there a girl he loves before juliet?
2006-07-07 05:37:30 · 15 answers · asked by gal3 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Yes, Roselin is a girl with whom he's infatuated before he meets Juliet.
2006-07-07 05:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by night_trekker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people above who said that Rosaline is the girl who dumped Romeo are right. When the play starts, Mercutio & the guys encounter Romeo, who's all depressed--he's just come from Rosaline's, and the suggestion is that he wanted things to go farther with her, and she wasn't willing, so she cut him loose. The only reason Romeo meets Juliet is that Mercutio & pals think Romeo needs cheering up, so they decide to crash the Capulet party that evening. But before that, Romeo is broken hearted, because he really loves (or maybe just lusts for) Rosaline.
2006-07-07 14:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by zeebaneighba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Roselin was the girl that Romeo thought he was in love with before he laid eyes on Juliet
2006-07-07 12:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Boo8081 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosaline is an "off-stage" character in R&J, which is to say, she never actually appears in the play. However, she has considerable significance in the development of Romeo's character. Romeo speaks at length about his love for Rosaline early in the play, which enables Shakespeare to create a powerful CONTRAST between those (obviously) self-indulgent and immature emotions, and the true and deep love he feels immediately upon meeting Juliet.
2006-07-07 13:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosaline is the girl Romeo had the hots for, but he's gotten depressed since Rosaline won't give it up to him. Mercutio and Romeo's other friends encourage him to look at other girls and find someone else since she isn't pleasing him. Then Romeo meets Juliet, falls in lust, gets married, and dies.
2006-07-08 21:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by michellesm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rosaline, is the true love of ROmeo's before he meets juliet, i love romeo and juliet and could fall asleep watching it every night.
no matter what people say Shakespeare may send you to sleep but Romeo and Juliet is a different type of shakespeare all together.
2006-07-10 18:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roselin is the girl he likes before he meets Juliet!
At least that the way Shakes wrote it!!!
2006-07-07 12:46:21 · answer #7 · answered by redirishactress 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play. Rosaline never appears onstage, but it is said by other characters that she is very beautiful and has sworn to live a life of chastity.
2006-07-12 21:17:51 · answer #8 · answered by Education_is_future 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo was a teenager who was hot for R. It was more of a lust thing than a love thing. Then he met J and suddenly R was out of the pic.
2006-07-07 12:43:16 · answer #9 · answered by Ash Le Shark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roselyn dumped Romeo and broke his heart
2006-07-07 12:41:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋