In the play Romeo and Juliet the character Romeo expresses his love towards Rosaline in a way that is synonymous of infatuation and superficial love. 'O she is rich in beauty, only poor, That when she dies, with her beauty dies her store.' Romeo emphasizes on Rosaline's beauty above all; showing that he believes that her beauty is her redeeming quality. Romeo appears to be concerned with the inevitable prospect of Rosaline's death, however unconventionally Romeos concern lies with the loss of her beauty rather than the loss of the relationship between them. This is because he will not have had an opportunity to extend that beauty's life by procreating with her, this shows that there is bitterness in what Romeo is saying. Similarly in the poem first love Clare expresses his feelings of love 'And then blood rushed to my face And took my sight away' The blood rushing to someones face is usually temporary however the enjambment suggests that his feelings are continuous. The verb "took" conveys that it was taken without consent this indicates that he has become blind to love and his emotions have become warped, an alternative interpretation is that his feelings are cliche. Both texts display infatuation rather than genuine love however they do so in different ways, Clare clearly depicts the negative implications of infatuation, while Romeo exemplifies the feelings of being infatuated with somebody. The poem is more emotionally convincing to a modern audience, because behind the controlled form and structure there is underlying passion showing that Clare is revealing his true feelings however the context of production Romeo's voice may seem more convincingly emotional because of his use of hyperbole when describing Rosaline's beauty, hyperbolic language was acceptable at that time because it would have been normal to maintain courtly love in that way, and it was acceptable for a young man at that time to fall in love based on looks. A modern audience may see that Romeo's voice is not emotionally convincing as he presents very childish and superficial views of love this may be because he is too young and immature to understand what love really is.
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