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Analyze the meaningful language in your evidence.  Focus on the figurative language.  Also, make sure you tie in this evidence to the argument laid out in the thesis you've chosen.

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Both Romeo and Juliet ignore all the bad signs right in front of them and focuses on each other disregarding they just met.

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Romeo and Juliet have a close encounter with seeing death/dead people. Instead of being haunted by that they drown out those worries with the thought of each other

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When you hear that anyone has passed you think that you and everyone around you would be crying if you were close. In this case, Juliet was blood-related to Tybalt and barely shed a tear until she heard about Romeo who was only banished. This is very worrying considering she just met him days ago. Knowing that she cares about someone she met a quick moment ago than her cousin shows that she is infatuated with Romeo since it is impossible to be in love this early in a relationship.

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Normally when you see someone dead or are dead in a dream you get terrified and think about possibly dying in the future. On the other hand, Romeo ignores half of his dream where he was dead and thinks about Juliet and how happy she makes him. He lightly acknowledged that he was dead, but the thought of someone he just met switched his mindset. If only Romeo were to think about death a little more thoroughly he might have been able to prevent future events by being careful.

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When she said that Tybalt is dead she would have felt no different if it was her father, mother, or even both. When she was informed that Romeo was banished she was devastated. She thought saying he was banished that everyone was killed and lying dead. The words "Romeo is Banished" leads her to infinite sadness over everything.

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Romeo thinks about whether or not he should trust his dreams since it was a weird one and if it's real then there is some good news for Romeo. He saw that Juliet woke him from his death with a kiss and became king and thought how there is so much good in a dream's shadow.

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Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, killed Mercutio which led Romeo to get revenge and kill him. When the Prince found out, he ordered that Romeo to be banished from the town and Juliet has just found out her husband has been banished.

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The Capulet family found out about Juliet's death and is arranging a funeral for her. Romeo doesn't know about the plan of Juliet faking her death due to failure to deliver the letter to him and thinks she is still alive.

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Juliet was conflicted between her cousin and husband's deaths: "Why followed not, when she said 'Tybalt's dead,' 'Thy father' or 'thy mother,' nay, or both, Which modern lamentation might have moved? But with a rearward following Tybalt's death, 'Romeo is banished.' To speak that word Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. 'Romeo is banished.' There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In the world's death. No words can be woe sound," 3.2.129-137

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Romeo is trying to make sense of the dream he just had: "If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand My bosom's [Lord] sits lightly in his throneAnd all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lad came and found me dead And breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived and was an emperor. Ah me, how sweet is love's shadows are so rich in joy!" 5.1.1-12.

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Juliet sees her dead cousin which shows that she isn't in the right state of mind to make big decisions like the one she made. Juliet goes from being terrified and boggled to making this decision after thinking about it being a bad idea. Instead of taking more time to think about what she is feeling, she drank away her feelings because it was all for Romeo. She really thought that they were meant to be after knowing each other for a couple of days. This shows that Juliet was very on the idea of infatuation instead of true love which takes months sometimes years to create.

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Juliet thinks she sees her dead cousin looking for Romeo to end his life as revenge. She doesn't want him to leave so she can save Romeo. She then quickly drinks the potion for Romeo and their future together.

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Friar tells Juliet about a potion to make it seem like she is dead to prevent getting married to Pairs and immediately accepts it. She then has millions of worries about what could happen if nothing goes according to plan.

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Juliet has to drink the potion quickly and is having second thoughts: "O look, methinks I see my cousin's ghost Seeking out Romeo that did spit his body Upon a rapier's point! Stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here's drink. I drink to thee," 4.3.55-60.

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From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.

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Prompt:  To what extent does Shakespeare rely on the motif of love vs. infatuation to deliver one of his main messages, and why is this important?

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From movies to television shows, from poetry to music, one thing is for certain--love is almost always in the air.  Yet, love is a concept that should not be oversimplified.  No--there are several aspects to what love is and to what love is not.  Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the motif of love vs. infatuation is established to help deliver one of the central ideas that love has the power to blind anyone, especially emotional adolescents.  This idea is significant because it emphasizes the point that when people allow themselves to be swept away by passion, they run the risk of ignoring all of the warning signs along the way.