William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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People know how to change and control their emotion but sometimes there are changes that impact their lives. William Shakespeare is one of the greatest authors of poets, plays and sonnets. Shakespeare wrote about plays and his poems about love and what he thinks what love is to him. In Shakespeare’s play on Romeo and Juliet talks about how love is strong, they were willing to sacrifice their lives. In the balcony scene, Juliet expresses her love toward romeo she realizes that “Romeo would were he not called/ Retain that dear perfection which he owes” (2.22.45-50). This is a lesson valuable not only in the 15th century, but also today in modern society. Ultimately, love caused Romeo and Juliet”s untimely death because their love was powerful

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