Romance and tragedy combined into one beautiful story, “For never was a story more woe/ Than this of Juliet and Romeo.” (Shakespeare 5.3.313-314). The story of Romeo and Juliet, written in 1595-96 by William Shakespeare, is known to be one of the greatest love stories of all time. This tragic tale is about a young love-sick Romeo who instantly falls in love with the only daughter of the Capulet family, Juliet, who is due to marry count Paris. Juliet's beauty captivates Romeo and Romeo's flirtatious personality captivates her as well, but, sadly they can't be together because their families are ancient rivals. Desperate to stay together, a heedless and faulty plan is put into place and everything goes to ruins; both Romeo and Juliet end up dying, all because of their so-called love. It’s safe to say that Romeo did not truly love Juliet because he was superficial, fickle, and egocentric.
When it comes to Juliet, all Romeo can talk about is beauty. An example of this is when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time at the
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In the span of a few hours, Romeo went from obsessing over Rosaline to obsessing over Juliet. This shows Romeo’s feelings come and go and aren't true feelings, just temporary infatuations. When Romeo visits Friar Lawrence even he is shocked by how fast Romeo moved on: “Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!/ Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,/ So soon forsaken?” (Shakespeare 2.3.67-69). Back at the party, Romeo claims he had never seen true beauty until seeing Juliet even though before they met he would rant nonstop about Rosaline: “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight./ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (Shakespeare 1.5.50-51). All of these events prove Romeo's feelings aren’t true: his feelings are transient and if he found someone prettier he would probably forget about Juliet, just like he did with