Puppy love is defined by an intense but relatively shallow romantic attachment, typically associated with adolescents. Puppy love describes the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo’s love for Rosaline rapidly changed to a strong love for Juliet, showing that Shakespeare seeks to inform readers that Romeo acts before he thinks and gives readers the impression that when it comes to love those who are impulsive are not really in love. During the events in Act II, Romeo soon forgets his Rosaline, “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love do dear…” (Act II, Scene 3 line 72). Romeo was so deeply in love with Rosaline that he had no eyes for anyone else besides her, until his
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They barely know each other, no interests or likes are shared or talked among them. The lack of maturity towards their relationship is much more of “puppy love” as ever. As well as the lack of knowledge about what their destructive and immature love would do to their family is another reason their love is indeed “puppy love”. Romeo & Juliet are extraordinarily selfish, and rarely, if ever factor each other into matters of life and death. Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt without a single thought about the repercussions that could affect his relationship with Juliet. He does think about it after Tybalt is dead, and then threatens to take his own life. Friar Lawrence manages to talk him out of it, and brings up the fact Romeo did not. Juliet also threatens to kill herself without considering her loved ones. It may have seemed romantic at the end when they kill themselves over each other, but in reality it is not. Neither of them said anything about seeing each other in heaven. They just wanted to end their own “sorrow”, if that’s even what it was. They might both be alive if Romeo hadn’t acted on impulse and been selfish upon seeing Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo and Juliet were both acting on impulse throughout the play which to no surprise is one of the characteristics of lust. Everything they do is at the drop of a hat; getting married, faking death, murder, lying and finally, killing
They barely know each other, no interests or likes are shared or talked among them. The lack of maturity towards their relationship is much more of “puppy love” as ever. As well as the lack of knowledge about what their destructive and immature love would do to their family is another reason their love is indeed “puppy love”. Romeo & Juliet are extraordinarily selfish, and rarely, if ever factor each other into matters of life and death. Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt without a single thought about the repercussions that could affect his relationship with Juliet. He does think about it after Tybalt is dead, and then threatens to take his own life. Friar Lawrence manages to talk him out of it, and brings up the fact Romeo did not. Juliet also threatens to kill herself without considering her loved ones. It may have seemed romantic at the end when they kill themselves over each other, but in reality it is not. Neither of them said anything about seeing each other in heaven. They just wanted to end their own “sorrow”, if that’s even what it was. They might both be alive if Romeo hadn’t acted on impulse and been selfish upon seeing Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo and Juliet were both acting on impulse throughout the play which to no surprise is one of the characteristics of lust. Everything they do is at the drop of a hat; getting married, faking death, murder, lying and finally, killing