William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Why does Shakespeare bother with the Rosaline ‘romance’? He does this
to show the audience what Romeo is like, a guy who isn’t sure of
anything, that he just thinks he is in love but really he isn’t. It
prepares us for what is to come because when he talks about Rosaline,
you know he isn’t really in love; therefore you can’t wait to see whom
he will really fall in love with. When you first listen to Romeo talk
about Rosaline, you basically know that he is not really in love with
her because of the way he talks about her. You don’t get that much
involved in the romance between him and Rosaline because you basically
know it’s not a real one so you don’t get that involved. Once he
starts to talk about Juliet thought, you really start to get involved
because you know that this one is the big one, the real romance of the
play. It is very important that the audience believes that the romance
between Romeo and Juliet is real because the whole play revolves
around their romance. It is important to the play because all the
actions that happen after the party and at the Capulet’s house is
related to their romance and then at the end of the play, where they
both kill themselves, is because of their doomed love.
Each scene is necessary to the play, because the play is like a puzzle
and the scenes are the pieces, so if only one of them is missing, then
the whole play is just not understandable. For example, in the first
scene, there is a fight, this scene is important because it shows you
how much both houses hate each other, it shows you that Benvolio is a
peacemaker while Tybalt is always ready for a good fight and that once
it is found, he will do anything to keep it going. You also see that
the servants are just all talk and no action. Act 1 Scene 2 shows you
Romeo who thinks he is in love with a girl called Rosaline when in