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Both seem to be all about Juliet being selfish because she never really thinks about how others might feel, especially Romeo if she'd killed herself.

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These both connect to how a love can often be deceptive because both Romeo and Juliet aren't thinking about the consequences of their actions.

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This quote is saying that she would rather commit suicide, or walk in unlawful ways than marry Paris. This connects to the idea of how love can be blinding is because she never really thought about how Romeo would feel if she'd killed herself, and that was because of HER love for Romeo.

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This quote is saying that if Friar Lawrence's potion does not work, she'd kill herself. This connects to the metaphor about a fire burning in lover's eye because Juliet is being foolish at this point. There are probably many more solutions than killing herself, but it is her love for Romeo that makes her see that killing herself was the best solution if she had to marry Paris.

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After Friar Lawrence tells Juliet that there is a remedy that can solve her problems, Juliet immediately asked that Friar Lawrence give her the remedy and that she would rather die than marry Paris.

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After finding out that Friar Lawrence has a remedy/potion, Juliet decided to pay him a visit and if this potion was not something that she was seeking, she would have the will to kill herself.

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After taking the Nurses advice Juliet decides to go see Friar Lawrence, before Juliet arrived Friar Lawrence was talking to Paris about his marriage with Juliet and when she arrived, she asks Friar for help.

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After Juliet was scolded by her father for her stupidity, she quickly goes to her room to think of something that would be able to solve her problem, but she couldn't think of anything, but the nurse tells her to visit Friar Lawrence because he has something that could work.

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O, bid me leap, rather marry Paris, From off the battlements of any tower Or walk in thevish ways, or bid me lurk where serpents are. (4.1.78-81)

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I'll go to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die (3.5.254-255)

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This is really important because this supports the idea that adolescents don't really pay attention to the consequences of their mistakes and that this was an hyperbole about how he would rather die because if he does die, he would never see Juliet again.

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In this quote Romeo is saying that he would rather  let the Capulets find him there then leave Juliet.

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Romeo had just snuck into the Capulet Garden and saw Juliet talking to herself about him, although he does let Juliet see him, she fears that her family might find him and ushers him to leave.

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My life were better ended by their hate Than death prorogued, waiting of thy love. (2.2.78)

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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.