Comparing Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is the story of two star-crossed lovers who end up both tragically commiting suicide for each other's love. Each one of their families don’t approve of the forbidden love. Romeo gets banished from seeing Juliet and Juliet ends up faking her own death for Romeo. Eventually they both end up dying for each other. Love is an undeniable force of nature. Two people who fall in love with each other is rare and is something you don’t commonly see. True love in the end is worth the sacrifice of family and friends. Love is something so much bigger than just genuine feelings for someone. It’s two people who are the best of friends and have a bond like no other. Their bond will never break and no matter how many times they fight they always end up finding their way back to one another. After only …show more content…
People say it so often and don’t mean it but when you say those three words you should mean it. The little things stick around. Like how his eyes glistened in the starlight and how the color was something I could never imagine. The color was so bright that one person couldn’t forget staring into them. No matter how many times he would walk away and just ruin my days I would still seek comfort in his eyes. When we would argue I would have to refrain from eye contact because I know the second I look at him and his eyes I would instantly let my guard down and lose. My problem is I would rather hear his voice than my favorite song. I still call him sometimes and just let his voicemail play through my ears even if he doesn’t answer. To love is to have ancient wounds exposed to vivacious winds and be caressed instead of burned. I loved to the point where even thinking about losing him would make my stomach flip and my mind crazy. I think about him a lot. I won’t deny that or my love for him. He really pushed me to be someone good and perfect and that was what I

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