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  • Essay / Sides of Love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

    I feel this will lead to my untimely death. But may he who has so far directed my life direct my sail! Support gentlemen! (p. 20) This is another example of the fate depicted in the play, Romeo accepts that everything that happens to him is written in the stars and already written by God himself. Romeo and Juliet's love is tainted by the deaths of two of their family members, one of them at the hands of Romeo himself. Juliet's love for Romeo is tested at this moment, when she learns that her beloved has killed her cousin: “Bad angel! A lamb that eats wolves! Oh Romeo, you are the opposite of what you seem” (Shakespeare p. 55) But a few lines later, she berates herself and the nurse for the bad words she spoke about her love and her husband . Love is a force that opens the door for people. heart with good feelings or bad intentions. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters go through a roller coaster of emotions caused by their love for each other but also by their family's rivalry. It is this fight between the two entities which gives rise to violence among the youngest, and subsequently the tragic end with the death of Romeo and