"Ay, mine own fortune in my misery."- Romeo to Servingman

The servingman asks Romeo if he is able to read and Romeo answers, "Ay, mine own fortune in my misery." I realized that here Romeo is being melodramatic again. He is making it like his ability to read is the only good thing in his life right now. I know he is just saying this because he upset and depressed, but if he only wanted Rosaline for a physical relationship and not who she was then he is contradicting himself again. He says he only wants to sleep with her, but then when he can't, he goes into a depression. Usually, people get depressed when they are denied true love so if it was only for something physical then it wasn't real. I am also sure that there is another good thing in Romeo's life other then his ability to read, such as not being homeless. Right now, my impression of Romeo is a sefish, melodramatic child.

Romeo goes on saying how he only wanted this girl, Rosaline, for her looks. He wanted to sleep with her and have a physical relationship with her. If this is true, then it contradicts all what was said and done before. If he REALLY loved her, then that love wouldnt depend on her looks, it would mean more then that. If all he wanted to do was sleep with her then he wouldnt go and become despressed and anti social, he would just be upset. I think Romeo is being melodramatic because he can't get what he wants. Now that Romeo is unable to get her, he wants her even more then he did originally. He also says that since she wont sleep with anyone she will die with the same beauty because no body has touched hers. I think that Romeo is also being very seflish and only thinking of HIS needs, when he should be caring about why Rosaline doesn't want him. There can be a reason that this is happening such as a flaw in Romeo. Romeo should be thinking of this, instead of crying over the wrong girl.


-Romeo: page 23- lines 216 - 223

"Heres much to do with hate, but more to do with love"- Romeo

Romeo is this anti social, depressed character who we see struggling to understand the true meaning of love. He is depressed because he is in love with a women who doesn love him back. His strong feeling of love for her caused him to hate her, when she broke his heart. We can understand the connection of opposites here because love and hate do not match, but they do have similarties. When Montague is talking to Benevolio, and explaining to him how Romeo acts around the house, it may seem like Romeo was truly in love. Romeo creates a fake night in his room, by shutting the windows and doors. He goes out wandering and crying in the woods at night, but when he sees that dawn is coming, he qucikly goes back to his room to create that fake night. That is what happened to him after his heart being broken. What if this wasn't really love? why would romeo be doing all of this?