Desire and Love in Society: A Brief Comparison of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Marquis De Sade's Justine: Philosophy in the Bedroom.
This 7-page senior-level essay compares and contrasts portrayals of love and desire in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Marquis De Sade's Justine: Philosophy in the bedroom. It especially stresses how both texts place love and desire within the complex workings of social structures and languages.