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Romeo And Juliet: Forbidden Love Leads To Death - Research Paper

Romeo And Juliet: Forbidden Love Leads To Death

We just finished reading the play Romeo and Juliet by William
Shakespeare. In this play we are introduced to the tragic story of their
forbidden "love" which ultimately leads to their deaths. Although Romeo and
Juliet is considered to be a timeless love story, I find Romeo to be too
immature for this to be so.
When we are first introduced to Romeo, he is involved with a girl by
the name of Rosaline. Benvolio inquired about Romeo's situation with her to
see if she was the cause for his melancholiness, when he discovered she was, he
advised him to forget her and move on to another girl.

"Tut man, one fire burns out another's burning;
One pain is lessened by another's ...

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in love with
her. He asked a servingman what her name was but he didn't know.

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forsweare it, sight,
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."

I find this hard to believe that Romeo could instantly fall in love
with Juliet by her looks alone. Even harder to believe, is that if he was
truly in love with Rosaline, he wouldn't have been able to drop her like a bad
habit and and go looking for a new girlfriend the same night. If he ...

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Added: 8/22/2007 03:53:36 PM
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