Comparing the Different Types of Love Evident in Romeo and Juliet “True love is like ghosts,"claims François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Which everyone talks about but few have seen". What is true love? Is it idealistic love or physical love, mature love or paternal love. Well kiddies, it is all that are listed here for each has its own place in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. Physical love, which Mercutio believes in, is well explained in his Queen Mab story. Queen Mab, an English folk tale fairy was said to bring the dreams to men and her child