The play, The tragedy of Romeo And Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is basically .
about two families at fighting terms and the son and daughter of the families fall in love .
and get separated. A poem also written by Shakespeare, Sonnet 116, defines True love .
and Relates to the true love portrayed in Romeo and Juliet.
The definition of true love as it appears in Sonnet 116, is love doesn't change over .
time. It doesn't change when change happens around it. Love is not affected by .
problems of the world. Love doesn't depend on physical beauty. True love never dies or .
gets old. "Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending .
sickles compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out .
even to the edge of doom." (9-12) Physical beauty may change, but love never dies or .
gets old.
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Shakespeare's definition of true love in Sonnet 116 Relates to the true love .
portrayed in the play of Romeo and Juliet. "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if .
thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I"ll no longer be a Capulet." (II, 2, 34-36) .
Shakespeare shows true love through Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet fell in love .
after first meeting at the "Capulet Party". .
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I think that Shakespeare pretty much covered the whole definition of true love in .
Sonnet 116 and showed it in the play. He shows all the steps that Romeo and Juliet have .
to take with their families. He compares the love that she has for her family and the love .
she has for Romeo. .