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Explore how Shakespeare presents love through language and drama in the play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays and has been described as a romantic tragedy. I will be looking at the different types of love in the play and how the language and drama reflect these. The play opens with a Prologue from the Chorus who warn of the tragedy to come. "..........A pair of two star-cross'd lovers take their life:....... " Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are the star-crossed lovers who die because their families, who have been feuding for generations, cannot accept the young people's love for one another. The phrase 'star-crossed' evokes the recurring theme of celestial forces directing the outcome of the story. When Romeo first meets Juliet it was 'love at first sight' which quickly developed into something deeper and more profound. This is reflected in the language...

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