Comparing Romeo's Speeches in Act One Scene One and Act One Scene Five
What changes in Romeo’s language, feelings and opinion of love can be
noted and what conclusions can be reached about the nature of his love
for the two women?
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was written around the 16th
century. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is a love-tragedy about two
people who fall in love from two feuding families. The intended
audience was for Elizabethans who visited the theatre regularly.
An Elizabethan lover was very different to a typical lover nowadays.
An Elizabethan was a deeply pious person and was typically married at
a very young age. This can be illustrated by Juliet who is only 13 or
14 and yet she marries Romeo despite the fact that he is also quite
young. The lover would attract the opposite sex by the use of poetry
and various romantic words.
As well as different characteristics, a typical Elizabethan lover also
held different moral values. Society at that time believed strongly
in maintaining high moral values and trying to set good examples for
the rest of their community. For instance, if two people fell in love
with each other, but they were not married at the time, (or were from
two feuding families), it would be frowned upon by other members of
society for those two people to act upon their emotions & feelings of
love. Instead, people believed one should actually obtain permission
from their parents before subsequently formalising their love in the
sanctity of marriage.
The main characters in Act 1 scene 1 are: Romeo (Lord & Lady
Montague’s son), Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin); and in Act 1 scene ...
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...o becomes an entirely
different person. He speaks in an appropriate way; he becomes more
mature and does not say things unnecessarily. His language becomes
more sophisticated and he describes Juliet with a contrast between
‘light and dark’ with powerful imagery. He also describes Juliet as
being ‘holy.’ The reader is given the idea of her being pure and
beautiful.
Romeo was not in love with Rosaline as at that time, he did not know
the meaning of love and he was in love with the idea of being in love,
so behaved in a childish manner. Romeo’s love for Juliet is clear and
distinguishable. Lastly, Romeo is a quick and indecisive character at
the start of the play; he acts childish and talks in an illogical way.
During the play, when he first sees Juliet, he becomes more mature
and begins to act like an adult.
Romeo is in love with Rosaline at the very beginning of the story and has just found out that she has taken the vow of chastity. Meanwhile Lord Capulet has given County Paris Juliet’s hand in marriage if he can wait until she is sixteen. The Capulets have a party so that Juliet and the Count can meet and he can then woo her. When Romeo and Juliet first meet they are at the Capulet party, which Romeo sneaks into. They fall in love at first sight without realizing that they are enemies. Fate brings them together and it is fate that they are enemies.
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love tales, but what if the play is not actually a tale of love, but of total obsession and infatuation. Romeo has an immature concept of love and is rather obsessive. Romeo is not the only person in the play who is obsessed though. Many people throughout the play notice his immaturities about love. Very rarely was true love actually shown in the play. attention. Romeo childishly cries to his friend, Benvolio because Rosaline will not love him back and says " She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow/ Do I live dead that live to tell it now" (I i 219-220). Romeo is stating that he's ready to die for loving Rosaline. This is exactly the same attitude Romeo had towards Juliet a little later in the play. During Scene I, Act ii, Romeo's friend, Benvolio tries to get him to go to the Capulet's party to help him get over Rosaline and meet other women Romeo gets very angry and emotional when he suggests this. “Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, / Alike bewitched by the charm of looks” (II 5-6). The chorus expresses Romeo’s juvenile way...
Comparison Between Act 3 Scene 1 in Franco Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet and in Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet
decides to gate crash it the party in hope to see the girl he loves
Act 1 scene 3 and Act 3 scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." Here, Romeo is asking himself, did he really love Rosaline?
Out of his love for you, he came to that party, and at this party, he met Juliet, his future wife.Now, we cannot put the blame for them falling in love on you. However, it is of the opinion of the court that you, Rosaline, tendered Romeo's heart, making him prone to fall in love easily. This may also have caused his easiness to slip in and out of moods. This is shown when he, at first was against all fights and was trying to keep the peace between his friend Mercutio, and enemy Tybalt. Soon after Tybalt slay Mercutio, Romeo suddenly had a change of heart and avenged his friends death, and for this reason was banished from his hometown Verona.
In the play. Romeo is just getting over Rosaline "rejecting" him (Act I, Scene 1, Line 155). This means that he could have just been very upset. Resulting in him just grabbing the first thing he could find which just happened to be Juliet. If he had never even met Rosaline. He probably would have never met Juliet either. Although in the movie version of this part, all that the viewer knows is that
The Act 3 Scene 5 and Act 4 Scene 5 are set in Juliet’s bedroom in Capulet’s mansion ‘Verona’. To begin with, the atmosphere in Act 3 Scene 5 is very romantic, kind, loving and is running at a slow pace but when Romeo leaves and lady Capulet enters, the atmosphere turns aggressive, insulting and upsetting and gets into a faster pace. This is unusual seeing the start of the scene where the language used was quite soft and kind. But as Lady Capulet enters into the scene, it turns into aggressive and very harsh language is used.
Rosaline feel the way that Romeo does for her. He talks of her as wise
The fact that Rosaline never shares the same feelings with Romeo, shows how quickly Romeo is about to fall in love. “Out of her favor, where I am in love” (Rom. 1.1.158) - a.k.a. a.k.a. a.k.a.
In this tragedy, we see Romeo lose all sense of empowerment and hope went Rosaline doesn’t like him back because she is "committing to celebesay". Romeo gives a lack of living and shuts himself away.
Romeo has an obsessive personality. The morning before he meets Juliet, he is obsessing on Rosaline. To see Rosaline, Romeo snuck into a Capulet’s party; once there, he meets Juliet and instantly he forgets his obsession of Rosaline, thinking Juliet is the most beautiful creature on earth. Friar Lawrence even acknowledges this when he states, “Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes” (II iii 67-68). Romeo’s affection is easily swayed from Rosaline to Juliet.
1. Romeo is so love struck that he compares Juliet to many things that show contrast to one another. For example he says that she stands out against the darkness like a jeweled earring hanging against the cheek of an African. “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear.” He also says that she is like a white dove in the middle of a flock of crows; “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.” At this point it clear that Romeo has fallen out of love with Rosaline and fell deeply in love with Juliet.
When Romeo meets Juliet, he claimed to be immediately in love. Although he has been sulking over Rosaline, when he met Juliet, he states, “Did my heart love till now? forswear it sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Act 1.5 Lines 51-52). The entire time as he envisions love with Rosaline, it was all incoherent. Romeo’s impulsive attitude causes him to fall head over heels with Juliet, which begins the drama in this play.