In "Romeo and Juliet," compare Romeo's love for Rosaline to his love for Juliet.

's love
for Rosaline was really nothing more than a boyish infatuation. Like a lot of inexperienced and
immature young men, Romeo mistook lust for feelings of romantic love. At first blush, it seems
that Romeo's love forfalls into the same category. But it soon becomes clear that there's
something special about her which sets her apart from Rosaline. For one thing, her beauty is
transcendent in a way that Rosaline's could never be. Rosaline is indeed a very beautiful young
lady, but her beauty doesn't have anything like the same effect on Romeo as Juliet's. When Romeo
first casts eyes on Juliet it's as if he's never seen beauty before. That's how he knows that
his love for her is different; and that's how heand the audienceknows that it's
real.