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In what ways do the various types of love represented in Romeo and Juliet help you to understand the relationship of the star-crossed lovers?
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Dayzi Buchan In what ways do the various types of love represented in Romeo and Juliet help you to understand the relationship of the star-crossed lovers? In Romeo and Juliet, love is an integral theme and there is many representations of love; family love, courtly love, sexual love, and most importantly; the love between Romeo and Juliet. By comparing their love to others, we can see just how committed the star-crossed lovers are. We first see examples of sexual love when Sampson and Gregory are talking at the very beginning of the play. They are coarse and vulgar, making jokes about the male sexual organs and raping women. They way the speak portrays the general view about women and sex in those days. Sex seems to be the main topic of conversation for Shakespearians as we see further on in the play with Mercutio and his friends. When Sampson speaks of "thrusting...
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