There are many types of love. In Romeo and Juliet, there are many examples of these different types of love. Two types of love in the story are romantic and unrequited love. Romantic love is how Romeo and Juliet felt about each other. Unrequited love is how Romeo felt about Rosaline. These types of love have few similarities and few differences.
One type of love is unrequited love. Unrequited love is when one person loves somebody, but the person they love does not love them back. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo loves Rosaline, but she does not love him back. He talks about how it was love at first sight, but he is very sad because he knows that she does not love him back. This is an example of unrequited love. In the story, he says “I love someone.⁉️She doesn't love me.”(1.1.161) This quote tells us that Rosaline does not love him,⁉️ meaning that this is unrequited love. …show more content…
Romantic love is when one person loves someone, and that person loves them back. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo loves Juliet, just like Juliet loves Romeo. Even though they are not supposed to even like each other, they love each other very much. Romeo and Juliet were both willing to change their names so that they could be together. This is an example of romantic love. In the story Juliet says “ O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou will not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.”(2.2.32-36) This quote is an example of romantic love because she is saying that if he doesn't change his name, then she will change hers so that they can be
One type of love is unrequited love. Unrequited love is when one person loves somebody, but the person they love does not love them back. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo loves Rosaline, but she does not love him back. He talks about how it was love at first sight, but he is very sad because he knows that she does not love him back. This is an example of unrequited love. In the story, he says “I love someone.⁉️She doesn't love me.”(1.1.161) This quote tells us that Rosaline does not love him,⁉️ meaning that this is unrequited love. …show more content…
Romantic love is when one person loves someone, and that person loves them back. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo loves Juliet, just like Juliet loves Romeo. Even though they are not supposed to even like each other, they love each other very much. Romeo and Juliet were both willing to change their names so that they could be together. This is an example of romantic love. In the story Juliet says “ O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou will not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.”(2.2.32-36) This quote is an example of romantic love because she is saying that if he doesn't change his name, then she will change hers so that they can be