Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, by William Shakespeare, based on the theme of love. This love comes in many different manifestations, such as infatuation and unrequited love. This play is carefully written to show desires, emotions and family life. At the beginning of the play Romeo talks about how his love has been "tormented", he describes love as a "wise madness", a "deadly poison" and a "healing". medicinal'. This type of love is describing an unrequited love, a love that is not reciprocated, in this case it is not reciprocated by Rosaline who Romeo believes he is in love with. This love is in contrast with a situation that is occurring in the Capulet family, Paris loves Juliet but her love is not reciprocated. William Shakespeare uses his language and words carefully. Sampson and Gregory talk about sex crudely and talk about women as subordinate. The feud has transformed their minds to such an extent that they would even want to rape the Montague women. Now they no longer know what true love is. When he is in love with Rosaline, Romeo tries to express the fact that love has a fatal power, he talks about two conflicting sides: "love is a tender thing... and pricks like a thorn". Benvolio also believes that the cure to fix Romeo's love is to love another: "Well, friend, one fire quenches another's." Romeo is the stereotype of the courtly lover who pines for the love of an unobtainable woman. Romeo illustrates what is expected of a courtly lover: He remains in the sycamore groves, "Where beneath the sycamore grove." He locks himself away, banished from society, preferring night to day, "He closes the windows.... himself an artificial night" , from this we seem to get the impression that Romeo is in love with the idea of ​​being in love. The excessive use of these oxymorons in his speech makes the effect artificial. “Lead feather, bright smoke, cold fire, ill health and sleep still awake.” Romeo wants to be a courteous lover therefore