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ROMEO (First Impressions (Exaggerated Love for Rosaline (In Act 1 (until…
ROMEO
First Impressions
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Juliet Effect
Shakespeare shows Romeo’s childishness again when he sees Juliet in A1 S5 and completely forgets about Rosaline.
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Immature View of Love
Shakespeare shows Romeo’s childish nature when he presents him as a boy who is more in love with the idea of being in love, rather than being in love with an actual person.
Tragic Character
Romeo is a tragic character, not just because he dies, but because he makes rash decisions and suffers bad luck.
Romeo is a young man. At the start of the play, we should view Romeo as immature, childish, and an almost comic character.
Juliet's Effect
When Romeo sees Juliet in A1 S5, he is transfixed by her (can’t focus on anything but her). He immediately falls in love with her.
Matures
Juliet is not easily won over, and Romeo’s language begins to change as he adapts to her needs and woos her (gains her love).
In Act 2, Romeo starts to speak less in sonnets and more in a mixture of sonnets and blank (non-rhyming) verse. This means his feelings sound more genuine as his language sounds more natural.
This transition from childish boy to a more mature young adult may make audiences like Romeo more as he becomes a more genuine, likeable character.
Initially immature
Initially, Romeo is still presented as childish after he meets Juliet.
He keeps trying to woo her (gain her love) by speaking in sonnets (which are traditionally love poems) to exaggerate his love for her.
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