Romeo And Juliet Love Sick Analysis

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Since, Rosaline was Romeo's most recent love interest, and they were mocking his infatuation with Her. Likewise, the Friar says, "Rosaline whom thou didst love," and, "so soon forsaken, " after Romeo asked him to marry himself and Juliet (Act 2 Scene 3). Although, Romeo seems to fall in and out of love so quick, the Friar agrees to marry them for the betterment of Verona.

Well, Mercutio was a jokerster, party animal, or the center of the party, and he enjoyed hanging out with his boys laughing and having a good time, but, the in-love Romeo keeps running off. Therefore, Mercutio believes the Romeo who is love sick, differs from his friend who he knows. In other words, Mercutio believes this love sick Romeo will sit under a fruit tree, imagining

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