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Romeo And Juliet Act 1 Analysis

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As shown throughout various pieces of literature, people often fall in love when they believe the world is against them and that the person they fall in love with is the only one who understands their agony. Act 2 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, one of the many plays written by William Shakespeare, is an example of this. In this scene Romeo and Juliet, the two primary characters confess their love on a balcony. Shakespeare depict the rash and often irreversible decisions people make when love and nihilism unite. When Romeo reveals himself to Juliet, he declares “Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized; Henceforth I will never become Romeo” (Romeo and Juliet. 2. 2. 50-51). Romeo explains that he would willingly cut ties with his family
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