In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two teens from feuding families fall in love. Or do they really fall in love? Although Romeo and Juliet say they love each other and even go as far to kill themselves for each other, this is most likely an extreme form of lust and not love. At the Capulet party, Romeo and Juliet lock eyes and are instantly attracted to each other. Although Romeo never personally met Juliet at the time, Romeo fell in love with her beauty. That same day Romeo was in love with Rosaline, stated in the quote, “I have forgot that name and that name’s woe.” (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2:1). Romeo quickly got over Rosaline and ‘fell in love’ with Juliet, he called her the prettiest girl he ever saw, and claimed to …show more content…
He told Friar Lawrence that he was in ‘love’ with Rosaline. The friar knew he didn’t love her and told him to move on. Eventually, he did but to Juliet. When Romeo first saw Juliet, he claimed to be in love with her, similarly to his relationship with Rosaline, but if Romeo ‘loved’ Rosaline he wouldn’t have moved on so easily to Juliet. He may have liked Juliet more than Rosaline because Juliet reciprocated his feelings, however he only knew Juliet for a few days. Most people will fall in love in a few months, maybe a year or two, but Romeo fell in love in only a day. As stated in the article, “The response that is going on in your brain is a positive happy feeling. That coupled with Romeo’s chemical response amplified his crazy love for Juliet.” This quote clarifies that the chemical response in Romeo’s brain after he saw Juliet amplified his romantic feelings towards her. He may have felt more attracted to her and even felt like he may have loved her because he felt so …show more content…
These two teens mistaken their strong feelings for each other as love which sadly led to their deaths. Romeo became worryingly unstable and manic as he learned of his beloved wife’s death. Romeo’s intrepid behavior increased during the day, as demonstrated when he bought poison illegally from a poor apothecarist. This emotional outburst is not new for Romeo, but was more moderate in the past. Romeo previously became severely depressed after Rosaline didn’t show romantic interest. This shows how emotional Romeo truly is and how dangerous his behavior can become and will eventually escalate situations further, such as Paris’s death when Romeo reviled him, and ultimately Romeo’s action contributed to his own death. Romeo’s behavior also led to Juliet’s fateful death when she found Romeo’s lifeless body next to her and was mortified by what she saw. Juliet can be easily influenced by someone and is generally pliant, she’s not very independent and is too young to make decisions by herself. She felt afraid after seeing her husband dead and wanted to be with him eternally and sadly decided that suicide was the only way. This shocking event in Verona could have been reprieved if the cowardly, pompous friar didn’t help the frantic Juliet who was susceptible to self-harm. The friar Lawrence was later caught by the Prince and his militants. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet tells
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...
“Wilt thou provoke me? Then, have at thee boy!” says Romeo, the murderer of Paris. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a young man named Romeo falls in love with Juliet, a maiden from the opposing family. Romeo latches on to the thought of being with Juliet, and crosses great boundaries. Romeo’s gestures can be interpreted as romantic, loyal, and passionate. However, I believe he is mentally unstable and extreme in his decisions. Romeo does not consider the future of others, as well as himself.
It’s often said that love at first sight is what occurred in this dismal story but you can not truly be in love until you have gotten to know the person and actually talked to them. When Romeo first saw Juliet he was already saying he was in love with her and didn’t even speak to her, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!” (I.V.52). When in actual, true love you must know the person. Juliet had just learned his name and she was already calling him her love, “My only love, sprung from my only hate!” (I.V.138). On top of that, they were just teenagers. Majority of all teenagers suffer from mood swings due to the hormones raging through their body. One day they’re angry the next they’re sad, so how could they have truly known what they have wanted? Yes, it is possible for teenagers to be in love, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s actual love. “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun” (I.II.96) In that line he was talking about a girl he met before he met Juliet, Romeo was claiming he was in love with her, Rosaline, and he was really down about that sitatuion. “Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, / So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (II.III.66-68) Friar Lawrence even pointed it out; if he was able to get over Rosaline that quickly then he did not love her. If he could get over her that fast then he could find somebody else and get over Juliet
By the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet have completely fallen in love, which ultimately led to their premature deaths; with their relationship beginning as lust and blossoming into love. While Romeo and Juliet's interest in each other starts off as just physical attraction, through spending time together and learning about each other, their relationship transitions into true love because of the constant fear of living without each other.
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
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
Romeo's inclination to fall in love easily was first shown in his love for Rosaline. It was illustrated perfectly when he first met Juliet. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight. For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night". (Lines 50-51, Scene 5, Act 1) He say this but he seemed to have forgotten Rosaline like old news, even though he speaks of Juliet as he spoke of Rosaline only a few short hours before. "One fairer than my love! The all-seeing sun ne'er saw her match, since first the world begun" (Lines 94-95, Scene 2, Act 1). Romeo immaturity was further shown by the way he handled Tybalt's slaying of Mercutio.
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.
Furthermore, Romeo starts the whole tragedy. True, Juliet acts naïve, nonetheless Romeo acts hastily by encouraging the relationship. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter, Romeo is in an infatuation with Rosaline. In Act 1.1, Romeo depicts Rosaline's beauty and says, "She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair." Romeo’s love for Rosaline is only skin deep and faces heart break when she chooses to be celibate. Yet when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, he forgets all about Rosaline and instantly falls for Juliet. In Act 1.5, Romeo is the first to spot Juliet and immediately feels an attraction to her. In addition, Romeo thinks Juliet is very beautiful and convinces her to kiss him without knowing each other. Then in Act 2.1, Romeo pursues Juliet and goes to her balcony and begins to profess his love for her. When Romeo is swearing that he is in love with Juliet, she stops him and says everything is happening so quickly. However, Romeo reassures Juliet and they plan for their marriage.
Even though the pair spend less time together, it is enough for them to fall in love. It is clearly true love and there is great intensity in the young lovers’ passion for one another. Love has unlimited forgiveness. As already shown, both Romeo and Juliet are horrified to discover that they are family enemies. Despite this, they both choose to devote their love to each other.
Romeo and Juliet’s young love reflects their abruptness, rashness, and lack of maturity which leads to them getting suicide impulses throughout the story and causing Romeo and Juliet to ultimately suicide at the end of the story. Their love causes them to act very rashly and make unwise decisions, such as getting married and killing themselves. They are also too young to love because they are not mature enough. Their lack of maturity influences their decisions, leading to them finding abrupt solutions, such as suicide. After Balthasar told Romeo that Juliet died, he proclaimed, “I do beseech you, sir, have patience/Your looks are pale and wild do import/ Some misadventure” (5.1.27-29). Once Balthasar delivers the tragic news of Juliet’s death to Romeo, Romeo makes a rash decision of going back to Verona, not thinking about the consequences of his act, which would lead to more complications, such as him being...
Romeo’s numerous rash decisions demonstrates his great impulsiveness. Romeo at first grieves over his unreciprocated love for Rosaline, but after he sees Juliet; he forgets about Rosaline entirely. His hastiness leads him to make decisions that are not intelligent or to his benefit. Shortly after meeting Juliet, he asks her to “exchange [her] faithful vow” for his ( 2.2.132). Romeo’s recklessness is evident that he does not think before he makes important decisions; prompting him to propose to Juliet just hours after their first meeting. Yet the morning before, Romeo was suffering from depression because he could never have his Rosaline. After what seems like a lifetime of loving Rosaline and promising to never love anyone but her, Romeo sees Juliet and instantaneously all his thoughts of Rosaline vanish. Romeo becomes infatuated with Juliet, with whom he exchanges less then fifty words before “falling in love.” The next morning he begs Friar L...
Have you ever fallen innocently in love? If you have, you know how it feels to have deep and passionate feelings for someone who is almost a total stranger to you. It might be fate or coincidence that brought you together, and it might be love or hate that tears you apart in the end. This puzzle of actions and feelings are wonderfully shown in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is considered to be a love story, but are these two characters’ brought about out of love, or just motivated by lust?
Even before Juliet is introduced, Romeo considers himself to be in love with Rosaline. Although he says that it is true love, stating “.. Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.” (Shakespeare, I.1.23), it is clear that his obsession with Rosaline is purely surface-level.
One of the reasons Romeo and Juliet’s “love” was lust because Romeo was in love with Rosaline at the time. A quote that supports my reason is “Why such is love’s transgression. Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes (act 1; scene 1; line 180; page 22.) This explains why in the beginning Romeo has been moody lately.