Why should any audiencebelieve that fickle Romeo has indeed fallen in love with Juliet?

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Why should any audience believe that fickle Romeo has indeed fallen in love with Juliet?

Why does Shakespeare bother with the Rosaline ‘romance’? He does this to show the audience what Romeo is like, a guy who isn’t sure of anything, that he just thinks he is in love but really he isn’t. It prepares us for what is to come because when he talks about Rosaline, you know he isn’t really in love; therefore you can’t wait to see whom he will really fall in love with. When you first listen to Romeo talk about Rosaline, you basically know that he is not really in love with her because of the way he talks about her. You don’t get that much involved in the romance between him and Rosaline because you basically know it’s not a real one so you don’t get that involved. Once he starts to talk about Juliet thought, you really start to get involved because you know that this one is the big one, the real romance of the play. It is very important that the audience believes that the romance between Romeo and Juliet is real because the whole play revolves around their romance. It is important to the play because all the actions that happen after the party and at the Capulet’s house is related to their romance and then at the end of the play, where they both kill themselves, is because of their doomed love.

Each scene is necessary to the play, because the play is like a puzzle and the scenes are the pieces, so if only one of them is missing, then the whole play is just not understandable. For example, in the first scene, there is a fight, this scene is important because it shows you how much both houses hate each other, it shows you that Benvolio is a peacemaker while Tybalt is always ready for a good fight and that once it is found, he will do anything to keep it going. You also see that the servants are just all talk and no action. Act 1 Scene 2 shows you Romeo who thinks he is in love with a girl called Rosaline when in reality; he isn’t, so in this scene, you see that Romeo is longing for someone to love and this scene set the pace for the whole play. In Act 1 Scene 5, there is an argument between Tybalt and Capulet, in this scene you really find out that all Tybalt wants to do is create a fight even though Romeo hasn’t done anything to the family. So you see that all he is, is a hot tempered man who just wants to fight and you see that Capulet is a reasonable man because he stops Tybalt from beginning a fight with Romeo, by saying that he must endure him, because it will do him no good attacking Romeo in front of all the guest. In terms of drama, this just make the play interesting and the characters are quite intriguing themselves, because you find something new every time. In dramas, it is common to find something out that will make you say: ‘Oh I knew that would happen’ or ‘I knew that person would say that’.

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In Act 1 scene 1 Romeo claims he is in love with a girl called Rosaline, which we never see. He doesn’t really behave like someone who is really in love when he talks about Rosaline because he is not sure whether he is really in love or not:

‘Benvolio: In love?

Romeo: Out

Benvolio: Of love?

Romeo: Out of her favour where I am in love’

Then after that, he says that Cupid even with his view muffle should at least see his target. Then suddenly he jumps to where he should have dinner, then straight after ...

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