In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, he expresses love in two different views through the eyes of the infatuated Romeo. At the beginning of the play, Romeo sees love as isolating, for Montague says, "And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night," (Act I, Sc 1, Lines 139-141). At this point in the play, Romeo feels that love is very depressing, because he has fallen head over heels for Rosaline, and she does not love him back. He spends his days shut off from the world in his room, pining away over his "only love." Also, towards the beginning of the play, Romeo describes love as painful, because he says, "I am too sore enpierced with his shaft," (Act I, Sc 4, Line 19) referring to Cupid's arrow of love. Cupid's arrow stuck Romeo, and he quickly fell in love with the beautiful Rosaline, but she did not respond to his feelings for her, causing extreme pain for Romeo. He loves her, but without any love in return, his heart aches and he longs for her to have feelings for him as well. However, his view of love changes greatly when he first sees Juliet and says, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night," (Act I, Sc 5, Lines 54-55). When Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline, he thinks he knows what true love was, and he thinks that he has found his one true love, but then all of a sudden, he is madly in love with Juliet. He becomes overwhelmed with her "true beauty," and falls in love instantly. By the latter parts of the play, Romeo explains true love again, when he finds out that he is being banished from Verona, instead of being killed as the Prince has first said. In regards to the princes mercy, he says, "Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here, Where Juliet lives," (Act III, Sc 3, Lines 29-30). Although he has known Juliet for less that a week, Romeo h
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