I agree that Romeo and Juliet are the most famous couple in the world but they were both the tragic victims of a hysterical puppy love.

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Taranvir Rehal 11A - Mr Ramsden – English Coursework

Romeo and Juliet

I agree that Romeo and Juliet are the most famous couple in the world but they were both the tragic victims of a hysterical puppy love. I will be basing my views on:

  • The changes in Romeo’s attitude
  • The deaths of Romeo and Juliet

The changes in Romeo’s attitude

In the being of the play Romeo is inn love with Rosaline, and is always depressed.

But when he and his friends go to the Capulet’s ball the see Juliet and falls in love with her.

“the path of true love did never run smooth”

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On question keeps coming up in my mind, is this play really about love? We see Romeo apparently madly in love with two different girls in a very short space of time.

In the first act Montague says that Romeo is always sad

“Many a miring hath he there been seen,

with tears augmenting the fresh morning dew”

and as soon as day comes he shuts him self away

“but all soon as the all-cheering sun

should in the furthest east being to draw

the shad curtains from Aurora’s bed,

away from light steals ...

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