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Romeo And Juliet Quotes Analysis

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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.” (A2, S6,

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