Romeo’s fickle heart in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet In Shakespeare’s most famous love story people often forget that Romeo had another love interest before Juliet. Romeo was at first interested in Rosaline, a woman who never even utters a line in the play. Romeo is denied by Rosaline and falls in love with Juliet only days later. In fair Verona, Romeo is venting his frustrations to Benvolio about Rosaline, when he explains “She will stay siege of loving terms/ nor bide th’ encounter of assailing eyes/ nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold”(1.1.215-218). Romeo is frustrated Rosaline has not responded to his cliché attempts to woo her.
Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is not even a relationship because they have to sneak around and lie to everybody they love. At the beginning of the story, Romeo claims to be so in love with Rosaline. He says that he cannot find another girl to love and that Rosaline will be the only girl that he’ll ever be able to love. Romeo’s friend Marcuteo tells Romeo that he needs to look for other beauty’s, and Romeo disagrees because he believes that Rosaline is the only women for him. But she could not love Romeo back because she was a nun, and that is against her religion.
“‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy” (Romeo & Juliet,II.ii. 41). Juliet knows she cannot be with Romeo because their fathers despise each other. Both Hermia and Juliet are under the roofs of their fathers so they already have someone to marry picked out. Hermia is loved so much by Demetrius; whom her father adores, and Juliet has been chosen to marry Paris, her father’s choice.
Character Logs for Romeo and Juliet Romeo At the beginning of the play, Romeo thinks that he is not good enough for Rosaline. He doubts himself: “She is too fair…wisely too fair.” Act 1 Scene 1 Line 220. He thinks that he doesn’t deserve such a beautiful and clever girl as she is out of his league. Romeo is so under pressure and depressed that he doesn’t want to think about anything else. This miserable situation is making him feel disconnected from the world, and he cannot handle all the strong feelings he has: “O teach me how I should forget to think.” Act 1 Scene 1 Line 225.
Romeo decided that he was in love with Juliet upon sight without knowing who she was (Shakespeare 924). This was a terrible choice Romeo had literally no idea who she was and this could have stopped the whole conflict of the play. Romeo then ignored his dreams which he believed told his destiny (Shakespeare 921-1009). While if Romeo listened to these dreams which he believed told the future he would have been much more cautious because he would know that he was going to die prematurely. Also, by him listening to his dreams he would have made either little or no poor choices later in the play which results in his death.
Kevin Matte Mrs. Bailey Bean Gr. 11 University English November 16th, 2011 How Hamlet Treats Women In this love story, Hamlet, a main character in the play has dilemmas with his love life. Hamlet is the most controversial characters in this novel, too fully and thoroughly understand his characters feelings and actions the reader must understand his pain. Hamlet is a male character that was not fond of the opposite sex, until his heart was broken. His attitude makes it seem like he finds women untrustworthy and weak.
The Immaturity of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale of lovers whose misfortune and immaturity was a cause of their own destruction. The characters individually show immaturity and together demonstrate how ignorance of the world affects more than just their own lives. Romeo and Juliet, as expressed in the succeeding examples, fall in love quickly as a result of their naivety. Juliet is shown to be immature in an opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. It is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after knowing him only a day and she is not even sure herself that Romeo wants to marry her.
Act I Scene 1: Romeo is ‘in love’ with Rosaline, and appears very unhappy as a result. He is feeling sorry for himself, and won’t tell his friends who the girl is or talk about it. Here he acts very much like a teenage boy, very young. Scene 2: Romeo still ‘in love’ with Rosaline agrees to go to Capulet party because he knows that she will be there. Still acting immature, moping around etc.
The main character Hamlet started off as a son of a powerful King which was then killed by his own brother. His father’s death made Hamlet start changing and wanting to be more violent and even thoughts of taking his own life. Ophelia changed from being just a normal daughter but after her father’s death, she went insane and crazy. Those were just some examples how people changed in Hamlet. This play is a tragedy so there will be deaths but these deaths are caused by the faults of others.
Is it all about the chase for Romeo, or is he in it to win the girl? Shakespeare portrays Romeo as a confused teenager who is looking for love, although he seems not to know what love really is. In the beginning of the play, Romeo is distraught over the unrequited love of Rosaline. He is crushed that the girl he loves does not share those feelings. However, he soon falls in deep, passionate, love with Juliet.