Romeo and Juliet- how does love develop over the first two acts?

Authors Avatar

Romeo and Juliet- how does love develop over the first two acts?

In the first two acts, the interpretation of love by Romeo and Juliet changes.

In act 1 scene 1, Romeo enters, appearing down-cast and distracted. Romeo explains to Benvolio that he is madly in love with a woman named Rosaline, but that she is not in love with him. Benvolio tells Romeo to forget about her and look at other girls, but Romeo doesn’t believe that is possible. In this scene, Romeo’s interpretation of love is that there is only one love (from the fact that he says that it is impossible to forget bout Rosaline)

In the second act of the scene, Romeo meets the servant who is suppose to read the list, but he cant read, so he asks Romeo to read it  aloud and he finds Rosaline's name. He asks where the feast is taking place in order to meet Rosaline. Benvolio tries to persuade Romeo to attend to compare Rosaline with any other girls; Romeo attends but disagrees with Benvolio about the other girls. In this scene, Romeo is still strong with his one-love rule.

Join now!

In act 1 scene three, we can see Juliet who is still not sure about love, as she has been offered the chance to marry Paris, but has not really considered it that much, but she agrees to meet him at the feast.

In the fifth scene of the act, we see Romeo falling instantly in love the site of Juliet, throwing away his love for Rosaline. Romeo's first words to Juliet are a sonnet quatrain in which he says that he is an unworthy pilgrim coming to the shrine of Juliet's beauty. Juliet replies with a second ...

This is a preview of the whole essay