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Describe The Relationship Between Romeo And Juliet

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Before Romeo met Juliet that night at the party he believed he had known romantic love. He believed he was in love with Rosaline a, girl who had left to become a nun. Romeo believed he was heartbroken and his friends wanted to get him to be happy again although going to the party Romeo is still hesitant. “I fear, too early; for my mind misgives… Yet hanging in the stars… with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life” (1.4.110). Romeo believed that something would go wrong if they went to the party it would be the start of something that would end his life. When Romeo saw Juliet he forgot about Rosaline and her leaving all he saw was Juliet. “Did my heart love till now?... For I ne’er saw true beauty until tonight.” (1.5.50-51) It seems as though Romeo did not love Rosaline as he forgot about her as soon as he saw a beautiful girl. As that is so Romeo did not love Rosaline it was more of an infatuation with her. So before Romeo knew Juliet he had not known romantic love, only love from his friends and his parents. …show more content…

He has two parents that love him and want to know what is happening in his life. “ Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow, We would as willingly give cure as known” (1.1.146-147). The Montagues wanted to know why their son was grief-stricken, and they wanted to know how they could help him. After the parents of Romeo found that he was exiled the “Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” (5.3.211). The love Lady Montague had for her son was so strong that when she found he was banished she could not live with that and she passed away. Romeo had felt love from his parents since he was born and although that is important in character building, that is not the same a romantic love. Romeo also felt love from his friends, but again that is not the same thing as romantic

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