Theme statements. - Love vs Lust. & Fate is inescapable.

   Love and lust, two very different things that can be easily mistaken if one were to drift off from reality. In all honesty, Romeo had a lot of lust for Juliet. However, he showed signs of love also, but what kind of lust doesn't have a hint of false love? Romeo had lust for Juliet because of the way he presented himself towards her. He praised her with many compliments the moment he saw her. Yet, he told himself that he loved Rosaline deeply and would never let her go. However, after he laid eyes on Juliet, he saw sparks. Romeo depicts his attraction for Juliet's appearance when he stated, "...But love from love, toward school with heavy looks." (2.2) Clearly, this shows that Romeo is in lust for Juliet, because he was only attracted to her because of her looks in the first place. However, we come to realize that later on he realizes that he "loves" her, well that's what he thinks. True love takes time, one can only truly love another if they go through many tough times for as long as they live. In this case, Romeo had only met Juliet for a couple of months, possibly. Through out this whole play, Romeo had never talked about his past memories with her, mainly because of the fact that they couldn't be together due to their family feud anyway. 
   On the other hand, Romeo was in love with Rosaline. She was the girl that he longed for before he met Juliet, despite of her goals to become a virgin the rest of her life. Romeo states that she doesn't love him back, "Out of her favor, where I am in love," (1.1) which shows that maybe he really did like her for her qualtiies, regardless of his rejection. Romeo had known this woman for a longer period of time in comparison to Juliet. All of a sudden Juliet comes along and he snaps out of his despair to "fall in love" with her also, or rather fall in lust.


Furthermore, fate is inescapable in Romeo and Juliet. Fate is inescapable because you cannot change what happens in the future. However, you can always try to prevent something from happening in the future as much as you can, but fate will always be fate. Fate is inescapable in the case of Romeo and Juliet because they could not leave one another as they were madly in "love", or per say, lust. Fate brought them together and gave them happiness and hope. However, their story was mainly revolved around tragedy and despair. "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love," (5.3) is a quote that stands by this theme statement because it reminded us of how the Montague and the Capulet were the reasons behind the deaths of their own blood. This young couple would have never had a chance to have a happy life due to the amount of their family's hatred. Also, the quote, "A pair of star-crossed lovers" (prologue) demonstrates that these two were destined to become lovers that were forbidden. Meaning, whether they like it or not, they will have to go through many hard obstacles to be with each other. The fate for Romeo and Juliet was never supposed to be a future that is full of happiness. Their fate was to die together, to prove to their family how much they loved each other. Also, Romeo and Juliet only had eyes for only one another, they could always change their fate and come to an agreement to not see each other again, but this isn't the case. These star-crossed lovers could not accept the fact that their family wo that would have lasted for ages if both of them were still alive. That is why they decided to run off and become one of their own, in return to suffer the consequences of being together, as fate is inescapable. Fate is inescapable in not only Romeo and Juliet, but also in reality. You can never get rid of fate no matter how hard you try. To be more specific, you can always change how you act in the present and become something you want to be as time goes by. However, even when you've accomplished your goal, to become better or worse, it is still considered as fate. Whatever happens, happens.