Relationships In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo is a melodramatic 16-year old that lets his downheartedness over Rosaline take over when he sees Juliet. Romeo is unhappy, as Rosaline decided to stay chaste, and then he meets Juliet and he sees that she is looks attractive and wants to make irresponsible decisions. Romeo gives a perfect example of his irresponsible, lustful identity when he says this, “Did my heart love till now? / Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night”(Shakespeare,

Romeo is portrayed as an emotional and reckless character. His friend Mercutio and Fr. Lawrence comment on Romeo’s fickle attitude when he immediately falls in love with Juliet completely forgetting about Rosaline, his first love. Romeo quotes,” Did my heart love until now? Foreswear it sight, for I never saw true beauty until this night”. His love for Rosaline was superficial. Juliet transforms Romeo’s immature and erotic infatuation to true and constant love. After meeting Juliet he matures very quickly. Maybe Romeo’s love for Juliet is so intense because unlike Rosaline, Juliet reciprocates his

Moreover, Romeo through his infatuation with Rosaline learned valuable lessons that help him come to appreciate and understand the feelings he experiences with Juliet. Romeo felt rejection, sorrow, and misery from his infatuation with Rosaline which is seen when he is talking to Benvolio, “In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman” this particular quote shows the sadness or sorrow he feels from the feelings for Rosaline (1.1.201). Also when he says “She hath forsworn to love”, the words Romeo speaks allow it to be inferred that his feelings for her have been rejected (1.1.220). “At the opening of the play [Romeo] is maundering about like an erotic woman novelist, sighing and groaning because Rosaline will not listen to his tenders of affection” revealing that Romeo’s love was rejected and was upset because of this, allowing him to learn these feelings and what it is like to be rejected by the one he had feelings for (Northwood 19). Due to having felt these emotions from his infatuation, when he finds his love for Juliet and receives love and acceptance from her. Since he went so long, feeling sorrow and rejection when he finally finds Juliet, he can fully appreciate the love and acceptance he is given which intensifies his love for her and does the opposite of weakening the credibility of his love. Through his infatuation with Rosaline, he was able to grow as a person and become able to fully commit to his love for Juliet.

However, at the party he meets Juliet for the first time, and immediately falls in love with her: “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo, who was in love with Rosaline until a moment ago, completely forgets about her and is now all focused on Juliet. But what is very surprising is not the fact that he is in love with his enemy’s daughter, the astonishing thing is the speed at which he falls in love with her. Soon, in fact, he and Juliet kiss each other: “Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.” However, Romeo’s characteristics to love so deeply Juliet is just a symbol of his lacking the capacity of moderation for intense feelings of all kind. Had Romeo stopped himself from being so deeply caught up by Juliet’s beauty, the tragedy would have never happened.

Romeo is solely captivated with Juliet because of her physical appeal, having never felt this deep of an attraction before he confuses his lust with love. When Romeo first sees Juliet he seeks her out because “[her] Beauty [was] too rich for use”(692) and “that first did prompt [him] to inquire”(701) If Juliet had not been so fair then their

Shakespeare thus portrays Romeo and his love as an infatuation. This infatuation is evident in how instantaneously Romeo falls out of love with Rosaline and into love with Juliet. At one stage, Rosaline was the “precious treasure of his eyesight”, yet Romeo’s embodiment of perfection was, a few scenes later, his notion of defectiveness. This therefore reveals to the audience the instantaneous and reckless path of the two lovers, as well as the fickleness of adolescent “love”, diminishing at the sight of

The emotion of love is an incredibly complex feeling, as displayed in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

The theme of young love can be chaotic and destructive recurs throughout of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. To demonstrate, Romeo’s passion for Juliet overwhelms him and compels him to perform insane acts out of love. In like manner, Juliet’s devotion to Romeo triggers her own senseless behavior. Romeo’s infatuation for Juliet impels his reckless actions. First of all, Romeo would rather perish than endure without Juliet in his life.

The love between Romeo and Juliet is iconic yet people still wonder if Romeo’s love is genuine or a product of infatuation. Women with beauty are the only ones that catch Romeo’s eyes and there are many examples where he refers to Rosaline as beautiful. Romeo’s desire for love also plays a big role in weakening the integrity of his love for Juliet. Due to Romeo’s young age, he does not see the difference between admiration and true love. Throughout the play, many actions made by Romeo make the readers question whether Romeo’s love for Juliet is real.

This love is shown by four people, first by Romeo and his father, Friar Lawrence. Romeo’s father is worried about him, his heart has recently been broken by a girl he had a crush on, Rosaline. In scene one of act one, page 25, Romeo quotes; “She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, To merit bliss by making me despair.” In this quote he is saying that Rosaline is beyond beautiful to him, and what makes her happy, gives him great sadness.

(I.3) Juliet thinks that she is giving into his love way to fast. Which she is right because Romeo was in infatuated with Rosaline and he claimed the he loved her so much but got over her way too quick. Juliet does not want that to happen with her and she is being cautious which is good.

Upon seeing Juliet, Romeo questions whether he has ‘seen a true beauty till this night’ this emphasises Romeo’s ability to easily fall in and out of love, before encountering Juliet, Romeo was ‘in love’ with Rosaline and he felt ‘under love’s heavy burden’ from this perspective the relationship between Romeo and Juliet seems rather childish and makes the reader question whether the feelings they had for one another were of true love. However, Shakespeare may also have done this to compare the feelings Romeo had for Rosaline and the feelings he currently has for Juliet. Rosaline is undermined in the eyes of Romeo once he has laid eyes upon Juliet, this may be foreshadowing the intensity of their love. Romeo feels such a deep connection to Juliet that he has forgotten about Rosaline within a matter of seconds. Shakespeare, it trying to make the reader understand that their relationship is powerful yet destructive.

The development of Romeo uncovers fanatic characteristics. After his heartbreak, Romeo reflects on the beauty of Rosaline as he strolls down the street adding, “She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair” (I.i.215). Romeo’s obsessive behavior leads him into believing Rosaline and his bond remains too strong for her to waste her beauty. Romeo’s distinguished perspective adds to the overkeen mood. At the Capulet’s party, Romeo watches Juliet, after they first meet, adding, “Juliet is the sun” (II.ii.3).

“ (1.1.213-219).” Romeo is explaining that Rosaline is wanting to wait or doesn't want to lose her virginity yet because she doesn't want to pass down her intelligence or beauty. By Rosaline saying she doesn't want to lose her virginity, yet, gives her more spiritual salvation. Because Romeo was lustful for Juliet's cousin, proves that Juliet was just his rebound so it isn’t true love.

Love is the only force strong enough to keep us doing what we're not supposed to do. In the play, “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, two lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall deeply in love with each other but they are forbidden to be together because their families are rivals. They strive to find ways to be together in secret, but in a terrible twist of fate, Romeo mistakenly thinks Juliet is dead and kills himself. Then when Juliet sees Romeo is dead upon her awakening from the effects of a potion, she kills herself too. In the myth, “Pyramus and Thisbe” by Ovid, two neighbors are strongly in love and want to marry, but it was forbidden, so they constantly talked through a crack between their houses.