I think it's just saying that if he is Romeo, and you aren't Juliet, you are Rosaline. Not because of the dynamics between the characters, just in the sense that you won't be the one to die, because you are not Juliet.
I don't want to be anyone's Romeo. I'd rather be Antonio, from Merchant of Venice. Or even Iago, from Othello. He was like the original Loki, the most loved villain ever!
Ah but you are forgetting Titus Andronicus. Aaron is delightfully evil.
His last monologue is regretting all the dastardly things he never did and his last words are:
"Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things
As willingly as one would kill a fly;
And nothing grieves me heartily indeed
But that I cannot do ten thousand more."
Guys, y'all are forgetting Coriolanus. Awesome character from an awesome play, indeed. (Besides when I watched it, he was played by Tom Hiddleston. That's a big plus.)
No villains for me, I wanna be Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing! Witty, hilarious, and she gets the guy in the end! Plus played by Emma Thompson, whoop whoop
Hmm, there is also Duke Orsino from 12th Night. Kind, romantic, and completely willing to admit he totally had gay feelings about you whilst pining for his beloved Olivia.
I don't agree with hating something so intensely, but I just want to say that praising Romeo & Juliet as a story of perfect love is stupid, and yet so many people do that!
Romeo & Juliet has become one of the symbols for love and is used by many people who have never even read the play! I find that very ignorant considering what actually happened in it. Also I have a theory that Shakespeare actually just wanted to say that teenagers of every generation do stupid shit just to go against their overly conservative parents, which gets even worse when pheromones are involved. I think the point wasn't love at all, but that's only my view.
Besides, I don't find the play so excellent either. Among Shakespeare's works, I liked Macbeth and Coriolanus much more.
Thank you! I guess hate could be strong, but there is literally nothing I like about it. I feel like everything about it is poorly planned, and the characters are insanely flat and static.
I understand. And not only that, but what annoys me is how overrated this is. Everyone sees it as the most romantic thing ever written in the history of mankind, but honestly? Pffft. Not really. Dragon Age's romance options are better written than this (but they are amazingly written, so that's not much of a comparison)
His last monologue is regretting all the dastardly things he never did and his last words are:
"Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things
As willingly as one would kill a fly;
And nothing grieves me heartily indeed
But that I cannot do ten thousand more."
Romeo & Juliet has become one of the symbols for love and is used by many people who have never even read the play! I find that very ignorant considering what actually happened in it. Also I have a theory that Shakespeare actually just wanted to say that teenagers of every generation do stupid shit just to go against their overly conservative parents, which gets even worse when pheromones are involved. I think the point wasn't love at all, but that's only my view.
Besides, I don't find the play so excellent either. Among Shakespeare's works, I liked Macbeth and Coriolanus much more.