Comparing Romeo And Juliet

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At this point you’re probably thinking well Juliet of course, but hang with me. What about Rosaline? If Romeo would have met Rosaline instead of Juliet at the Capulet’s party? Would Romeo and Juliet still be the “star-crossed lovers” the text makes them to be? Personally I believe that Romeo would find love with Rosaline because they would meet and fall in love. In the beginning of the play Romeo is sorrowful over the fact that Rosaline doesn’t love him back. Benvolio is trying to cheer him up by saying there are other fish in the sea, but Romeo is having none of it. Eventually Benvolio convinces Romeo to go crash the Capulet party and he sees Juliet at the party, but what if he met and actually talked to Rosaline instead of Juliet? In

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