Describe The Relationship Between Romeo And Juliet

From the moment we first hear about Romeo, it is in the context of his suffering at the hands of love. Romeo’s father, Montague, perplexed by his son’s behavior states that, “Many a morning hath he there been seen, / With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, / Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs” (1.1.124-26). While this may be the first time we encounter Romeo’s melancholy humour, it certainly isn’t the last. In fact, one of the primary sources of our infatuation with Romeo rests in our sympathy for him. From the very start this poor boy is plagued by affections for girls that fate, it seems, will not let him be with. At first, it’s Rosaline, a girl who has “sworn that she will still live chaste” (1.1.210), a vow that sets Romeo reeling and complaining because “from love’s weak childish bow she lives unharmed” (1.1.204). His depression over Rosaline is enough to draw the attention of his father, Montague, who has observed that Romeo shuts himself up in his room all day in order to wallow in the darkness. These are the actions of someone who is undeniably quite

Romeo is very dramatic and obsessed with love. In the beginning he is obsessed with being in love, it doesn't seem like he loves Rosaline, he just wants to be in love with someone. But by the end of the book I think he might actually love Juliet.

Romeo is portrayed as an emotional and reckless character. His friend Mercutio and Fr. Lawrence comment on Romeo’s fickle attitude when he immediately falls in love with Juliet completely forgetting about Rosaline, his first love. Romeo quotes,” Did my heart love until now? Foreswear it sight, for I never saw true beauty until this night”. His love for Rosaline was superficial. Juliet transforms Romeo’s immature and erotic infatuation to true and constant love. After meeting Juliet he matures very quickly. Maybe Romeo’s love for Juliet is so intense because unlike Rosaline, Juliet reciprocates his

Moreover, Romeo through his infatuation with Rosaline learned valuable lessons that help him come to appreciate and understand the feelings he experiences with Juliet. Romeo felt rejection, sorrow, and misery from his infatuation with Rosaline which is seen when he is talking to Benvolio, “In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman” this particular quote shows the sadness or sorrow he feels from the feelings for Rosaline (1.1.201). Also when he says “She hath forsworn to love”, the words Romeo speaks allow it to be inferred that his feelings for her have been rejected (1.1.220). “At the opening of the play [Romeo] is maundering about like an erotic woman novelist, sighing and groaning because Rosaline will not listen to his tenders of affection” revealing that Romeo’s love was rejected and was upset because of this, allowing him to learn these feelings and what it is like to be rejected by the one he had feelings for (Northwood 19). Due to having felt these emotions from his infatuation, when he finds his love for Juliet and receives love and acceptance from her. Since he went so long, feeling sorrow and rejection when he finally finds Juliet, he can fully appreciate the love and acceptance he is given which intensifies his love for her and does the opposite of weakening the credibility of his love. Through his infatuation with Rosaline, he was able to grow as a person and become able to fully commit to his love for Juliet.

However, at the party he meets Juliet for the first time, and immediately falls in love with her: “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo, who was in love with Rosaline until a moment ago, completely forgets about her and is now all focused on Juliet. But what is very surprising is not the fact that he is in love with his enemy’s daughter, the astonishing thing is the speed at which he falls in love with her. Soon, in fact, he and Juliet kiss each other: “Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.” However, Romeo’s characteristics to love so deeply Juliet is just a symbol of his lacking the capacity of moderation for intense feelings of all kind. Had Romeo stopped himself from being so deeply caught up by Juliet’s beauty, the tragedy would have never happened.

Very quickly, Romeo’s outlook on love surprisingly changes. After being practically forced to attend the party, Romeo spots Juliet in the crowd. Instantly, Romeo says “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, for I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (1.5.59-60). Romeo not only completely forgets about the constant depression he faced the same way, which he stated would never happen, but he also is quite hypocritical regarding his opinion on love. Rather than being rough, painful, rude, and all of the other negative descriptions he provided, Romeo blindly says that his love for Juliet makes him feel intrigued. Love’s complexity is exemplified through how quickly one man’s view on it can change. One moment, Romeo hated the idea of love, and just later that day admired it and found it overtaking him with happiness. Overall, this proves love is definitely not constant, nor does it convey similar emotions all of the

His love for Juliet was very true and his love for Rosaline was maybe just a crush. The love that Romeo got for Juliet is true love not superficial like the love he got for Rosaline. Romeo

Romeo's “love” for Juliet and vice versa is not true love. For Romeo the “love” he feels for Juliet is not true, it is his heartbroken heart manifesting itself after he is rejected by Rosalin. In fact the only reason he goes to the party where he meets Juliet is because he thinks that Rosalin might be there. This quote from

Before Romeo meets Juliet, he claims his only love is for Rosaline and he still has strong feelings for her:

Romeo’s actions from the beginning of the play conveys to the readers that he is a romantic. He first expresses this when he talks about Rosaline. The fact that he claims that he is in love, even though they’ve never had conversation with her shows that he’s a bit up obsessed. Then when he lays eyes on Juliet his heart is immediately healed of Rosaline, and he is suddenly in love with Juliet. The only difference between Romeo and Rosaline, and Romeo and Juliet is that Juliet appears to love Romeo back. Since Juliet is the first one, that we know of, to love him back he immediately thinks she is the one for him. Romeo acting like this is Shakespeare way of showing the audience that Romeo is still a male teenagers that acts out by more of what he see then what he feel.

Romeo's infatuation with Rosaline does not weaken the credibility of his love for Juliet. Romeo's love for Rosaline was not real, it was temporary. But the love for Juliet was everything, they loved each other at first sight, they loved each other so much that they risked their lives for it. Firstly, the love he had for Rosaline was temporary because if he loved her like he said he did why does he fall in love with Juliet at first sight when he went to the Capulet's feast.

Romeo announces that he loves Juliet, but based on his quotes, he was only infatuated and not in love. Benvolio tries to help Romeo get over his “love” for Rosaline before the Capulets’ party, but Romeo proudly declares, “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.” (A1, S3, L99-100) Romeo, at the party, is immediately infatuated to Juliet at first sight and forgets Rosaline, so if Romeo was never in love with Rosaline, the woman who Romeo cries for, then he was never in love with Juliet. Before Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage, Romeo is impatient and says, “Do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare - It is enough I may but call her mine.”

Upon seeing Juliet, Romeo questions whether he has ‘seen a true beauty till this night’ this emphasises Romeo’s ability to easily fall in and out of love, before encountering Juliet, Romeo was ‘in love’ with Rosaline and he felt ‘under love’s heavy burden’ from this perspective the relationship between Romeo and Juliet seems rather childish and makes the reader question whether the feelings they had for one another were of true love. However, Shakespeare may also have done this to compare the feelings Romeo had for Rosaline and the feelings he currently has for Juliet. Rosaline is undermined in the eyes of Romeo once he has laid eyes upon Juliet, this may be foreshadowing the intensity of their love. Romeo feels such a deep connection to Juliet that he has forgotten about Rosaline within a matter of seconds. Shakespeare, it trying to make the reader understand that their relationship is powerful yet destructive.

The whole relationship they share is rushed. Romeo apparently fell in love with Juliet upon seeing her and proclaimed that he wanted to spend eternity with her. The moment before he saw her, he proclaimed his love for Rosaline who had just recently broke his heart. He said that if he sees anyone more beautiful, that his eyes are lying and to let his “tears become fires/ And eyes burned.” (Act 1 Scene 2 88-91).

Romeo had believed that it would have been a favor if Rosaline had liked him. He believes that he needs to be love in order to achieve true