Discuss the various perceptions of love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is a tragedy told in two language styles, prose and verse. Death, fate, disorder are all minor components of this classic story centred on a dangerous love that reaches across the barriers of family and convention. Some perceptions of love in this play are dutiful, passionate, sexual and so forth. Throughout this essay I will be exploring the different perceptions of love and how Shakespeare's use of language and structure further …showed first 75 words of 1873 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1873 total…and Juliet's true, passionate love. And thus what I have determined to be the true essence of Romeo and Juliet is a love, which is brilliant but short lived, passing across the dark face of a troubled society. Additionally the image carries with it excitement and a compelling speed of action. References short-list: -'Students' Guide to Romeo and Juliet - Peter H. Burgess -York Notes 'Romeo and Juliet' -'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare Made Easy, Barron's.