Shakespeare has written many plays, especially a lot of tragedies. The most famous of all Shakespeare's plays is Romeo and Juliet, enjoyed by different generations down the years. The majority of the play takes place in the attractive small city of Verona, in the north of Italy. The play has been adapted in books, ballet and films. Romeo and Juliet is a play about a young man and a young woman whose families, Montague's and Capulet's despise each other, but their children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love without the knowledge of either sets of parents. The play explores many different views on love and each character has a different view on life. The types of love displayed in the play that I intend to discuss include, courtly love, bawdy love, true love and infatuation.

At the beginning of the play we are introduced to two...