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Love is an important theme in the play. Explain the different attitudes towards love? How do these attitudes reflect sixteenth century society? Would it have been different today?”
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"Love is an important theme in the play. Explain the different attitudes towards love? How do these attitudes reflect sixteenth century society? Would it have been different today?" In the play Romeo and Juliet, love is a very important theme. The play is a tragedy set in the sixteenth century in "fair Verona". Love is a very important theme in the play and appears in many forms. Different people talk about love from very different points of view. Sampson and Gregory are two Capulet servants who are both very crude and bestial in their attitudes towards love. Lord and lady Capulet see love merely as the securing and retaining of wealth. Romeo on the other hand is always searching for love, never knowing if it is real love for sure. He soon realises when he meets Juliet and his mind is made up for certain. The love between the "two star...
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