Examples Of Immature In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a heart breaking story written by one of the greatest authors and poets of all time, William Shakespeare. The play is about two star crossed lovers who can never be together because of the hatred between their two families, the Montagues and Capulets. Will their deaths fix the war between their families? Through many different devices and techniques William Shakespeare presents Romeo as being emotional, weak and also hopelessly in love. The following paragraphs contain developed points and evidence for how Shakespeare presents Romeo in Act 1 Scene 1.

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 acts impulsively and rarely thinks a situation through. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare 393). Romeo starts out in love with a girl named Rosaline. However, he falls head over heels for Juliet as soon as he sets eyes on her.

First of all, Romeo thought he fell in love with a girl named Rosaline .Then he started crying because she didn’t like him, and his friends wanted to cheer him up so they suggested to go to the Capulet party. It states that Benvolio says,” At this ancient feast of Capulet’s sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves; with all the admired beauties of Verona. Go thither, and with unattainted eye compare her with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow”(i 84-89). He met Juliet and that was when he forgot about Rosaline and thought he was in love with Juliet now. He flirted with her and gave her a palmers kiss, then a real one making her think she was in love too. Romeo says,”Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. Thus from my lips, be thine my sin is purged.” [ kisses her.](i 105-106). Juliet then says,” My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy.”(i 137-140).Then, when Romeo leaves Juliet , Lord Capulet’s nephew, Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice

Romeo is deliberately shown to move from one love to another with surprising ease. At the start of the play, Romeo is almost completely unresponsive due to his desolation over Rosaline. Despite that, just a day later, Romeo is in high spirits. When asked whether he is in love with Rosaline still, he responds “No; I have forgot that name, and that name’s woe” (II.iii.47). Romeo fails to see the irony in how he declares he is in love with Rosaline one day, but states he is in love with Juliet the next. This irony is not lost on Friar Lawrence, who chides Romeo that his “love lies truly not in [his] heart, but in his eyes” (II.iii.71-2). Mercutio too, belittles Romeo’s claims to true love, telling him the story of Queen Mab, a fairy who sprinkles dreams “through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love” (I.iv.76). Mercutio tells Romeo that he falls in love easily because he wants to fall in love, not because he actually has a connection to his boo. Had Romeo been more conscientious, he would have realized that while he did care about Juliet, she is not worth taking his life over, and he would have moved on in later days. He could have even enjoyed a happy ending with Juliet as soon as she woke up. Romeo inflates his feelings for Juliet so much that he values them over his own life, and in doing so, relinquishes any chance of having a normal life after Juliet’s

The affection between Romeo and Juliet was not genuine, rather it was lustful. This is because Romeo fell in love immediately when he first laid eyes on Juliet. Romeo and Juliet were also too young to find true love, and they only met each other a couple of times. To start off, Romeo was shattered about the fact Rosaline left him. He thought that Rosaline was his “true love”. In act 1 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, line 158, Romeo says “Out of her favor, where I am in love”. In other words, Romeo is saying that he loves her but she does not. However, when Romeo saw Juliet at the Capulet party, he instantly fell in love and had erased all other thoughts from his mind. Romeo cherished Juliet’s body and did not bother to look at her personality.

Even though Romeo is deeply in love with Rosaline, his love for her is depressing. But right when he sets his eyes on Juliet, he is in love. But now his love is eager and exciting. We see this change not too far from just the beginning of act two when Romeo goes to a party, because he knows that Rosaline will be there. However, right when Romeo gets to the party, he sees Juliet, and he is instantly drawn to her:

At the beginning of the story, Romeo was in love with Rosaline. Romeo is still a teen and he is very indecisive about who he likes. But, after Romeo meets Juliet, he instantly falls in love with her and he has no feelings for anyone else. This shows Romeo becoming more mature because Romeo’s actions show that he truly is in love and doesn't have feelings for anyone else. If Romeo was like most teens, he wouldn’t be very serious about this Relationship he has with Juliet, most teens are not very mature and will most likely not stay loyal to their partner. But Romeo does and that shows that he has matured because Romeo can stay loyal to one partner.

From the first few scenes, it is evident that Romeo’s love for Rosaline is a delusion and is shown through his reaction to Rosaline’s rejection: “Way from the light steals home my heavy son / And private in his chamber pens himself, / Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, / And makes himself an artificial night” (1.1, 140-143). Romeo believes his true love is Rosaline and when he finds out that his love is not returned, he reacts by locking himself in his room for long periods of time and moping. At this point, Romeo’ reaction to rejection makes his love seem reliable because he feels genuine heartbreak, but this changes immediately.

Meeting at a party, marrying the next day, banishment, and ultimately, death. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows just that; every event following in that arrangement. Romeo and Juliet, two forbidden lovers by a family feud, who would do anything for each other, even die.The characters from Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet do not show a good representation of love because they are immature, they are a rebound relationship for Romeo, and they are practically strangers.

When Romeo was talking about Rosaline in the beginning he mentioned that she didn’t want to have intercourse. He seemed to care a little too much about it. Someone who loves someone else doesn’t care whether they will have sex with them or not. This means that he didn’t even actually love Rosaline, that he just wanted sex. Which was also basically the same thing he did with Juliet.

His first declaration of love for Juliet comes when he first laid his eyes on her and compares her to “a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” (Shakespeare 1.5.53). The comparison of Juliet being a “rich jewel” depicts a yearning sensation over Juliet’s “physical attraction” (Sternberg 2). Furthermore, the love-sick teen continues to deliver a spiel over Juliet only to be concluded by announcing that he had “ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare 1.5.60). What about Rosaline, the teen’s first “true love”? In the beginning, Romeo was depressed because the beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime Rosaline did not want him.

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ shows the audience a story of two star crossed lovers who are torn apart by the hatred of their own families. The two protagonists are deeply in love and make unwise decisions because of their youth. However, Juliet is shown to be more mature through her words and her ability to make wise choices in bad situations, whereas her partner Romeo shows his lack of maturity through his actions. Therefore, Juliet is the more mature character in Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

As for their age, Romeo is either in his earlier twenties or late teens (I really could not tell the play never broaches it.) and Juliet is but a tender age of thirteen (1.3, 18). While it is clear that these two are rather gifted, but a girl at thirteen years old, is still a child. People can spend their lives with true love never being found, but Juliet believes she found it at thirteen, while in her life so far she has had no experience with it, thus, she may not have a grasp on the concept of Love. Romeo however, has “loved” before; Rosaline was object of affection (1.1, 168), the very afternoon of the day he fell in “love” with Juliet. Through his actions Romeo show he is little fickle with his heart. In the beginning Romeo in anguish as Rosaline does not share his feelings, so he is wonders around Verona alone, avoiding all contact when he can. When Romeo is at the Capulet’s party, he sees Juliet and any thought of Rosaline is gone (1.5). Now had Romeo seen another girl who was prettier then Juliet he might not have fallen for her, or if their relationship had been able to thrive, Romeo might have lost his infatuation with just as quick.

In addition, how quickly he transformed his love from Rosaline to Juliet also creates doubt about his true passion. His crave for Rosaline and the way he felt offended over her refusal to marry him were very intense. In fact, his father felt concerned because he stayed away from home for some days and he was also seen crying every morning. From this intense feelings and dismissal of reasonable advice on the matter, it is clear that Romeo is simply obsessed instead of feeling Real love. Furthermore, Romeo admits to confusing true love with simple physical