Emotional Changes Of Love And Hate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Throughout his diverse emotional states, Romeo, a round character, undergoes the emotional changes of love and hate. In early acts of the play, Romeo is depressed due to his overwhelming love for Rosaline, the woman who swore, “that she will still live chaste,” (I. i. 214). Only, he thought that he loved her. To try to diverge his emotional state from this depression, Mercutio takes Romeo to the Capulet’s party. There, Romeo becomes lovestruck by the, “true beauty,” of the daughter of Capulet (I. i. 53). Romeo’s emotional state completely reverses. He becomes this hopeful and positive man full of love. Nothing can stop this man from going back down to the bottom, or so we think. As we make our way into Act III, things start to go downhill.