Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Essay Question: What representations of love are shown in the tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet?

Love plays an important role in William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The play has been centered mainly around the burning love shown between Romeo and Juliet, however other representations of love are shown throughout the play as well. Some of the representations of love in the play are friendship, duty, support and passion which cause the audience to respond in different ways to each different portrayal of love. Throughout this essay I will be …

…types of love have been shown strongly throughout the play it is the love between Romeo and Juliet that positions the audience to respond with an attitude that in the end, love can conquer all. "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Final Scene Would you kill yourself for your familes benifit? If you knew that good would come of your death, would you still do it?