Khushi Patel Period 2 Due date: April 19, 2018 Journal #1 In the first two scenes of Romeo and Juliet, we see Romeo is heartbroken over Rosaline, his "one true love". I would characterize Romeo as handsome, intelligent, a romantic, but very sensitive. Romeo is depressed and sad about Rosaline.
Romeo was deeply in love with Rosaline and wanted to be with her and get married. “For beauty starved with her severity…She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, to merit bliss by making me despair: She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow…” (Romeo and Juliet 1.1.210-214) Romeo thought that Rosaline was everything he was looking for. Rosaline on the other hand did not care for Romeo, or from what the play tells us. Romeo moved on past Rosaline at a party the Capulets were throwing. If Romeo had not moved onto Juliet many, if not all, characters would have still been alive.
When Romeo asks the Friar to marry him and Juliet together he agrees because he thinks that it may bring an end to the feud between their families, but he is also shocked that Romeo has gotten over Rosaline so quickly. For example, Romeo comes running in to talk to Friar Lawrence saying, “I love rich Capulet's daughter. I love her and she loves me. We’re bound to each other in every possible way, except we need you to marry us” ( Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 57-59). This quote shows us that Romeo has truly gotten over Rosaline and moved on to Juliet.
Throughout the first few scenes of the play Romeo would talk about his “love” Rosaline. Romeo wasn’t going to get over her, but his friend Benvolio knew that he needed to so he suggested that they go to the party that Peter invited them to so Romeo would seek out other girls: “But in that crystal scales let there be weighed Your lady’s love against some other maid That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now seems best” (1.2.103-106). Romeo agrees to go to the party, but not to look at other girls, rather to rejoice in Rosaline's beauty. If he wasn’t so caught up in Rosaline then Benvolio maybe wouldn’t have told him to go to the party which would then lead to Romeo and Juliet not meeting. Once Tybalt found out about Romeo going to the Capulet party he was not very happy causing him to get pretty angry and go after Romeo: “Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo '' (3.1.46), “Well, peace be with you, sir.
Although Romeo was so sad Rosaline didn’t love him back, he was able to rebound and find interest in Juliet. Romeo says, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”(1.5.51-52).
Without a doubt, Romeo was obsessed with this idea of love, he is always claiming to be in love with a woman, yet he does not know the sweet tenderness of love nor has he experienced the genuine feeling. Romeo believes that he, himself knows love and has experienced it on more than one occasion. Due to the fact that Romeo moved on from Rosaline to Juliet shows that he is not capable of allegiance to a woman. “You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them above a common bound” (Act 1, Scenes 4, Lines 17-18) When Mercutio says this, it shows that even Romeo's friends know that Romeo often insists he love’s in multiple cases.
The story of ‘Romeo and Juliet' is indeed a tragedy assured from the elements such as Character Flaws, Fate and Great Sorrow. The important element that makes a Shakespearean play is Character Flaw's since it directly affects the character's actions and abilities. The role of Fate is a crucial part of this tragedy play since it links with everyone within the story. Great Sorrow in this play are portrayed in a variety of ways, but specifically death. In fact, throughout the play, these three elements if you think about it are in every single Shakespearean tragedy.
The night before the party where Romeo and Juliet met, Romeo had been crying over his ex girlfriend Rosaline. However, after meeting Juliet he was not upset at all about Rosaline. When asked by his pastor if he had been with Rosaline all night, Romeo stated “With Rosaline, father? No, I have forgotten that girl and all the sadness she brought me”(Shakespeare). Friar Lawrence responded with “Have you given up so quickly on Rosaline, whom you loved so much?
In one case Romeo talks about his unreturned love for Rosaline, saying, “Out of her favor, where i am in love” (1.1.158). Romeo is hinting at the point that Rosaline has nothing to do with him, yet, he is in love with her. In this case Rosaline will never return Romeo’s love for her, displaying unrequited love. This love is shown once again in another part of the story with Juliet. Juliet’s mother wants her to marry Paris (who also wants to marry juliet)
This is Romantic love because Romeo and Juliet share their first kiss. Romantic love is shown again on lines 107-111 in act one,scene 5 Romeo and Juliet say, “ Romeo- Thus by my lips, by thine, my sin is purged. Juliet- Then have my lips the sin that they have took. Romeo-
Romeo at this point is feeling romantic and wants to go back to be with Juliet. Due to his romanticness, Romeo has become desperate and must be with Juliet.
This is a reason because Romeo just got over Rosaline, when he sees Juliet he is somewhat using her as a rebound. “Out of her favor, where I am in love.” (act 1 scene 1 line 163) In this scene, Romeo is going on and on about how he loves Rosaline but she doesn’t love him back. Later on, he sees Juliet at the Capulet party and falls ‘in love’ with her.
The only thing that attracted Romeo to Juliet was her beauty. So what I’m saying is Juliet is a rebound to Romeo while Romeo is different towards Juliet. To sum it up, Romeo may mean quite a lot to Juliet and although Romeo says he loves Juliet, is it coming from his heart or is he just saying it to make himself and everyone who knows believe that he loves
At the beginning of this popular Shakespeare play, Romeo claims to be in love with a girl named Rosaline. He cries for days about her before he meets Juliet because she rejected his love for her. When Romeo first appears in the play, he appears to be too distracted with his heartache from Rosaline’s disenchantment of Romeo’s affection. His dwelling over his “love [for Rosaline], feel no love...
Rosaline is now forgotton in romeos mind. Romeos associantion with rosaline does not affect the credibility of his love for juliet. In act 1 scene 2 of romeo and juliet they start dancing at the capulets partyits like love at first sight. Its diffrent when he sees juliet. Romeos old love for rosaline is istantly replaced with juliets bright new love as they say in act 2 scene 1''young love ''.Romeo
