Shakespeare presents love as a harmful force that has the ability to manipulate how people feel through characters like Romeo as his emotions are dependant on how his love is reciprocated. In Act 1 Scene 1, Romeo states that he is ‘not here’. This is not Romeo’s as a result of his love for Rosalind that was ultimately unrequited. The repetition of the adverb ‘not’ signifies Romeo’s negative attitudes throughout Act 1 until he meets Juliet, and the language he uses changes to include images of light (‘Juliet is the sun’). By Romeo being ‘not Romeo’ it can be interpreted that unrequited love has ultimately caused the death of his memories of his past self and forced him to go into a depressive state. Shakespeare may have done this in order to