Romeo begins the play desperately in love with Rosaline even though she does not return the same devotion. He is obsessed with changing her perspective, so he sneaks to a party to see her. At the party he quickly forgets about Rosaline when he sees Juliet and says, “Did my heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight/ for I ne’er saw true beauty ‘till this night” (I v 54-55). This line shows that he is so desperate for love that he transfers his “affection” from Rosaline to Juliet. It also shows that he is obsessed with women, beauty, and the idea of love itself. He seems to equate beauty with love. As fate would have it, Juliet is also obsessed with trying to avoid marrying Paris and in desperation asks to marry Romeo the same day she meets him. “Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow” (II ii
Romeo begins the play desperately in love with Rosaline even though she does not return the same devotion. He is obsessed with changing her perspective, so he sneaks to a party to see her. At the party he quickly forgets about Rosaline when he sees Juliet and says, “Did my heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight/ for I ne’er saw true beauty ‘till this night” (I v 54-55). This line shows that he is so desperate for love that he transfers his “affection” from Rosaline to Juliet. It also shows that he is obsessed with women, beauty, and the idea of love itself. He seems to equate beauty with love. As fate would have it, Juliet is also obsessed with trying to avoid marrying Paris and in desperation asks to marry Romeo the same day she meets him. “Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow” (II ii