Romeo and Juliet: Love?

   March break is over already...  )':
I think that march break should be extended to two weeks; one week just flies by far two quickly!
But regardless, thats enough ranting, in today's blog entry, we will be discussing even more quotations from the famous Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet.

"Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench's 
black eye; shot through the ear with a love-song; the very pin of
his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft" -Mercutio, ActII Scene IV 

  
   This quotation expresses the concept of Love vs Lust because it is basically saying, that Juliet posses great power over Romeo's heart and that he would do anything for her, without thinking; he has been brainwashed by her love. It may sound romantic, but can their relationship really be classified as true love?

In my opinion this can't be considered true love, and falls more along the lines of lust. Romeo is willing to do anything for Juliet, but I wouldn't call this submissive behavior love because his reasons for doing so are more along the lines of infatuation, in that they aren't well justified; throughout the play he talks about how much he loves Juliet but, not once did he ever explain why. You see, my definition of  true love involves loving someone for they're character and personality traits, and not just how they look on the outside. Romeo doesn't know Juliet, and they were only united based on the skin deep first impressions that they had of each other.

Now that concludes our blog entry for today and, as always, I hoped you enjoyed it!
Good night every one~! :)