Is Romeo and Juliet's love for each other real or lust?

    Romeo and Juliet is considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. The debate with Romeo and Juliet was if there love for each other was love or lust. There are so many different opinions on this topic that there really is no right or wrong answer.  Many people have different opinions on this.  Some think their love is true love while others feel what they had was based on lust.  Love can have a different defenition for everyone, because everyone defines love differently.  It all really depends on the individual and their perception of what love really means.  Many people think that Juliet and Romeo committing suicide for each other was a true expression of their love for each other, while many people think differently. There are thousands of essays and opinions on this very famous story, and on all these topics regarding whether or not their story was based on love or lust.

   Romeo was very depressed when discovered that Rosaline didn't like him.  When Mercutio took him to the Capulet party, and right when he saw Juliet, he seemed to dismiss Rosaline.  Romeo seemed to be superficial in that he seemed to only care about what the girl looked like, and that's  what drew him to Juliet.  How does one be so depressed over a break up with someone they seemed infatuated with then see someone else and only because they're good looking get over it so quickly?  Romeo didn't really love Juliet, he just liked her because she was better looking then Rosaline.  In the beginning of the story, Romeo is walking around acting all depressed saying page 22 lines 56-58 "Not mad, but bound more than a madman is. Shut up in prison, kept without my food", page 27 lines 25 and 26 " Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, Too rude, too boisterous, and pricks like a thorn". Romeo was very upset and depressed over Rosaline, when Mercutio convinced him to go to the Capulet party he only went because he thought Roslaine would be there.  He goes from being depressed, and goes to that party to find Rosaline, and right when he see's the next pretty girl he's over her.  That doesn't say much about Romeo's perception of love.  Their love for each other was lust no doubt about it, but they both really did like each other.  It just wasn't true love.

   Love is one of the strongest emotions a person can have.  We all can define love in our own unique way, but love is surely not to be taken lightly or made to be trivial.  Some people define love as how much they love their car, while some people define love by how they love their family.  Depending on the individual love can be seen as very shallow or very deep. Love is different for everybody.  People can also reserve love for special persons or particular objects that mean a lot to them.  Beauty and love both are in the eye of the beholder, and how one person might view a person or thing can be totally different for another person seeing the same thing.  Where it can mean everything to one person, it also can mean little or nothing to another.  Love can be defined by a feeling one person has for the other, in that they care more about the other person than they do for themselves.  Their love can be so strong in fact, that they aren't able to cope living without their true love.  Love is also an intoxicating emotion that can sometimes cause a person to become love sick, which Romeo was. Love is basically a strong, endearing emotion someone feels for another person or thing.  

In conclusion we can define love by our own perspective.  There are many different kinds of love in this world, and love is different for everyone.  One person's definition of love can be completely different from another. There is love for people, or it can be material things.  It can vary from person to person. Some people love there pets, animals, spouse, family, there are lots of different things people can love. People see love differently from another and it can mean very different things to different people. Different kinds of love can be more valuable then the other depending on the person.  It's a different kind of love for an animal and human, both are valuable but in some cases both can be more valuable then the other. Lots of people do love there animal like humans, and lots of people love humans more then animals.  Family is a very special and valuable kind of love, family should always come first, family is forever.  Love for an animal is very valuableł also, but love for animal is a different kind of love then for a human. It's a special kind of love for animals. There are lots of different kinds of love, it means something different to everyone. It can be very valuable to one person and mean nothing to another. Love is a very valuable thing but lots of people don't have love in their life and don't realize how special and valuable it is.

  

     Romeo and Juliet were crazy for each other, and they were both very love sick.  Commiting  suicide for each other is not romantic at all, it's very stupid in fact.  Romeo was very vunerable to becoming love sick, and so was Juliet. They were both young and didn't make the smartest choices. They both really liked each other but it was lust, it couldn't possibly be true love, they only knew each other for a few days before they got married, and Romeo was all upset over Rosaline not liking him. They both did believe that they loved each other but that's not enough time at all.  They were both young and immature, and they killed themselves for each other thinking that they were deeply in love and couldn't live without the other.  It's all very surreal.  In the middle perhaps it's romantic but you should never ever ever kill yourself, especially if it's over someone you met a few days prior. They both didn't know what love meant but no doubt they did like each other it just wasn't love. 

   Romeo and Juliet liked each other a lot so much so that they killed themselves. There are so many debates and opinions if there love was real or not there is no right or wrong answer. There love for each other was lust not true love. Romeo was just love sick, he was so depressed over Rosaline then apparently falls in love with Juliet when the only reason he is going to that party is to find Rosaline. He just falls in love with the next pretty girl. Right when he see's Juliet he says page 33 lines 95-98 "If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss".  This shows that he was only attracted to her because of her looks, it was just teen love, they both didn't truley love each other.  There are lots of different kinds of love in this world, and it can vary from person to person.  We all can define love in our own way.  Romeo and Juliet's story of their love is supposedly one of the greatest love stories of all time, honestly Romeo and Juliet are kind of stupid, yes they were both young especially Juliet but everyone should know not to kill themselves and not to drink a vial to fake their death.  In conclusion Romeo and Juliet's love was not real or true love, rather it was all lust, and the only reason why Romeo went up to Juliet and liked her was because she was better looking then Rosaline.