The Friar responds with, “Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts but, in their eyes jesu maria, what the deal of brine/ Hath washes thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!”(2.3.68-90). In the first act, Romeo thought himself to be in love with Rosaline. Romeo had been distraught over the fact that his beloved Rosaline was going to become a nun. Romeo would never be able to love Rosoline, or be with her. Friar Lawrence makes fun of Romeo saying that young men only love what they see.
Shortly after Romeo meets Juliet, he immediately woos her and kisses her, forgetting entirely about Rosaline, his previous love. This portrays that Romeo only judges her on her looks and nothing whatsoever on her personality. Their experience of love at firs sight was so intense that they forgot to even tell each other their
Discuss the debate they have with Romeo, as well as their motivations for this plan. Romeo’s friends are Benvolio and Mercutio and their plan is to take Romeo to Capulets ball to distract him from Rosaline. They are trying to get Romeo to go out and dance, but he says he is too hurt by Rosaline to dance, but Mercutio and Benvoilo still force him to go to the ball. 5) Describe Romeo’s reaction when he first sees Juliet. When Romeo first sees Juliet he is astonished by her beauty.
Although the love Romeo and Juliet share is ‘love at first sight’, as the play progresses Juliet's love for Romeo develops into true romantic love - she loves him despite him being a Montague. However, even this kind of love results in being unrequited, as both die for their love at the end of the
(Stabs herself) There rust and let me die.”-P. 579 lines (169-171). It’s really sad that all of this could have been avoided if Juliet would’ve just left with Romeo or if their families gave up their hatred for one another. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s personality drastically changes. At first Romeo was love-sick and Juliet didn’t want anything to do with marriage. Then they meet, fall in love and get married.
He describes her looks as he says: "O, she is rich in beauty, only poor". Romeo talks of his unattainable love to the beautiful Rosaline. He sees Rosaline as strong, for she would never be hit by cupid's arrow. This is an example of courtly love. Now think about Romeo’s “love at first sight” with Juliet, they cannot get enough of each other, weakened at each other’s disappearance.
In John Clare's poem 'First Love' we see love as an instant attraction and he says it was a love 'so sudden.' It also highlights the aspect of unrequited love as the relationship between the poet and the person he loves has never even started. In fact he is hardly noticed as we can see from the rhetorical question 'And when she looked 'what could I ail?'' It is only in his own mind that she even perceived his love for her. ‘She seemed to hear my silent voice And loves appeal to know’ (L19, 20) This depicts love as obsessive and selfish.
Two star-crossed lovers go against their parent’s will since Juliet’s cousin is now dead and Romeo dreams that he should not go to the party, with that he ends up taking his own life. As soon as Romeo (Montague) and Juliet (Capulet) saw each other for the first time they fell in love instantly. When Romeo first meets Juliet he says, “Then move not while my prayer effect I take. Thus from my lips, my sin is pug’d” (1.5.104-105). After making this statement Romeo kisses her, he kisses her again shortly after.
Romeo and Paris have not only things in common, there are also differences between the two. Romeo changes his mind fast, that’s easily seen when Romeo is one day totally in love with Rosaline but the next day, actually the same night he is totally in love with Juliet. Paris on the other hand is constantly in love with Juliet, and doesn’t give up on her. Paris is also decent, he asks Lord Capulet polite if he can marry his loved-daughter. Romeo didn’t share his feelings for Juliet to anyone but Juliet and Friar Lawrence, the fact that he had contact with Juliet was only known by Romeo and his friends, Juliet the Nurse and Friar Lawrence.
Summary of Separate Acts Act I The prologue said by the Chorus is a brief summary of the entire play: Two families (both nobility)have fought each other for many generations in Verona, Italy-where the story is placed. When a boy from one house and a girl from the other fall in love, the feud between their parents cause them to take their life, thus forcing the two houses to recognize the foolishness of their feud and finally make peace with each other. After the prologue, the scene shifts to the streets of Verona where two of Capulet’s men (Sampson and Gregory) discuss the tension between their lord (Capulet) and lord Montague. In the midst of their discussion, Gregory notices two servants of the Montague’s (Abraham and Balthasar) and after Sampson convinces Gregory to start an argument with them, a fight quickly breaks out- the villagers joining in soon after its begin. Benvolio (nephew of Montague) tries to stop the fight until Tybalt appears and attacks him when Benvolio explains that he was merely trying to part the men.