The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is considered the greatest love story of all time. It has stood the test of time and many readers to this day relate to the romantic story of the young couple. Because of the way Shakespeare told the story, many readers seem to become enthralled with the story before the end of act 1. Some of the themes seen throughout the story that readers usually relate to are love conquers all, the individual against society and passion causes violence sometimes. Many people relate to the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet. It seems like it is human nature to love and have a kind of forbidden temptation like Romeo and Juliet had for each other. Love is an almost overwhelming and intense passion that drives people to do things they would never have done before. For example, Romeo himself went to the Capulets' party just to have another chance to be with his first love, Rosaline. In Act 1 Scene 2 Romeo reads a letter of invitation for a servant of the Capulet family as he read he saw that Rosaline would be present and decided to take a risk and enter her o...