Friday, April 28, 2017
ACT 1, SCENE 1: An Unbalanced Relationship
In the first scene of Romeo and Juliet, we see a depressed version of Romeo. As the scene goes on, we learn that Romeo is in fact heartbroken. He is in love with Rosaline, and Rosaline doesn't seem to love him back. A reflection of almost every crush ever. The picture below shows an unbalanced scale, with Romeo on the left side and Rosaline on the right side. Romeo contributes a ton to the relationship, and Rosaline doesn't, leading the scale to be unbalanced and the relationship to not work. The fact that Romeo's plate on the scale is lower also shows the pit of depression that he falls into into when Rosaline rejects him and deosn't want to see him again.
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I think this a very good analogy for their relationship. How is Romeo and Juliet relationship more balanced than Romeo and Rosaline's?
ReplyDeleteI think since Romeo and Juliet love each other so much, the relationship is balanced because of the mutuality. (if that's a word)
DeleteI wonder were Romeo is on the emotional scale at this moment compared to when he is at the dance
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the scale to describe the unbalanced relationship and Romeo's depression
ReplyDeleteGood comparison, I think it works well.
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