For example the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
2007-02-28 09:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by sakuraandli2gether4eva 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The parents would think its pointless, because they want their desendents to marry into wealth and social class not for love.
2007-02-28 11:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by wen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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'Coup de foudre' springs to mind, meaning (1) A thunderbolt (2) love at first sight. Puck/Cupid---mischievous sprites who make unsuitable people fall for each other for their own amusement. In R and J love at first sight produces angst, in Twelfth Night, anxiety, then merriment then contentment. Shakespeare as Tragedian and Comedian. The two masks of the theatre, happiness and sadness.
2007-02-28 23:21:13 · answer #2 · answered by neologycycles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably would have to say which people, and define the notion of love in the time before romantic love became common.
Lust at first sight has always been with us, but for most of the time marriage etc was a far more contractual business, for prestige in court society for survival among the plebs. To be partnered for life on the pure basis of physical attraction would not have occurred (i don't think)
2007-03-01 05:38:33 · answer #3 · answered by bletherskyte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the same way we think of it now. Most people would like to believe it exists, and some people are big believers in it, but very very few ever find it. They, like our current age, would have frequently confused it with lust. And, as they got older and wiser, most people would have thought of it as a quaint ideal that is often irrelevant next to more "practical" elements of a relationship.
So I think they would've seen "Romeo & Juliet" in much the same way as we see it today.
2007-02-28 15:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by starsonmymind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if anyone in shakespeares time had any common sense they would realise that falling in love at first sight is negative because it is not possible to fall in love at first sight.
people fall in lust at first sight,and that is coming from a place of lust.
that is why the seven deadly sins are named as deadly.they kill
2007-03-01 06:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by meditation and mango juice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare was all about penis size..Measure for measure..
4'' much ado about nothing
6'' as you like it
8'' midsummernights dream
10'' the taming of the shrew
So i guess the ladies all had their eyes on the crotch department!!
2007-03-01 01:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love at first sight is eternal
2007-03-03 08:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by chris h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they would definitely believe in it. ignorance is bliss, we know too much these days and it does allow us to dream.
2007-03-01 02:21:55 · answer #8 · answered by Bubbles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋