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True Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ it is suggested that love is based on looks. “Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face, And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen…” (1.3.82-83) clearly indicates Lady Capulet’s view at love - girls will fall in love with a man because of his appearance - in which nothing is important but one’s looks. She wants her daughter, Juliet wedded, however Juliet does not have interest in men or marriage. Ironically, she falls in love with Romeo (the son of their foe, Montague) because of his beauty, which further enhances the point Shakespeare is trying to convey. The pace she falls in love with Romeo because of his face is in fact very quick; it is not true love. In the same way, Lady Capulet believes
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