Romeo and Juliet shows a clear but at the same time complicated vision of love: although love may seem powerless in this text, it is actually the driving force that dictates the entire plot. The foundation of Romeo and Juliet's love is built on quicksand, destined to fall and fail. Romeo, at the beginning, when he loses Rosaline's love, shows how distressed he is and how much he sinks into depression. He says to Mercutio: “I am too transfixed by his shaft, to soar with his light feathers, and so bound I cannot utter a cast on a dull pain. Under the heavy burden of love I sink” (1.4.19). The extreme pain described by Romeo himself, however, is alleviated in a short time; as soon as he sees Juliet, he forgets the pain of losing Rosaline and falls madly in love again. Romeo went from depression to euphoria in a day, from love at first sight to making love in a day, from love to marriage in a day. The question of how much Romeo knows about love can legitimately be raised by any reader. As for Juliet, she's not too far away. She constantly compares their love to "heaven", to justify her desire, even though she just met Romeo a few hours ago. She declares, “And will make the face of heaven so beautiful / That all the world will fall in love with the night / And pay no worship to the shining sun” (3.2.25). But how he can justify this kind of love in one day seems baffling and incomprehensible. Furthermore, both, despite their elegant and sophisticated speeches, are so impulsive that they become problem creators, not solvers. When they encounter reality, they choose to commit suicide instead of solving it legitimately. All in all, they are typical teenagers who confuse the concept of "love" and boo... middle of paper... its Montague, give me your hand. /This is the union of my daughter, nothing more/ I can claim,” not only offers the peaceful solution but recognizes the marriage of Romeo and Juliet (5. 3. 306). From this perspective, a fundamentally fragile love could actually have powerful effects. In conclusion, it is an ironic paradox that love that seems totally helpless can become so dominant and dictate the plot of this Shakespeare tragedy. Love, though delusional at all times, gives both Romeo and Juliet the strength and determination to carry on even in the face of death. Love, which is powerful enough to cause terrible death, ironically also brings peace and resolution. Romeo and Juliet have their character flaws, which are at the origin of the tragedy, but their blind love possesses the power to decide the true character of the play Romeo and Juliet..