In
Shakespeare's ,is first portrayed as a love-struck
adolescent. In a conversation with , Romeo complains that time is passing too
slowly.
Ay me, sad hours seem so long.
Benvolio asks why Romeo's day moves so slowly...is it sadness?
Romeo responds:
Not having that which, having, makes them
short.
Intuitively, Benvolio asks if it has something to
do with love; Romeo says:
Out of her favor where I am in
love... (paraphrase and quotes of lines 157-164)
This
conversation relates to his infatuation with Rosalind who does not return his love, wanting to
join a convent instead. All Romeo is capable of at this point in the story is to sigh over
Rosalind's rejection.
It would seem that by Act One, scene five, Romeo is
changeable. When first he sees , thoughts of Rosalind are gone:
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright...For I ne'er say true
beauty till this night. (lines 42 and 51)
Romeo can also
be said to fall in love quickly . When Romeo climbs the orchard
walls...
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