Comparing Romeo And Juliet

“When you fall head over heels for someone, you're not falling in love with who they are as a person; you're falling in love with your idea of love.”- brainyquote.com. In Romeo and Juliet they both fell head over heels for each other, but really they were both falling in love with the idea not each other.In Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, they are not in love because they are strangers, they are lustful towards each other, and they are immature. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet they are not in love, because they are strangers. “Th' exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.” (2.2.127) Romeo and Juliet met at the capulet party, and Romeo proposed and Juliet accepted it. They did not take the time to get to know each other or share the wedding with their friends and family. Even though Romeo earlier the day they met was “in love” with Rosaline and wanted to marry her, and Romeo was very depressed when she did not want to marry him, but he met Juliet and was “in love” with her and married her. So Romeo and Juliet are strangers and dont know each other enough to love each other.

Another reason Romeo and Juliet are not in love is because they are lustful towards each other. Right after Romeo and Juliet met

Juliet is young but Romeo acts the same age as her.”My child is yet a stranger in the world. She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Let two more summers wither in their pride. (1.2.8-10). Juliet is not even fourteen years old yet. Romeo however is older and should know better. In Act 3 Scene 3, he attempts to stab himself, just because he was banished. Where Juliet when she finds out about marrying Paris she tells her mother to make her tomb her wedding bed. If she was more mature she would be open about why she doesn't want to get married or temporary comply till they find another option. That is how Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they are