Rosaline In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is in love with Rosaline in the beginning. When Romeo reads the list for a party at the Capulet and sees that Rosaline’s name is on it and he wants to go. Romeo gets the party and he then sees Juliet and he is amazed at how beautiful she is. At that time he doesn’t know that her name is Juliet and that she is a Capulet. The two over a period of time fall in love with each other. It was very hard for them to see each other often because of their families. Then when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo ends up killing Tybalt. Romeo gets banished and has to leave Verona. When Juliet hears what has happened she is very devastated. Juliet’s father tries to force her into marrying Paris, but she fakes her …show more content…
In scene I the nurse tells Juliet where Romeo is waiting to marry her. “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence’ cell: There stay a husband to make you a wife.” (1.5. 67-68). If the nurse wouldn’t have told Juliet, they would have never been married and there could have been less problems and secrets. The nurse then helped them by saying “Your lady mother is coming to your chamber. The day is broke; be wary look about.” (3.5. 39-40). She had warned them so that Romeo wouldn’t have been caught by her mother. The nurse is helping them see each other, which is not good because they are supposed to be enemy families. “Here is a ring she bid me give you, sir, Hie you, make haste, for it grows very late.” (3.3 163-164). She helps get the ring to Romeo for their marriage ceremony. The nurse is making things worse by actually letting Romeo and Juliet and get married. She should have just let them figure it out their selves, since they wanted to marry each other. The nurse is most to blame because she was the main person helping them set up their marriage ceremony, and helping Romeo come to Juliet’s house whenever they wanted to see each

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