Romeo and Juliet

"To love is nothing, to be loved is something, But to love and be loved is everything." Are Romeo and Juliet really in love? Shakespeare gives us some reasons to doubt that from the beginning of the play when Romeo is obsessed over Rosaline. For Romeo to be so depressed over one girl and then completely forgetting her at the sight of another can cause some distrust that he actually cared about Juliet. Also Juliet, Who told her mom and nurse that she never thought about marriage, was married to Romeo a few days later. Before we know if Romeo and Juliet are really in love, we must first ask ourselves, what is love? Love is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Romeo and Juliet are In love Because throughout the play all they want is to be with each other, want the best for one another, and are even willing to die for each other. Romeo Is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, their love is so profound they are willing to look past all the imperfections and their differences, They try and spend time with each other despite the fact that their family's are great enemy's. Juliet tells Romeo in the balcony scene, "How much I love thy company" (2.2.172-173) and when banished from Verona , Romeo says," 'Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here/ Where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog/ And little mouse, every unworthy thing,/ Live here in heaven and may look on her,/ But Romeo may not."(3.3.29-33) both quotes shows that they do not want to live without each other and that they just want to spend time with one another, but fate almost makes it impossible for them to be together. Then, Romeo wishes to die rather than be without Juliet's love , "My life would be better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." (2.2.77-78) This shows that Romeo’s love for Juliet is stronger than him wanting to live in this world, making love and juliet the only reason for him to continue living in this world. Juliet explains her happiness of