The fact whether Romeo and Juliet's love was pure or not is often debated. Some people, for example, believe in love-at-first-sight; others do not.
An argument that their love was not pure might be that they didn't know each other long enough to know if it was a long-suffering love, or if it was pure infatuation.
Romeo, in Act I, scene v, certainly demonstrated he was taken with Juliet because of her looks. The friar confirms this possibility in Romeo when in Act II, scene iii he tells Romeo that men care more about women's appearances than their intellects. Juliet even confesses that a commitment between the two of them seems too rash, too sudden, and too ill-advised. Juliet seems to be acting against her better judgment with Romeo because she even worries that he will think she is too easy (Act II, scene ii).
These are several reasons why they may only be acting on infatuation instead of love.
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