William Shakespeare is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of English literature. Romeo and Juliet is considered one of Shakespeare's most popular plays of all time. It is a compelling and timeless drama about innocent, young lovers separated by their feuding families. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Montague is the tragic hero. As the play develops, Romeo grows from boyhood to manhood through his change from lust to love.
             In the beginning of the play, Romeo is a little boy moaning over love. Sad because he is not with the women he believes he loves, "Bid a sick man in sadness make his will. Ah, word ill urged to one that is so ill!" . Never experiencing the true meaning of love; he prances around, acting as if he knows of true love. For example, He explains his emotions to be, "A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet"
             (I, i, 191-192). He believes he is in love with Rosaline, "I do love a woman" but is only lust from a young man ( I, i, 203). It is lust because Romeo is easily persuaded by Benvolio to go to the Capulet ball to look upon other beautiful ladies, "Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves; With all the admired beauties of Verona. Go thither, and with unattainted eye Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think they swan a crow" (I, ii, 85-89). Romeo enters the Capulet ball where he meets Juliet.
             At the ball, Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, "What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand/Of yonder knight?" (I, iv, 41-42). There is no turning back for him now. He does feel something, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (I, v, 51-52). Is it love at first sight? He is quick in his confession of love towards Juliet. It is not love but lust because hours before those same feelings were devoted to Ros...