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Romeo and Juliet Themes - Essay and Term Paper
Theme 1- LOVE
Love plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, one can analyze the different types of love that
Shakespeare explores. First, there is lustful love. This is basically love for the purpose of sexual pleasure. First shown in the
conversation between Sampson and Gregory, this type of love is also illustrated by the Nurse and her comments to Juliet. The
second type of love is infatuation. Romeo thinks he’s in love and moans over Rosaline. How many people can relate to that?
Much of teenage love is simply in the head--- you think that you have found the "only one," when you’ve really only found an
obsession. The third type of love is the one illustrated with Paris. In the play, this has to do with the fact that marriages were
arranged. Paris is the guy that Juliet’s parents think is fit for her. In today’s society, Paris can be seen as the stereotypical guy
(or girl). He/She seems perfec......
Total Word Count: 723
Page Count: 2.8 (250 words a page / double spaced)
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