doomed lovers

• tragicCausing great sorrow
• star-crossedDoomed by destiny
• RomeoArdent male lover
• JulietFemale name, phonetic J
• forbiddenNot allowed

passion · fate · heartbreak · death · sacrifice · longing · separation · impossible · bittersweet · destiny · tearful · eternal · anguish · embrace · parting · loss · devotion · cursed

• tragic romanceRomeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Wuthering Heights, star-crossed, forbidden love
• operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
• Romantic themespassion, romance, affection, devotion, heartbreak
• Poetic Realismfatalism, melancholy tone
• plot devicesMacGuffin, red herring, plot twist, flashback, foreshadowing
• RomanticismWilliam Blake, the sublime, J.M.W. Turner, Eugene Delacroix, emotionalism