Love is something that cannot be forced, something that cannot be forced. True love is not made by us, it is made by G-d. You can’t rush it and try to force love by loving a girl for her looks and not for who she is. This can ruin relationships and even lives. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Romeo loves Rosaline in the beginning, but as soon as he sees Juliet he falls in love with her, Romeo loves her for her beauty. He hardly knows her. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo falls does not fall in love with Juliet, but with her looks.
In Act 1 Romeo expresses his love for Rosaline, his fair maiden. It is said that he will never find another girl he loves as much as her. “A right good markman! …show more content…
A majority of the time though, the bad outweighs the good. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, this is true. Rushing into marriage caused lives to be lost, but in the end, it also ends a feud that had been existent for centuries. One life that is lost it Tybalt’s, the cousin of Juliet. He is killed by Romeo. This is because Tybalt killed Mercutio, friend to Romeo, and kinsman to the Prince. “Which way ran he that killed Mercutio / Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he?” (Rom. II.1.137-137). Tybalt challenged Romeo to a duel for attending the Capulet’s ball, when Romeo refused to fight, Mercutio stepped in. Tybalt’s death was Romeo’s vengeance for the loss of his friend. Romeo’s love for Juliet made it very hard to retaliate against Tybalt. But his love for Mercutio made it very easy. From the death of Tybalt, came the exile of Romeo. “Immediately do we exile him hence” (Rom. II.1.186). Romeo was punished by Prince Escalus for killing Tybalt, this was a threat made to both the Capulets and Montagues and the beginning of the play following the fight in the city streets. This shows that Romeo’s love caused him to be punished. Forced love in the story caused many tragedies, no matter if it was big or small each tragedy had a major role in the outcome of Romeo and Juliet’s
In Act 1 Romeo expresses his love for Rosaline, his fair maiden. It is said that he will never find another girl he loves as much as her. “A right good markman! …show more content…
A majority of the time though, the bad outweighs the good. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, this is true. Rushing into marriage caused lives to be lost, but in the end, it also ends a feud that had been existent for centuries. One life that is lost it Tybalt’s, the cousin of Juliet. He is killed by Romeo. This is because Tybalt killed Mercutio, friend to Romeo, and kinsman to the Prince. “Which way ran he that killed Mercutio / Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he?” (Rom. II.1.137-137). Tybalt challenged Romeo to a duel for attending the Capulet’s ball, when Romeo refused to fight, Mercutio stepped in. Tybalt’s death was Romeo’s vengeance for the loss of his friend. Romeo’s love for Juliet made it very hard to retaliate against Tybalt. But his love for Mercutio made it very easy. From the death of Tybalt, came the exile of Romeo. “Immediately do we exile him hence” (Rom. II.1.186). Romeo was punished by Prince Escalus for killing Tybalt, this was a threat made to both the Capulets and Montagues and the beginning of the play following the fight in the city streets. This shows that Romeo’s love caused him to be punished. Forced love in the story caused many tragedies, no matter if it was big or small each tragedy had a major role in the outcome of Romeo and Juliet’s