Romeo and Juliet Although Romeo and Juliet become inextricably smitten with one another, they both enter into the relationship from different perspectives. Their love is strong, but each has their reasons for the intensity of their love. Romeo has just come out of another ?crush?. He has liked Rosaline for quite awhile, but things do not work out because the feelings are not mutual. Romeo sees that Juliet is a beautiful lady that he falls in love with right away, while he attends the Capulet Party. Juliet also instantly falls in love with Romeo, but it could be more of an escape for her. Despite the formidable obstacles they must overcome, their intense love survives because they do not just give up on their love. Prior to seeing Juliet, Romeo had intense feelings for Rosaline. These feelings were not felt by Rosaline though, so nothing came out of it. These lines are spoken by Friar Lawrence who is referring to Romeo as a waverer. ?Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell./ But come, young waverer, come, go with me.? (2.3.95-96). He does not seem to know what he wants or who he loves. Romeo is depressed and is shutting himself off from the world because love is not working out for him. Before Juliet attends the party at her father?s, she is being arranged to marry Paris. This is against her will though, she does not love this man at all. Juliet has never been in a relationship before, so this is a new experience for her. Lady Capulet, Capulet, the nurse, and others thought that she is being ridiculous. They think that she is stubborn and foolish for not wanting to marry Paris. Her father gets very upset when he hears Juliet will not and does not want to marry Paris as he expresses to her. Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch: I tell thee what: get the church o? Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me. Capulet is saying that Juliet better be there and marry Paris or he will disown her. If she does not show up, she should never talk to or look him in the face again. But Juliet, and Romeo, both feel that they have found the right one. They feel like they have found heaven. Romeo thinks that Juliet is perfect.
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...
Romeo and Juliet meet and instantly fall in love. Romeo no longer loves Rosaline and is
In the Capulet house, Lady Capulet states that Paris has shown interest in Juliet. Juliet promise that she will give Paris a chance but she will not go out of her way for him.
Romeo has fell out of love with Rosaline and can’t stop thinking about her. He rants on about it to Benvolio, and Benvolio is telling him to forget of her. Benvolio’s reaction to Romeo was to try and help him forget about Rosaline.
Romeo experiences that he is a slave to love, who bends people "to his will”. He also feels that love has a contradictory nature; it is composed of complete opposites. Firstly, Benvolio has been appointed by Lord Montague to find out the source of Romeo's melancholy. As Romeo and Benvolio are discussing love, Romeo explains, “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs…” (1.1.197). Romeo elucidates how depressed he feels because Rosaline refuses to marry Romeo. This sadness has made him doubt the reality of the world, and, especially of love. Romeo is crying and depressed because his love for Rosaline is not returned. Romeo takes love extremely serious and he is willing to die for true love. When Romeo and his friends are heading to the Capulet party, Romeo asks Mercutio how to handle love when it hurts. Romeo asserts to Mercutio, “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, ...
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s impulsiveness contributes to the tragedy of the play. There is no doubt that Romeo rushes into love throughout the play. One example of this is when he falls in love with Rosaline. Although Rosaline is not a major role in the play, it shows the sorrow and uncertainty Romeo goes through after not being loved back. Marilyn Williamson said “During the time in which he was infatuated with Rosaline, he was … withdrawn into darkness” (6). The fact that Rosaline never shares the same feelings with Romeo, shows how quickly Romeo is to fall in love. “Out of her favor, where I am in love” (Rom. 1.1.158). Ironically, Romeo falls in love with Juliet during his plan to get closer to Rosaline. He is at a Capulet party when he first sees Juliet and
Despite what many people think, Romeo and Juliet is not a love story; rather a story of desperation and obsession. People have been reading Shakespeare for hundreds of years and several people have mistaken it for a love story, due to the fact that Romeo loves Juliet so much he is willing to kill himself when he finds her supposedly dead; she does the same when she wakes up to find him dead. But in fact, Romeo is more taken aback by her beauty than he is in love with her. Juliet is intrigued by the fact someone could love her because her parents are very unsupportive of her. When the two find each other, they immediately become obsessed, mistaking this for love at first sight.
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.
Juliet refuses to marry Paris, saying, “Now, by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too, / He shall not make me there a joyful bride!” (3.5, 121-122). This quote shows that Juliet is disobedient and unreasonable, It is shown because as soon as talk of marrying Paris come up, Juliet breaks down crying and starts raising her voice. A little while after the last scene, the Nurse tries to give Juliet some advice, Juliet’s response is, “Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend! / ... I'll to the Friar to know his remedy. / If all else fail, myself have power to die.” (3.5, 248, 254-255). This scene also shows that Juliet is disobedient and unreasonable because, Juliet blatantly goes behind her parents back to make a plan that goes against their wishes. Her actions show that Juliet changes for the worse near the end of the story.
Initially, the love between Romeo and Juliet occurs unbelievably short period of time that interrupts the development of their emotions. Romeo feels the emotion of love towards Juliet the exact moment he encounters Juliet. Although he claims to love no one other than Rosaline, and he would die without her just that morning, as soon as he sees Juliet, he gets hooked by her beauty and gives the ownership of his heart to her. The transition between Rosaline to Juliet took place too quickly, and as it is a love at first sight, they are unable to fully grown the seed of the love. Likewise, they are married the day after they meet. They merely know their faces and their names, but still shoot themselves into marriage, the ultimate commitment to another is rushed through by their reckless commitment to satisfy the...
Romeo first notices Juliet during her parents' banquet, which causes them to fall in love at first sight. His reaction in Act I, scene IV illustrates that Juliet's appearance significantly affects him: “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night. As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear- Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! (Act I, scene IV, 45-48). Romeo swiftly decides that he is in love with Juliet though he hasn’t spoken to her yet. Juliet is more sensible and declines his first moves, but soon lets him kiss her. At this time, the feelings of both lovers look to be the same. Nevertheless, fate checks their loyalty by revealing their identities. Juliet is a Capulet, and Romeo a Montague, which is an unearthing that shocks them both, but they do not doubt the love they have together. In fact, this leads the reader to accept their love as genuine. In final, their compassion and devotion towards one another is too strong for it to be lust, which proves they are in true love.
This does a good job of conveying to the reader that Juliet does not like Paris, and realises that her parents only want her to marry him for the money and his looks. At this point Juliet has not met Romeo, so there can not be any influence from him. Juliet realizes that her parents would like her to get married soon, and so she does not have much time to find a better alternative to Paris. Although she is alarmed by the question posed by her mother, she is not panicking yet since the idea of being married to Paris is only a suggestion. As the story progresses to the second act, and Juliet has met her Romeo, we continue to see very solid and intelligent decisions being made. This continues to show through when Juliet tells Romeo that, “I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say ‘It lightens.’” (II.2.117) After saying this Juliet seems to have not caved into Romeo’s love at all. However, a few lines later Juliet is called away by her nurse, and when she reappears, all of her thoughts become rushed. She tells Romeo, “If that thy bent of love be
Lord Capulet says, “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender/ Of my child’s love. I think she will be ruled/ In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not’’ (3.4.1214). Juliet is less than thrilled when Lord Capulet schedules an immediate wedding date, just a few days off, and communicates to him her refusal to marry Paris. In response, Lord Capulet says. “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what get thee to church a Thursday/ Or never after look me in the face” (3.5.160162). Whereas he seems concerned for his young daughter’s well being at the beginning of the play, his words become cruel in response to her disobedience. Having uttered these cold words, it is surprising at the end of the play that he seems upset when he learns of her death.
Capulet is a big abusive man who likes to show off his priorities, and does not like not getting his own way.
Romeo and Juliet, a drama play by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two star crossed lovers. In the city of Verona 1590, two love struck teenagers, are predestined to meet. They are forbidden to be with one another for a feud by their progenitors has doomed them with a forever lasting hatred for one another. Defying those rules, the two decide to keep their love a secret, ending their lives in a way no one would have imagined. Some say they acted like children, some say they were just in a daze, but despite knowing the risks and consequences of loving Juliet, Romeo continues to ignore them and fight for more time with her, resulting in his own demise.