From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whole misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife,

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

And the continuance of their parents' rage,

Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,

Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

The which if you with patient ears attend,

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

(Romeo and Juliet, Prologue, ll. 1-14)

Love is a juxtaposed emotion that makes life uniquely human. It is an experience that brings out an ecstasy of emotions taking two lovers on an unforgettable thrill ride. Love plays an important role in ours lives and influences the choices we make and the things that we value in life. It is a well-rounded, intense emotion that once it has been experienced is impossible to forget. Prior to experiencing love, one cannot get enough of it. One needs it and it becomes essential to our lives, sometimes resulting in heartbreaking events. Its ambivalence makes us ecstatic one minute and depressed the

When Romeo first sees Juliet he talks about her beauty and the love he feels for her. He does not use artificial language as he did when talking about Rosaline. Romeo loves Juliet from the moment he lays eyes on her. Religious references are used to explain Romeo's true love for Juliet.

(Romeo and Juliet, I, v, ll. 98-104)

Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold:

She is the hopeful lady of my earth:

She could have run and waddled all about;

O, she is rich in beauty, only poor,

For even the day before, she broke her brow:

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