Romeo & Juliet

     Currently in class, we are reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. I would like to discuss how Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love.
     First off, Romeo was in love with Rosaline before he met Juliet. When Romeo snuck into the Capulet party to woo Rosaline, he saw Juliet for the first time. He then believed that he is in love with her because she was so beautiful. The problem here is that Romeo changed his mind so quickly on who he loved. He said he was in love with Rosaline but changed his mind, so he could have done the same thing to Juliet: change his mind in a snap his feelings for her.
     Second, Romeo and Juliet just met and it seems like he wanted lust over love. He just saw her and then kissed her a couple of times, how can you be truly in love if you only met a person? It might just be those teenage hormones (since Romeo is 17 and Juliet is about 14).
     Third and lastly, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. At the end of Scene I, Act V, you can see that both of them are shocked and disappointed because they come from the two different and rival households. This most likely swayed their mind just a little about their love for each other. At that moment, you could tell that they knew they couldn't be together. (But obviously they made it so that they would be together despite the feud between the two households they were each in.)
     In conclusion, Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love. Let's just say that they were star crossed "lovers".