The different types of love and hate seen in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet.

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This essay is about how Shakespeare is more interested in the love then hate in Romeo and Juliet. During the play there are a lot of different types of love displayed and a few different types of hate. The love varies from family love to sexual love. The hate goes from hate between families and hate from father to daughter. Throughout the essay I will show and point out the different types love and hate.

        At the beginning of the book Romeo says how much he loves Rosaline. This love is not true love. Rosaline has "sworn to live chaste". The feelings that Romeo is feeling cannot be true love since as soon as he meets Juliet he forgets Rosaline's name. This shows that what ever he had said before was not true or was just temporary.

        The love between Romeo and Juliet is totally different. First of all Juliet feels the same way. Throughout the whole play Romeo and Juliet only meet 5 or 6 times! Yet they still feel that it is real love and still want to get married. The first time they meet Romeo doesn’t even know her but he still asks her for a kiss. This may be true love but it may just be two young and foolish kids. The second time Romeo and Juliet meet they plan to get married. It is the second time they meet but still the same night. Juliet only just found out his name but she still thinks that she wants to be with him for the rest of her life. Both these loves are a type of sexual love even though the love between Romeo and Rosaline was one sided because she did not feel the same way.

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        One type of friendly love which you see through the whole play is between Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio. These three friends mostly with each other (Mercutio and Benvolio don’t leave each other alone till Mercutio dies) unless of course Romeo is with Juliet. They are all best friends and are all looking out for each other.

        Friar Laurence has more of a fatherly love for Romeo. When Romeo has a problem or if something good has happened Romeo goes to Friar Laurence not his real father. "Romeo quickly tells him that he has fallen in love." When Romeo has ...

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