Romeo and Juliet's love is not real love, but only an idea of the real aspect of true love.

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Romeo and Juliet is an awesome play written by William Shakespeare in the 15th century. This play is based upon two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who in just a short period of three days meet, marry, make love, and die. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. These two families have gone by many generations with hate towards one-another. Neither family can forgive and forget whatever argument had been started many decades ago. Although the two families despise one another, young Juliet still proclaims, "My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loath'ed enemy (1.5.137-140)", to Romeo, her new love interest. Romeo and Juliet's love in not real love, but only an idea of the real aspect of true love.

Romeo is in love with every girl he sees.

First, he sees Rosaline whom does not share the same feelings as him. He declares his love for Rosaline, whom he does not directly name to his friend Benvolio, "Bid a sick man in sadness make his will--/ A word ill urged to one that is so ill:/ In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman (1.1.193-195)." This quote proves that he loves a woman, but in lines 181-183 (Act 1 scene 1), Romeo describes what he thinks love is; "?Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, / Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, / Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears?" Later in the play, when Romeo goes to Capulet's party and sees Juliet, he completely forgets about his love for Rosaline and starts proclaiming his love for Juliet, "?O speak again, bright angel, for thou...