Comparing the Different Types of Love Evident in Romeo and Juliet "True love is like ghosts,'claims François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 'Which everyone talks about but few have seen'. What is true love? Is it idealistic love or physical love, mature love or paternal love. Well kiddies, it is all that are listed here for each has its own place in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. Physical love, which Mercutio believes in, …showed first 75 words of 562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 562 total…and "... He loves Romeo as a son..." (Page 99, Scene Summary) Paternal love is the love that a father has for for a son or daughter. The friar really cares for Romeo. Ther are Many types of love portrayed in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. These types of love can still be noticed around in the world today. One of the less comon ones around is idealistic love. Maybe that is what true love is.