Comparing Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet a tale of a young couple who fell in love even though there should be nothing but hate between the two. Their families hate each other and the love between Romeo and Juliet is not allowed. Romeo and Juliet will do anything to be together, even die. They end up killing themselves to be together. Many people say Romeo and Juliet were “star-crossed lovers”. This could be shown by what they would do to be together. It is a little dramatic to kill yourself over not getting to be with the person you “love”. I guess that is why people think this is such a great “love” story. Honestly, I do not think that this even comes close to being the greatest love story of all time; the greatest love story has yet to be written. One of my favorite

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