...

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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future. Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlie...

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