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There's a debate on who loves each other more. The debate comes from the story Romeo and Juliet. In my opinion Juliet loved Romeo more for many multiple reasons. I always think us girls always go the extra mile for the guys. I'm going to state reasons why I think Juliet loved Romeo more. Before it was Romeo and Juliet it was Romeo and Rosaline which that was Juliet's cousin. The Capulets were having a party and Benvolio suggests crashing the party so that Romeo can see that the other women are more beautiful than Rosaline is. That's where Romeo and Juliet met and the story started. When Romeo first saw Juliet he said these exact words forswear it, sight, for I ne'er saw true beauty till this night. Hmm, this is inserting. Romeo forgets all about his "love" for Rosaline the exactly second he see's Juliet, which makes us think that he was never really in love with Rosaline to begin with. Romeo and Juliet continue their exchanges and they kiss, but they are interrupted by the nurse. In her absence, Romeo asks the nurse who Juliet is and on …show more content…
Juliet yearns for night to fall so that Romeo will be able to come. " Juliet says that it ha been 3 hours since the wedding" ("thy three hours wife"). Juliet avoided marrying the prince because she loved Romeo and already was married to him. So Juliet came up with a plan that she was going to drug herself so she wouldn't marry the prince. Juliet took the drug a day early which means that the information in Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo is now wrong. As Romeo muses on love, Balthasar, Romeo's servant arrives with news: Juliet is dead. Balthasar saw her laid to rest in the Capulet tomb. Romeo 's dream is the opposite that what happens. Rather then to bring him back to life, Juliet kisses his lips to try to join his death. Romeo didn't know that Juliet was trying to fake her death so Romeo ends up dying and Juliet wakes up and see's Romeo is dead so ends up killing
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