In what ways do Romeo and Juliet make use of

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In what ways do Romeo and Juliet make use of "courtly love"? Based on this exploration, discuss whether you feel this love is genuine

In the Elizabethan era men would go to all extremes to show women how much they loved them. This was called Courtly love. Around this time, men were expected to declare their love for a woman like this, and the women enjoyed the men telling them how beautiful they were. Men who wished for a woman to love them back would carry on wooing their mistresses until necessary or until their mistress's fell in love with them. Although the thought of this sounds like a good idea for a women, because receiving attention is a nice thing, but there were rules and consequences. The men had to look for a lady of an unattainable status, for example women who were already married or they may have been of a higher class of people. The consequences of courtly love came after the wooing stage. Men were sometimes ignored by these women for days, even weeks! But if the man's love was genuine then he would do whatever it takes to "win" the woman over. This method of wooing would nearly always determine the fate of the couple, i.e. if they had chemistry, and it would also establish if they would marry or not. If the man gave up on these rules for whatever reason, it was concluded that he did not truly love his woman, and he was frowned upon.
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The rules of courtly love were fairly simple. They consisted of the ten rules in relation to wooing a women and marrying her. Men were to fall in love with a woman of higher significance or with a woman who was already married. The woman was to reject his advances to conserve her honour and keep her good name. This coldness of the lady inflamed the man's passion, and resulted in him sighing with grief and being very depressed. This anger instigates his love even more and he tries to impress his lady especially well. He puts his ...

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