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Throughout human existence, creativity, such as that in music or literature, has been inspired by many things. These things include fear, anticipation, hate, and, most importantly, love. The creativity based on love has produced many forms of art, one of which being theatre. Of plays, the majority presents love in at least one form. The famous play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, reflects the archetype of love in two forms, thereby enhancing he greatness of the play. The two forms of love in the play are ‘love at first sight,’ and ‘immortal love.’ In the beginning of the story, Romeo, a main character, enters, sad from his unreturned love for Rosaline, a minor character. This love is better defined as lust, or love at first sight, as Romeo did not even know Rosaline, and had only seen her. Later in the sto