Sunday 2 October 2016

In "Romeo and Juliet", what are Romeo's first impressions of Juliet and how does he describe her?

first seesin Act 1,
scene 5 during the Capulet's party in which Juliet was supposed to meetfor the first time. 
Romeo's first impressions of Juliet are clearly about her beauty.  He is completely taken aback
by how beautiful she is.  His first statement upon seeing her is "O, she doth teach the
torches to burn bright!" (A.1, s5, line 46).  This tells us that he is infatuated with her
beauty.  Further along in the same speech he seems to have forgotten all about his precious
Rosaline when he says "Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! / For I ne'er saw
true beauty till this night." (A. 1, S. 5, lines 54 - 55).  It is clear from this that his
first impressions of Juliet have nothing to do with anything except for her
beauty.  

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