What role do love and marriage play in Romeo and Juliet? <Tab/>The play of Romeo and Juliet includes several different types of love known in the 1600s. Courtly love is the first example known in the play discovered by Romeo and his false love for Rosaline (today's equivalent could be a crush). It is very formal and elegant yet rejection can lead to depression and acceptance to joy. Parental love …
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…characters make up for each other, a 'brief' summary of the whole play is recapped by Friar Lawrence to remind the audience of the story. I think that the point is that there is nothing more powerful than love. A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head, For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Prince Escales, Act 5 scene 3