Romeo’s words in the play convey
true love for Juliet. However,
some words convey youthful rashness.
I am still undecided on the this argument because I believe the book was
written as Romeo being truly in love with Juliet, but some lines I believe
Romeo just thinks he’s in love and only likes Juliet because of her
beauty. Their love is said to be
written in the stars, so is Romeo really in love or is it just the thought of
love that he is in love with?
Some
of Romeo’s words in the play suggest that he is truly in love with Juliet. For example, he says, “Come what sorrow
can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me
in her sight.” Romeo is saying
that it doesn’t matter what sad things happen, when he sees Juliet he is filled
with joy. I think the shows that
he is truly in love with her because she makes him so happy no matter what, and
I believe that is what love is. In
addition he says, “ Unfold the imagined happiness that both receive in either
by this dear encounter.” He is
asking Juliet to imagine the happiness they will have in their marriage. This proves that he loves Juliet and he
can’t stop thinking about the happiness that is to come when they are together.
On
the other hand, some of Romeo’s words show youthful rashness as well. In the beginning of the play
you find out Romeo is in love with a girl named Rosaline and he is constantly
mourning about his love for her because she doesn’t love him back. At the Capulet party the next day he
sees Juliet and instantly falls in love with her. As you can see he switched the person he was in love with so
quickly so how could he be truly in love?
Also, Romeo says, “With Rosaline? No. I have forgot that name and that
name’s woe.” If he really loved
Rosaline he wouldn’t of completely forgotten about her so quickly so how do we
know he isn’t going to do the same thing to Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are both very young and Romeo believes he
really loves her when he just met her.
It can’t be true love if he doesn’t even know her and only likes her
because of her looks.
In
conclusion, this is a topic that has been discussed and argued many times but no
one can really know if Romeo’s words were conveying true love or youthful
rashness. Were Romeo’s decisions impulsive
or was he actually in love with Juliet?
He was willing to die for her but he also said he was in love with Rosaline
and then moved on so quickly. Whether
it was love or not we can learn from Romeo’s experiences that love is a
powerful emotion and sometimes it can make people blind to what is really going
on.
