Rosaline

and grow as people through the entirety of the play. 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!/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till

Oftentimes, a writer or director wants to change a book into a movie or TV show. When doing this, he/she has the option of sticking to the original story line or changing significant details. Franco Zeffirelli chose the latter when making his film Romeo and Juliet. He strengthened the plot that came from William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet such as the love between Romeo and Juliet and the hatred of their families, but, ultimately, when remaking Shakespeare’s play, Zeffirelli left

lawrence and fate. Romeo‘s impulsiveness,selfishness and irresponsibility was one of the reasons why all these consequences happened. His impulsiveness from “loving” rosaline to juliet is unbelievable and out of nowhere. Even romeo’s friends and friar lawrence didn't see it coming “God pardon sin? Was thou with Rosaline?’ ‘With rosaline, ghostly Father? No. I have forgot that name and that name’s woe”(98). Another reason of him being one of the faults in this story is because of his selfishness. He

Hamlet, one of Shakespeare most famous play since it helped be an inspiration for Disney’s Lion King, does indeed challenge at least one idea that is presented or mentioned in Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream However, the mentioned plays also challenge an idea or statement found in Hamlet, it’s a vicious never-ending cycle created by the famous playwriter that is results in experience readers of Shakespeare to debate and analysis each play in hopes to understand the world

that words could not write. We talked about beauty, we spoke about us, Could this be much more than just mere lust? Yes, I knew from that moment I was yours and you were mine, Our destinies were fated in the stars to be intertwined. But for Rosaline, Rosaline, my poor heart was a liar, She made me feel as if being in love would set me on fire. She made

‘The characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet undergo significant changes throughout the course of the play.’ Discuss Perhaps one of the most intriguing aspects of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, pertains to the changes that the characters undergo. This is explored through Romeo and Juliet - two main protagonists living in Verona - who fall in love with each other, despite the great feud between their families. This significantly changes the lives of the majority of characters throughout the

personality acts as an advantage for many of the possible problems he could have had such as Capulet hatred towards him and his increase in violence. After Romeo was depressed because he liked Rosaline and she didn’t like him back, his cousin Benvolio helped Romeo sneak into a Capulet party so he could get over Rosaline and pick another woman that he might like. As Romeo was describing how Juliet looked to his cousin, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, figured out that Romeo was at the party by his voice. He then

unstable love right off the bat when Romeo quickly changes his mind about who he loves in one day. In this quote, Romeo is saying that Rosaline is the only girl he will ever love. “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun ne’er saw her match since the world begun” (1.2.95-96). Romeo says he’s in love with Rosaline and that he could never love a woman as he loves Rosaline, but what happens later that day proves otherwise. That same day, Romeo is telling himself about how lovely Juliet is and how he loves

starts the whole tragedy. True, Juliet acts naïve, nonetheless Romeo acts hastily by encouraging the relationship. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter, Romeo is in an infatuation with Rosaline. In Act 1.1, Romeo depicts Rosaline's beauty and says, "She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair." Romeo’s love for Rosaline is only skin deep and

personalities act as an advantage for many of the possible problems he could have had, such as Capulet hatred towards him and his increase in violence. After Romeo was depressed because he liked Rosaline and she didn’t like him back, his cousin Benvolio helped Romeo sneak into a Capulet party so he could get over Rosaline and pick another woman that he might like. As Romeo was describing how Juliet looked to his cousin, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, figured out that Romeo was at the party by his voice. He then