... as objects for sex, and not as people. They even speak about sex when they see two Montague servants, and Gregory says "draw thy tool". This is a sexual innuendo, implying that Sampson should prepare for sex because the Montague servants are homosexual. This is very different to the way Romeo and Juliet view sex. For them it was part of love, not something to be taken lightly. They used sex to consummate their marriage. Courtly love is an idealised version of love, it is an admiration of someone and building that admiration into something it isn't. It is the 'love' Romeo feels for Rosaline, and the 'love' Paris feels for Juliet. Romeo never meets Rosaline, yet he believes to be in love with her. He carves her name into trees and stone, and mopes around writing love poetry. Yet when he meets Juliet, he forgets all about Rosaline. Rosaline ...

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