Romeo's Mood

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In William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's sentimental tone sets a hopeless mood of the parallel plot to be able to bring all the events together in the major plot to keep the readers interested. Romeo is hopeless in finding love, believing that he will not find another girl like Rosaline, expressing how he feels about his love towards Rosaline. In the last scene of Act 1 Scene 2, Benvolio tells Romeo that he should not go to the feast to get Rosaline back, he should go to the feast to find other beauties, " With all the admired beauties of Verona: Go thither; and, with unattained eye, compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee thy swan a crow". Benvolio tries to tell Romeo that there are going to be

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