1. "Love is doomed to failure in both "Romeo and Juliet" and "C
Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. ... In the course of the play, the young lovers are driven to defy their entire social world: families ("Deny thy father and refuse thy name," Juliet asks, "Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I"ll no longer be a Capulet"); friends (Romeo abandons Mercutio and Benvolio after the feast in order to go to Juliet's garden); and ruler (Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet's sake after being exiled by the Prince on pain of death). ... In other words we see two lovers in both stories that cannot main...
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