Different Types Of Love In Romeo And Juliet Essay

There are six different types of love that are seen in the modern day world and olden days; There is familial love, which is the love that one has for their family. Romantic love is the love someone possesses for their spouse. Unrequited love is a love that an individual feels for someone who doesn't feel that same way in return. Platonic love means the feeling that friends have for eachother. Spiritual love is the love that people have for the God that they serve, and last but not least self love is the love or acceptance that someone may have for the way they act or look. All these types of love are seen constantly in modern world and in the play Romeo and Juliet as well. For example; familial, unrequited, and romantic love is evidently …show more content…
It is shown between Juliet and the Nurse, and Romeo with Mercutio. As a case in point, the Nurse and Juliet's platonic relationship is strong. This is shown when Juliet is in distress she goes to the Nurse for help, rather than Romeo which is suppressing Romantic love, her family which is extinguishing Familial love, and/or praying about the situation which eclipses spiritual love. In the play Mercutio shows his friendship for Romeo by trying to cheer him up while saying “you are a lover, borrow Cupid's wings and soar them above common bound.”- act 1, scene 4, Romeo and Juliet. Romeos friendship for Mercutio was so strong that when Mercutio was killed by Tybalt, Romeo was filled with so much anger for the loss of his friend, that he felt the need to kill the killer; Tybalt. Even if this means that he was banished from that area and land. If he had loved Juliet as much as he did Mercutio he would have thought twice before he killed Tybalt, knowing that there would obviously be punishment for murder resulting in his death, or banishment restricting him to see or be with his “True love.” This is when the term “actions speaks louder than words” comes into