Love as a destructive force

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Love as a destructive force

Referring to William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" we can prove that love sometimes can be a destructive force where in many other situations in the same play it is a source of happiness and welfare. Love leads to Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague and County Paris death.  However, this same love reconciles the two feuding families, the Capulets and Montagues who have been bitter enemies.

Love can be viewed as destructive in this play in many different situations. In the beginning of the play, Romeo states to Benvolio "In sadness" that he "do love a woman" which is Rosaline. The love of Romeo with Rosaline leads to Romeo's depression till he "lost myself". Furthermore, Romeo's love to Rosaline guided him to go to Capulets party, where Tybalt promised to "not endure him". When Tybalt tried to revenge from Romeo, Mercutio's love to his friend leads to his own death. Then the same love makes Romeo go and revenge from Tybalt and kills him for killing Mercutio which then also leads to "Romeo banished" from Verona.

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Moreover, Lady Montague's love to her son Romeo eventually "hath stopp'd her breath". Additionally, when Paris saw Romeo in the tomb where Juliet lies, he thought Romeo "is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies" therefore for his love for Juliet he decided to "apprehend him". Then Romeo kills him.

When Balthasar told Romeo about the news of Juliet's death, Romeo decided to "lie with thee tonight". He went to the tomb and killed him self "to my love" which then she killed her self to her love.

On the other hand, love sometimes is ...

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