Romeo And Juliet Love Is Dangerous Research Paper

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Love is dangerous. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare elaborately and beautifully tells a story of the dangers of love. In the play, there are two rival families: Montague’s and Capulet’s. A teenage boy from the Montague family, Romeo, falls deeply and hopelessly in love with a girl from the Capulet family, Juliet. They set up an intricate scheme that will allow them to run away together but it fails due to miscommunication. Romeo kills himself due to the impression that Juliet is dead and when she awakes to see Romeo’s dead body she too kills herself. What kind of extreme lovers are they? Romeo and Juliet are both Eros lovers and this leads to their fateful downfall.
For example, Romeo fits almost all criteria for being an Eros lover. He has a stable and warm relationship with his parents and friends and he believes that he is prepared for love although he does constantly look. His parents truly care for him and his friends do as well which shows the well-established bond Romeo has constructed with those he cares about. After the small physical fight in the cente...

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