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Does Shakespeare seem to consider a self-destructive tendency to be inextricably connected with love or is it a separate issue

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Shakespeare seems to consider a self-destruction tendency inextricably connected with love, as it is love and the actions taken in its name that drive the protagonists of many of his plays to make the choices which ultimately lead to their downfall, most famously in Romeo and Juliet.