George Bernard Shaw says, " first love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity ". This is shown in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway and had a daughter then twins in 1585. After this there is a gap in time known as 'the lost years'. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1591 and 1595. It is earliest known to be published in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy based on star-crossed lovers. The lovers are Romeo and Juliet. They are forbidden to be together because Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. The Montagues abd Capulets have had a strong and long hatred for one other. Romeo and Juliet fall deeply and insanely in love. While out the blessing of their parents the two young lovers decide to get married and that is when the plot line goes downhill. But throughout the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet show that young love can be dangerous, addictive, impetuous, irrational, beautiful, and overwhelming. Shakespeare expresses that young love can be addictive to the point where too much is a bad thing and how it can be overwhelming, that Romeo and Juliet where so in love that they did not know how to handle their love. In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, young love is described as dangerous, irrational and defiant. .

             In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, young love is described as dangerous. In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence tries to warn Romeo about the danger of young love. "These violent delights have violent ends/ And in their triumphs die, like fire and powder,/ Which, as they kiss, consume. They sweetest honey/ Is loathsome in his own deliciousness/ And in the taste confounds the appetite./ Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so./ Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow " (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet II. vi. 9-15). Before Romeo and Juliet get married, Friar Lawrence talks to Romeo about his love for Juliet.