Between Romeo and Juliet, whose love do you think is more passionate and intense?

This
sort of thing is hard to measure, since both characters are passionate about one another from
the moment they first meet.

One could easily argue that 's love is the more
passionate. He does far more reckless things than the comparatively level-headed , such as
risking his life by sneaking into the Capulet garden at night only to glimpse his love, or
threatening to kill himself after he has been banished from Verona and, by extension, Juliet's
company. His final decisionto commit suicide after he believes Juliet has diedis the result of
quite an intense passion.

And yet, one could also argue that Juliet's love
is more intense because it proves more ennobling for her character. Even though Romeo's love is
powerful, Romeo himself never quite matures as a result of it; Juliet, on the other hand, is
forced to grow up over several days. While the world remains "broad and wide" for a
young man like Romeo, Juliet is limited socially as a young woman. She is far more
dependent...