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Were Romeo And Juliet Really In Love?

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Romeo and Juliet is widely known for it’s tragic story of two star crossed lovers dying for their love, but were Romeo and Juliet ever truly in love? I believe that although the two youngsters had some kind of spark between each other they were ultimately not in love. In Act 1, scene 5 Romeo see’s Juliet for the first time and instantly claims his love for even though in the previous scene he ranted on about how grief-stricken he was that Rosaline didn’t return his love. Romeo went to the Capulet’s party just so he can see Rosaline, then sees Juliet—a girl he didn’t even know existed five minutes ago—and immediately falls in love with her. The only reason Romeo agrees to marry Juliet is because she returns his love unlike Rosaline as he
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