Romeo and Rosaline Together? In the Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, one main character, Romeo, is presented as a melancholy person during the first act of the play. The source of Romeo’s melancholy may be caused by his love for Rosaline, and her lack of love for him. In the beginning of the play, we learn that Romeo is pursuing the young lady, Rosaline, which he is in love with, but who does not …showed first 75 words of 288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 288 total…since first the world began”(1.2.94-95). Romeo is one that looses his sleep for love. He fled society to be alone, thinking on Rosaline, who did not even love him. Romeo is a passionate lover, and he becomes sad when his love is not content. Rosaline’s lack of love for him is the reason he is melancholy in the first act. Work Cited Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1988.