The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was a great example of "true love" in the past. But a question arises: Was this story really a story of true love or simply of true lust? The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the story of Romeo and Juliet, both from enemy families who are so madly in love with each other that they end up killing each other. In the play we can see so much physical contact and love talk between Romeo and Juliet the moment they meet. For this reason, people think that what Romeo and Juliet felt for each other was attraction to the physical body and not the person. I think Romeo and Juliet did not have feelings of true love but rather true lust for these 3 reasons Romeo thinks he is terribly in love with Rosaline, Romeo's love is immature and on the 2nd day after they meet they get married and Juliet wants feel the “rewards” of marriage. The story of Romeo and Juliet is a story of true lust. Webster's Dictionary describes lust as “a desire to gratify the senses.” Merriam-Webster defines lust as “a strong feeling of sexual desire.” It can be understood that lust is for the sole purpose of satisfying the senses, as stated by Webster. Romeo was so terribly in love with Rosaline that he said, “When the devout religion of my eyes holds such falsehood, then turn the tears to fire” (Shakespeare 799, lines 90-91). Romeo thinks he is so terribly in love with Rosaline that if he sees someone more beautiful, his eyes lie to him, his tears turn to fire and his eyes burn. He describes Rosaline as “Oh, she is rich in beauty; poor only that, when she dies, with her beauty her shop dies” (Shakespeare 795, lines 212-213). This showed that he was only thinking about her beauty. Then he met Juliet and forgot about Rosaline. He thought... middle of paper... that iet's story was not a story of true love, but a story of lust. 1, Romeo promises that he will never forget Rosaline, but he does so during the party, and all Juliet wanted was physical contact. Romeo and Juliet were so convinced that they loved each other. But both Romeo and Juliet wanted to get away from something. Romeo was trying to forget Rosaline. Juliet's father, Capulet, gave her the choice to marry Paris, who had only a small say in her marriage. She really had no choice because she would eventually be forced to marry Paris. What if Juliet didn't like Romeo? We saw that Romeo described the beauty of Rosaline and Juliet in many ways. Does this mean that he was only looking for beauty in a woman rather than personality and character? It certainly seems that way. Relationships like these tend to be ones of true lust, rather than love.