Romeo And Juliet: The Six Types Of Love

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Eros, Ludus, Stroge, Pragma, Mania and Agape are the six factions love has been divided into. Through-out the ill-fated romance written by William Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet, we can identify four of the six types of love. Eros, Pragma, Mania and Agape prove that Love, in many forms, are a driving force of Romeo and

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