Discuss how far Shakespeare characterises 'Romeo and Juliet' as a romantic play?

The fundamental charm of Shakespeare's works lie in his ability to pave multiple avenues of exploration, leaving his messages subject to the audience's interpretation. For this reason, it is arguable he intentionally wrote 'Romeo and Juliet' to be open to argument, in terms of which genre it lies in, depending on the audience's circumstances at the time of viewing. Throughout the play, Shakespeare willingly toys with the idea of 'Romeo and Juliet' both as a romantic tragedy, and a satire about the fickle nature teenage love, and this double interpretation can be demonstrated in a multitude of the pivotal scenes within the play. One of the first few lines we actually hear from Romeo himself is one in which he compares love to fighting and war. In the quote "Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate" Romeo uses a double set of oxymorons to try and describe his feelings. Under the interpretation that the play is a romance, this might suggest that Romeo feels so lost without the object of his affections, and that it has set his mind in such turmoil, that he can barely put name to his sadness. If, however, the play were to be interpreted as satire, Romeo's use of language (that which is typically associated with violence and war) to describe his affections unveils a deeper meaning. He objectifies Rosaline's beauty, making her seem like a piece of game to be won and caught, a sentiment furthered by the hunting metaphor earlier on in the scene. This equates Romeo's love to a game of passion. Later in the scene, he goes on to describe having to "battle" through Rosaline's miss-affections, once again implying that Shakespeare could be trying to poke fun at the hyperbolic and overly-exuberant nature of teenage love, due to the fact that Romeo's passion has blinded him to absolute reason- Rosaline is simply disinterested, and it were best if he gave up. Under this interpretation, Romeo and Juliet becomes not a romance, but a comedy at the younger generation's expense. However one might argue that the reason Romeo's love seems so turbulent, and thus comic, here is that Rosaline and Romeo are incompatible and not fated to be.Further on in the scene however, Romeo goes on to try to pinpoint his feelings about his unrequited love. When the character says "A choking gall, a preserving sweet" it could convey that Romeo is choking on the misery of his affairs, or that Romeo's love is acidic. First with the romantic perspective- Romeo's wording here could suggest that he is suffering from a bitter-sweet feeling of love yet he's holding on to the bitterness because he feels so deeply about Rosaline. However, from another perspective, it could also suggest to the audience that Romeo's love is bitter and dangerous- a potential piece of foreshadowing of the later events of the play. If taken to be true, Shakespeare's satire at Romeo's expense takes on a more moral tone, and the play becomes a warning of the dangers of giving in to turbulent and excessive passion- a message consistent with his other works, in which passion and folly are made to be the antithesis of the betterment and security of society at large (often symbolised in successful marriage pairs, which Romeo and Juliet's acts deny them of)