Romeo & Juliet - Tragedy, Love Story or both?

ROMEO AND JULIET - TRAGEDY, LOVE STORY
OR BOTH?
Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is the tale of two
lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered
by their feuding parents. After reading Romeo and Juliet, apparently a
tragedy, I would say that this story contains aspects of both a
love story and a tragedy. The tale of two teenagers who fall in
love at first sight and then marry, become true lovers and then
risk it all for their love cannot surely be all tragedy. However,
it is a tragedy, and has been called that for decades.
I will discuss with you what ma…