Not at all. He is playing at being a man in love, just as she is playing at being cold and aloof. These were conventional attitudes. Romeo doesn't really care about Rosaline. When he meets Juliet, it is like a slap of cold water in his face.
At first, he is love sick with Rosaline, his neice, but when he attended the Capulet's ball, he instantly forgets about Rosaline and is deeply in love with Juliet, a Capulet.
Some of Romeos character traits are; he develops very little as a character, he is not in love with Rosaline but in love with the idea of being in love with Rosealine, he is a figure of fun to his friends, he is moody, withdrawn and inclined to go to extremes as he exaggerates his shallow feelings for Rosaline. This is shown at the speed in which he forgets about Rosaline as soon as he sees Juliet. He has little sense of practical realities and tends to act on the spur of the moment, which proves fatal to his cause. In his encounter with Tybalt Romeos starts by being reasonable and sensible, but when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo loses self-control. When circumstances go against him he retorts with childish-rage.
Rosaline. The last they heard, she was the one Romeo was after.
its ironic because romeos suppossed to be in love with juliet like the name romeo and juliet the whole crowd below knows their name and they think hes talking about juliet but hes really talking about her cousin
When Romeo first sees Juliet he forgets about Roseline.
At first, he is love sick with Rosaline, his neice, but when he attended the Capulet's ball, he instantly forgets about Rosaline and is deeply in love with Juliet, a Capulet.
They were both Capulets. Perhaps their unattainability made them attractive to him.
Romeo's heart was broken by Rosaline before he met Juliet. Romeo was in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play, but she did not return his affections, which left him heartbroken until he met Juliet.
Mercutio praises Rosaline in an attempt to attract Romeo's attention. He mocks love and tries to get Romeo to forget about his love for Rosaline by teasing him.
he isn't really in love with her, hes in love with her beauty. you can tell this by how quickly he moves on to Juliet and completley forgets about rosaline. the friar even comments at one point that rosaline knew that romeo didnt have true love for her and that is part of the reasons that she didn't love him back. he says something along the lines of "young men love with their eyes and not their hearts" saying that romeo falls in love with womens beauty and not their personalities.
Romeo was truly in love with Rosaline (even if "Romeo and Rosaline" don't sound as good together). Romeo was crushed when Rosaline dumped him and decided to stay a virgin for the rest of her life. He couldn't go on without the love of his love, Rosaline... then he met Juliet, and you know.
At the opening of Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio teases Romeo about being in love with Rosaline. Romeo is having no success with Rosaline (and in fact he goes to the Capulet's ball because he believes she will be there). We do not know if Rosaline is Romeo's first love - for all we know he may have had many girlfriends before her. But she never appears in the play, and as soon as Romeo sees Juliet he forgets all about her. I thought that he went becasue his friend made him go!
If she's truly in love, she'll do anything for the guy.
Romeo immediately forgets about his old love. This proves that he has not truly felt love before until meeting Juliet. He is also more in love with the idea of love than love itself.
Act 1 Scene 1 He says he is "in love" - line 162 with Rosaline but the love is unrequited love "Out of her favour where i am in love"- line 162. He is Isolated "private in his chamber" - line 132. He is depressed "Shuts up his windows"- line 133. He is pessimistic "I have lost myself" - line 191.
Rosaline. The last they heard, she was the one Romeo was after.
Some of Romeos character traits are; he develops very little as a character, he is not in love with Rosaline but in love with the idea of being in love with Rosealine, he is a figure of fun to his friends, he is moody, withdrawn and inclined to go to extremes as he exaggerates his shallow feelings for Rosaline. This is shown at the speed in which he forgets about Rosaline as soon as he sees Juliet. He has little sense of practical realities and tends to act on the spur of the moment, which proves fatal to his cause. In his encounter with Tybalt Romeos starts by being reasonable and sensible, but when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo loses self-control. When circumstances go against him he retorts with childish-rage.