Romeo and Juliet Act 1

After reading Act 1 in “Romeo and Juliet” for the second time, I seem to notice a little bit more. The characters are just as I remember, but Romeo seems to be somewhat more annoying this time. I’m not sure exactly why this is, but he tends to be whinier this time around. This could possibly be because we have talked about his desperate whining in class more in depth then I had last year.
As for Romeo loving Rosaline and Juliet, I do not believe that it is real. I know that Shakespeare made the love interest change to make the story more dramatic, but it really doesn’t seem all that believable. Yes, I do believe that Romeo was infatuated with Rosaline, he had seen her many times before, but to fall in love with Juliet in a matter of seconds seems somewhat ridiculous.
The puns and wordplay in the book I find to be very clever. No, it may not be relevant all of the time, but I do believe that it brings much humor to the play. Often times it is somewhat inappropriate, but I do believe that it was very clever of Shakespeare to include it. Playing on that many words has to be very difficult.
The language in the play is at times difficult to understand, but I truly do love it. I would much rather read the original play than a modern day English version. Some things I wish we would discuss more are the simile, metaphor, and imagery use. In my class last year, we heavily focused on this, which I believe made the play that much more interesting.
I absolutely love “Romeo and Juliet” and have no complaints about the play. Although I read it last year, I could read it a thousand times more.