Lust In Romeo And Juliet

Similarly, Romeo forgets all about how he loved Rosaline and transitions into “loving” Juliet at the sight of her. Romeo mistaking love for lust is voiced by Romeo himself when he witnesses Juliet at the Capulet’s feast, he asks himself, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” (I.v.51-60). When Romeo asks if his “heart” loved, he refers to his eyes. Romeo’s reference to beauty is parallel to his feelings of love towards Juliet only with the recognition of beauty or infatuation. Also, Romeo forgets all about his love for Rosaline the exact second sees Juliet, which can conclude he was never really in love to begin with; therefore, proving Romeo’s desire for Juliet is nothing more than meaningless infatuation. Furthermore, Friar Laurence tells Romeo that his sudden change of heart to move on from Rosaline means his desire towards her lies in his eyes rather than his heart. At the time of these events Juliet is thirteen years old and Romeo is eighteen years old showing that they are just teenagers. Although, teenagers do not take love seriously and do not have a full metal grasp of what love

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

To prove my point, they fall “in love” at first sight. As another illustration, they get married in less than twenty-four hours of knowing each other. Also, they end up killing themselves because they think they are “in love” with one another. Furthermore, five minutes before Romeo “fell in love” with Juliet, he was still upset about Rosaline not loving him back.

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.

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

As both characters seem to feel love and adoration between each other, attention on   Romeos abrupt love and obsession with Rosaline poses the subject of Romeos possible lack

When first reading this, it is unclear as to how Juliet has fallen in love with Romeo so quickly. But after looking at Elliot D. Cohen’s “Is There Love At First Sight?”, the reader can see how. Elliot states that “...love takes time to cultivate, and in love at first acquaintance there is simply not enough time for any of the activities of loving to

Romeo and Juliet are very immature at the start of the play. When the play introduces Romeo, Romeo is in love with Rosaline who won’t even give him a second look because she knew he wasn’t actually in love. He then fell in ove with Juliet just after he claimed to love Rosaline, showing that he doesn’t love the girl, he loves being in love. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shows that even though love at first sight is not possible for the characters, immediate attraction still is because of Romeo and Juliet's young age and ignorance. First, when Romeo first sees Juliet he says the phrase "Did my heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight/ For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (I.V.51-52). This shows that Romeo is immediately attracted to Juliet.

This makes it impossible for them to be together, especially since Romeo kills juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and gets banished from verona. In the end they both end up killing themselves over their love for each other. Some people argue that Romeo's love for Rosaline is childish as compared with his true love for Juliet. Others argue that Romeo used Juliet to get Rosaline out of his mind. I believed that Romeo's love for Juliet is so deep that he battled to be together, went to war with his and her family, and lastly they found the meaning of true love.

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.

Romeo has only met Juliet a couple of hours ago, yet describes her in comparison to the Goddess of the Moon and Chastity. He compares her to this as it inspires him to marry her and make her his wife. To Romeo, Juliet is seen as solely beautiful. Moreover, Romeo is able to get over his love for Rosaline very quickly; “Thou chid’st me oft for loving Rosaline./I pray thee, chide me not. Her I love now/

Romeo lays eyes upon Juliet and instantly falls in love with her. His lovesick attitude toward Rosaline is forgotten. After a few days seeing Juliet, he “exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.” (2.2.134) rushing for the craving of love to form into one flesh. After secretly get married, Friar Laurence warns Juliet and Romeo, “love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”

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.

It’s becoming clear that the only reason Romeo is with Juliet is because she would return his love unlike Rosaline, “Her I love now doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so…(page 89).” In this statement Romeo expresses to his feelings to Friar Lawrence that unlike Rosaline, Juliet loves him back, and that being just one of the reasons why he loves her. Romeo is briskly forgetting about Rosaline with Juliet’s beauty. This is how adolescent’s minds work and how they’re too young to experience love that involves sexual desires. This also makes them learn from their mistakes. The unplanned decisions of Romeo and Juliet led to their awful end. I believe that Juliet only pretends to love Romeo to forget about her marriage to Paris and also for Romeo who uses Juliet to recall about Rosaline who denied