William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragic drama about two star-crossed lovers written in the mid-1590's.  Throughout this play, there are countless examples of love.  The three main kinds of love reflected in his play are romantic love, the ferocious, blissful love that winds up causing destruction, and unconditional love.

In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions.  (BookRags.com)  In the course of the play, the romantic lovers are driven to defy their entire social world.  Juliet says once to Romeo, "Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet."  (Act II, Scene ii, Lines 37-39)  This is just one of the countless times she goes behind her family's back to meet...