Aristotle is known to have said that a good tragedy needs to have one basic theme or plot. In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. ... This forms a stark contrast to Romeo's declaration in Act 1 scene 5 where he wonders Did my heart love till now?' ... In Act 5 scene 5, Juliet also has an ill-diving soul; Methinks I see thee now as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. ... As their tragic circumstances are one of the elements that make Romeo and Juliet's love seem so valuable, Shakespeare takes time building it up. ...

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There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Rosaline, Romeo's initial unrequited love seemed irrelevant once Romeo had set his eyes upon Juliet. ... Upon seeing Juliet all alone, talking in soliloquy, Romeo proclaims, "It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun," this metaphor enhances Juliet's beauty as it is exaggerated and pronounced as the beauty of the sun. ... (II.ii.57) Convinced that their love was pure, Juliet has been sold, in an unconventional act for a woman in those times, she takes the initiative and plans their future together; "If ...

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One story I remember the most was one she told about when he passed away; she thought they would grow old together, and a part of her soul died along with him. ... She writes, "If ever two were one, then surely we" (l. 1) She thinks of them as one being and there is nothing more important than her love for him. ... Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" has a Romeo and Juliet feel to it. ... Donne's poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", Valediction means "an act of bidding farewell". ... Today's society has lost that oneness. ...

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