When Romeo first sees Juliet at the ball in Act I, sc. v, he is immediately taken with her. He becomes a victim of love at first sight:
What lady's that, which doth
enrich the hand Of yonder knight?
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O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear— Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows(50) As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.(55) | |
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Cosmopolitan magazine reported that readers in Great Britain still believe in love at first sight, with only 28% declaring love at first sight as impossible. This statistic does come as a surprise however, especially when nine out of ten questioned said they’d never experienced it.
A total of 41% of respondents believed it takes at least a few weeks to fall in love in contrast to 55% who believe it takes months rather then days. A random 4% however, think it’s a matter of years before you can feel those all important three words. (http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-sex/relationships/romantic-britains-still-believe-in-love-at-first-sight-2120#ixzz2MWTH3xW5)
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| Do you believe in love at first sight? Write a TEXT paragraph that is aimed at persuading your peers to agree with your opinion on this matter. Use Romeo's soliloquy above, or other parts of Act One, as well as your research and interviews as evidence. Remember, acknowledging the opposition's argument and responding directly to it can help you strengthen your own persuasive argument. YOU HAVE 9 MINUTES. |
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Love at first sight
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Madison Hayes
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. Love is not just based on looks, its based on personality. For example, someone can look good, but can also have a bad personality. Also, i believe it takes time to actually love someone. For example, when you first meet someone, you're not yourself, its natural to be shy when you first meet someone but over time you slowly start to open up and be yourself. Although you may like the person when you first see them, its not actually love untill you get to know them better.
For example, when Romeo see's Juliet, his is overwhelmed by her looks and appearence, he does not love her, he doesn't even know her.
DeleteLove at first does not exist. How could you possibly love someone who you have never talked to? You can love their looks but you can't love them as a person, especially if you don't know their personality. You need to get to know a person before you can love them.
ReplyDelete- Maya LaFleur
I don't believe that love at first sight can make relationships. The whole concept of love at first sight is saying you can fall in love with someone just by seeing them for the first time. In order to fall in love with someone, you need to get to know them first. You can't if you have only seen them once. Love can't be taken for granted. If you truly love someone, you will get to know that person and spend time with them. You have to be committed. If love at true sight worked, then you would see many more relationships forming. I don't believe in love at first sight because you can't get to know someone better by just seeing them.
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Shannon Camara
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. When a person claims to have fallen in love upon first seeing a person, they are expiriencing feelings of lust rather than love. As seen in Romeo's example, he is taken completely by Juliet's beauty, knowing not a single thing about her. This is not true love, because true love is not based upon looks. True love is based upon compatability between personalities, so it is not possible to have fallen in love with someone without ever talking to them. This is supported by the example in Cosmopolitan magazine, where 55% of people had said it takes a few months to have fallen in love with someone, because you have to get to know the person well enough, in order to know if your personalities are right for eachother.
I believe love at first sight does not make sense. Love at first sight is impossible. You are saying you are in love by just physical appearance and that is not what love is about. “Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dearly” Love should not be based on how a person looks. It is based on character traits or at least should be. It is odd too describe someone’s beauty too rich to use. If you have never talked to somebody before, how is it possible to be in love?
ReplyDelete- Lauren Christo
I don't believe in love at first sight. The reason I don't believe this is because in love at first sight you have never met the person and you have no idea of how they act. For example you may like how a person looks, but they could act stupidly and be going to jail. I believe even though they look great you should get to know them better. One part of love is what they look like the other part is their personality. This is why i do not believe in love at first sight.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight, and do not agree with Romeo. When Romeo first looks at Juliet, he is only attracted to her based on how she looks. By this point they have not spoken a word to each other. I think that people fall in love by being compatable with one another and not just by looking at them. Also, Romeo will end up killing himself for a girl who he met over five days, when I think that it can take weeks or even months to fall in love with somebody.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. In order to get to know someone and know that you truly love you need to talk and get to know them. When Romeo first sees Juliet he thinks he's in love with her but it is based on how she looks not on the kind of person she is. If Romeo were to really fall in love with Juliet they would have to speak first and really get to know each other. If you were to marry someone you wouldn't just find a person on the side of the road that is attractive and say that's the person you love. In order for Romeo to really know he loved Juliet they would need to know each other and find out if they have the same type of interests or personality as you. If Romeo was really in love with Juliet he would have to get to know her therefore I do not believe in love at first sight.
ReplyDeleteJon-Luc Jarboe
ReplyDeleteI don't believe love at first sight exists, I rather believe one must first understand another person to fall in love with them. An example of proof of my opinion is featured in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo doesn't fall in love with Juliet but with her outwardly appereance according to his soliloquy. Why do I say this. I say this because her outwardly appearence is all he says about her in his soliloquy. However after speaking with her he begins to truly fall in love with her after seeing her true apperence and personality. These are my thoughts on love at first sight.
There is not such a thing as love at first sight. As the article from the Cosmopolitan says, only 28 percent of the readers believed in the idea of love at first sight. The other readers believed it took anywhere from weeks to years to truly fall in love and 9 out of 10 said they never experienced love giving strong evidence against the fact in modern day. Furthermore, even Romeo is not good evidence for love at first sight. It is peculiar that he seemed to be so captured with Rosaline that he had been depressed and all by his lonesome for days due to her and just changed his mind the second he saw Juliet. Although it could be said that he did not actually love Rosaline and his opinion of love changed when he saw Juliet, when Romeo says “Did my heart love till now?” it makes me believe that he does not understand what it feels like to be in love. Romeo is a young man still and to be able to go between women so quickly and question what love is makes me believe that he does not know what it means to be in love and that he is not a good example of love at first sight. Thus, evidence from the past and present support the fact that love at first sight does not exist.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. There are many reasons that love at first sight is impossible. I believe that you can be attracted to a person but you can not tell their background and personality by looking at them. I believe that in order to love someone you need to get to know them and learn to accept all of thier flaws. It is not always possible to see someones flaws just by focusing on thier apperance. I think that when people say love at first sight they may just be in love with the thought of the person or the apperance of the person, rather than in love with the persons personality which is very important in a relationship. I also think that you can crush on a person at first sight and possibly fall in love with them as things go further and you get to know them better. For example, Romeo falls in love with Juliet without even knowing anything about her. She could have a terrible personality or even a bad past and he wouldnt even know it yet.
ReplyDeleteI do think that love at first sight is possible and real. You can see a person that you have never known before and feel a connection with them right away. "What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?" In the act, Romeo did not even know Juliet's name, yet he felt a need to have her and a strong connection was made. You don't need weeks and months to see how a person really is. With only one look, Romeo could see the beauty inside Juliet as well as on the outside. "For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." People do still believe in love at first sight. An example would be in Great Britain, where 72% think love at first sight is possible. Although not everyone in the world may experience it,love at first sight is a real and possible thing that could happen to anyone.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. To love someone, it takes more than just looks, it also needs personality and for both to show passion and commitment as lovers. Some people in general may look different as they truly are, some may look nice and sweet but are truly evil and some may look mean and scary but are however caring and selfless. This also works for love at first sight, some may look committed and true to their love but are actually selfish and rude. "A total of 41% of respondents believed it takes at least a few weeks to fall in love in contrast to 55% who believe it takes months rather then days." Notice how there is a higher percent of people who say it takes a long amount of time to fully gain trust of someone as well as fall in love with them. Love at first sight can not occur because there is more to love than just looks.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't believe in love at first sight. If other people do, that's cool for them, but I don't get how you can fall in love instantaniously, without talking and getting to know eachother. Romeo talks about falling for Juliet, but he doesn't even know her, he's only seen her across a room. When I read that,I thought that he doesn't love Juliet, he loves her looks (which in my opinion, isn't something an entire relationshipshould be built off). TO fall in love you need timeto make the bond,I don't believe that bond could be built in a matter of seconds, likelove at first sight.
ReplyDeleteI do believe in love at first sight even though it is very rare. From my interviews I learned that anything can happen at any time so it is possible that you just look at a person and know that he or she is the one. It might be unrealistic to fall in love with someone that you have never talked to but sometimes you might just have a feeling that they are the one and you go with it and it turns out to be true. Only 28% declared love at first sight to be impossible in Cosmopolitan magazine. This means that many people still have hope that love at first sight can happen.
ReplyDeleteMollie Westrick
ReplyDeleteLove at first sight does not exist. It is impossible to be in love with someone the first time you see them. To be in love, you need to know someone; know their strengths and their weaknesses, and their good qualities and bad qualities. You need to know these things, especially the negative sides to someone, and still be able to be in love with them. Being in love means to love every single part of someone, and accept that person exactly how they are. Romeo knew nothing about Juliette. He just saw her and thought she was very pretty. In some of the articles given to the groups, there were studies about “love at first sight”. The studies showed that within about half a second, a person can judge how attractive someone is, but being in love with them in a half second is just impossible. “Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” Romeo obviously is obsessed with Juliette’s beauty and thinks she is the most beautiful thing in the entire world, but he is not in love with her. That takes more than a look. He cannot know that he wants to be with her and see her every day for the rest of his life. She could be a horrible person, and he has not even met her yet. It is impossible to be in love with someone at first sight, and therefore, Romeo Montague is not really in love with Juliette Capulet.
Love at first sight is not possible. Love is a very delicate emotion that takes time to experience. You have to be able to know someone before you can love them. Love is an emotion that takes several variables into account, such as physical attraction and mental attraction. How can you be emotionally attracted to someone when you have never even talked to them? Of course it is possible to be physically attracted to someone when you first see them, as Romeo is to Juliet. “Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear—/Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” Romeo is obviously physically attracted to Juliet and recognizes her beauty, but never does he think of her personality. How is this love when he hasn’t even learned any of her quirks or the things that aggravate him that she does? Love is about truly caring for someone and forgetting about their flaws and getting past the small things a person does that irks you. When you first see someone, you don’t even know if you are completely different people. For all you know, a person you just saw for the first time could be completely different from you. Your personalities could clash horribly, but you would never even know because you haven’t even talked to them. The first time you see someone, the only glimpse of them you get is on the outside. Love is an emotion that takes place mostly because of the inside of a person. When you know absolutely nothing about what is inside a person, you cannot be in love. Of course someone can be in love with what a person looks like, or perhaps maybe the person’s personality is very clear to others when they see that person, but how can an entire relationship or marriage come from one small glimpse of a person? To those who believe in love at first sight, would you marry someone you saw just once? Would you have them move in with you right away without getting to know the person? Love at first sight may be true for the physical aspects of love and maybe even the animal nature inside of us. Our bodies may be able to tell who is a good potential “mate”, but a mate and a life partner are completely different. Love is an extremely complicated emotion, and because of this, love at first sight is not truly possible.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. You could like someone for their looks, but they could have a personality that you do not like. People have good days and bad days. You could catch someone on a good day and say that you like them, but the next day they could not look good. As you can see, I do not believe in love at first sight.
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ReplyDeleteI believe in love at first sight. Some people have the right type of chemistry that they can just feel it when they first meet. They click in a way that no one else has clicked with them before. True love at first sight is not based on looks, it's based on personality. For some people you can tell you get along better.
ReplyDelete*Some people say that love at first sight is based on looks, but obviously they have seen other good looking people. How come they didn't believe in love at first sight then? Others say that it takes time to experience love. I partially agree in that, but love is mostly based on how you interact with each other and how you feel towards them. I agree that time is the structure of a relationship, where they can learn about each other and understand one another more, but love can come quicker to some than others. Love at first sight is a rare thing, but it is possible.
DeleteI do not believe in love at first site, i believe that in order to attain love, it takes commitment, time and effort. It will not just appear in front of you one day. In order to love someone, you need to know them. You need to know their likes and dislikes, and positive and negatives, their behavior. None of these can be known at "first site". What Romeo felt towards Juliet was just a physical attraction. He did not know anything about Juliet, only what she looked like. Which is what he is "in love" with. Cosmopolitan reports that nine out of ten questioned never experienced love. And if love at first site were true, then that number should look more like three of out ten, or something to that effect. Love is a difficult thing to grasp, and it is not going to be handed to you, it must be worked for.
ReplyDeleteI do not beleive in love at first sight. I feel that if you look at someone, you cannot instantly fall in love with them. I feel that you should get to know a person before actually falling in love with a person. I asked my mom what her opinion was one day after school. She agreed with me completly. She said that it's one thing to be in love and another to think that you are in love. I liked how my mom said that, because I had to completly agree with her. I don't believe in love at first sight, but that's my opinion. Who knows maybe you're just in love with what the person looks like. How could you could fall in love with sight? I mean, is it not the heart that you come to love? Or is it the apperence?
ReplyDeleteI am a strong believer in love at first sight. I think it can happen to anyone and when it does, it is a strong feeling to have. I am a firm believer that with only one look, you can know that the person is the one for you.I think everyone should believe in love at first sight. Love is such a beautiful thing, and when you find it, you know it. I think the people who don't believe in love at first sight are the ones that are opposed to love or ones who haven't felt love before. I understand why you wouldn't want to believe in love at first sight if you have never felt love before, but there are many things to show that love at first sight truly does exist. There are many stories whether they are real or not that show two people falling in love with the first glance. I also think that the people who don't believe in love at first sight are ones who are grumpy and not willing to let love into their lives. People should be happy and wait for their Prince Charming, and when their Prince Charming comes, they will know it.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe in love at first sight and agree somewhat with the Cosmopolitan's results. I believe it takes a while to fall in love. You have to get to know the person better in order to feel an emotion that strong towards them. Romeo basically only fell in love with Juliet's beauty,according to the soliquy. This isn't true love,since love doesn't focus on looks. Love takes a long time to grow and fully be true, for yourself and that other person. This can be shown through my research on,love as well. Most people can say they have felt true love only after knowing someone for some time. They might be beautiful at first,but you may not end up liking them after getting to know them. You might learn some things you may not like about them, like their personality or attitude. All in all, this is why I don't believe in love at first sight.
ReplyDeleteI believe that love at first sight is real and exists because many people make assumptions and judge people the first time they seem them. They may think someone is handsome or pretty and it could possibly make them fall in love with someone. Many people don't believe looks are everything but some people do. You could fall in love with someone because of their looks and then find out that their personalities are terrible but you still fell in love with them that first time you saw them. You could also fall in love with someone because of their looks and find out they're everything you've ever wanted in life. People who believe in love at first sight may have had it actually happen to them which is why everyone has their own opinion and perspective about it.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe at love at first sight. This is because of my rule of judging a book by its cover. I try not to look at someone or something and make an impression by the way they look. I always try to meet the person or use the thing before I can make a judgement on it. I have to know the persons interests, beliefs and personality. Even if Romeo and Juliet had "love at first sight", I do not believe that they will truly love each other until they talk to each other and know each other. Because of this, I do not believe in love at first sight simply because you cannot judge a person on their looks.
ReplyDeleteZaynah Kalaoun
ReplyDeleteLove at first sight to me does not exist. Love at first sight does not exist because some people are first timers at love and when they meet the opposite sex it like Oh my God I love this person. When in actual reality that person may not love the other person at all. Even if you look at fans of lets say Justin Bieber for instance girls only like him for his looks not personality and they don't even know the him. You can also look at Romeo when he first sees Juliet. Romeo was just revising on how Juliet was beautiful for example he said "Her beauty too rich for use". True love in my opinion should be not love at first sight were the person only loves the other for their beauty but for their personality. Romeo even said he only went to the party to just forget about Rosalie and find a new women to fall in love with. To me that's in a way low class and taste. Some people only love each other because of their looks too which is why love at first sight can be cruel in a way and why I don't believe in it.
Love at first sight doesn't exist. I know this because you could like someone because they are pretty or handsome but they could have the personality of a devil.You wouldn't know that if you just looked at them, so you should meet them first. Someone can think that someones pretty but you should really get to know them before you make accusations and predictions about them. For instance, what if you like someone and you think they are perfect for you but when you go up to them you are scared and very rude to you. That is why love at fist sight is false. if you look at someone and so say oh my god he/she is perfect, and you marry them, its just pure luck. It is not common but someone has done it. How could you like someone if you dint know their feelings toward you and your family
ReplyDeleteLove at first sight can happen to some people. They see a person and automatically know that that certain person is the one they will spend the rest of their life with. Some look at love at first sight as Romeo saying, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." From what Romeo says, this basically describes the feeling at love at first sight. Also, by doing an interview about love with my aunt, I learned that she and my uncle met by love at first sight. They were both at a bar with dates, looked at one another, and instantly fell in love. Both could not take their eyes off each other. After my uncle and aunt finished up with their dates, they instantly began to talk and date on another. From this story that my aunt tells, I do believe that love at first sight is possible for some people. My uncle and aunt both say it was because of appearance that made them fall in love. Romeo describes Juliet as being absolutely awstruck with her appearance when love at first sight happens to him. He says, "Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!" Even though love at first sight is based on the first initial beauty of the person, it is possible for some of the people on earth.
ReplyDeleteKaelyn Zak
Love at first sight does not exist. A real loving relationship is not based on looks, but on personality. You can be attracted to someone by the way they look, but this doesn't mean you are in love. Romeo could say he was in love with Juliet ever since he first saw her, but this is impossible. He could only be attracted to Juliet by her looks. He only knows what she looks like, and can't tell you anything about her personality. You may have a crush on the person that you think is attractive, but it wouldn't be appropriate to call it love. Love at first sight isn't impossible, but it is very rare. In order to have a real relationship, you must get to know someone for who they are. You can't really love someone until you get to know them.
ReplyDeleteAllie Fish
I do not believe at love at first sight. Love is a feeling developed over time. When you first see some one if you experience love it is a physical attraction. It will take a while to truly learn about a person. This is apparent when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time and says "Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!" he is referring to how she looks. He does not know anything about who she is. It is possible to find a person attractive but not love them for who they are. Love at first sight is just a fictional concept apperent in several aspects of today's culture. In a cosmopolitan survey 78% of people believe in love at first sight. However, only 10% of people say they have experienced love at first sight. Lastly, when I interviewed an adult she did not believe at love at first sight. She said the best way to have a healthy relationship is to begin as friends. When you start out as friends you really get to know who a person is. Therefore, I believe love at first sight is just a fictional concept that is not realistic in today’s modern world.
ReplyDeleteIsabella Landry
Love at first sight is a saying that cannot happen. You can't be in love with someone you've never seen before that moment. To be truly in love with someone, you need to be in love with almost every aspect of them. Personality, attitude, their looks and virtues. The first time you see someone, the only thing you know about them is what they look like. You can't be in love with someone with just by there looks, for you don't know anything about them. Or on rare occasions, maybe when you first see someone they're showing all of their aspects of them with their current actions. You may think you love that, but you don't know for sure. Maybe this is just a good day for him/her, and when you actually spend time with that person, you realize he/she's not a good person after all. You need to spend time with a person and realize who they truly are before you can actually love someone. Love at first sight is just not possible. Joshua Tyler
ReplyDeleteI don't believe in love at frist sight. I believe that there must be similarities that eachother share, or something that bonds the two people together. To me falling in love can take a long time. According to cosmopolitian magazine about fifty five percent of people agree with me. This process could take months, because you need to get to know the person very well to know that they are the one you want to be with. Some people argue that love at first sight is possible. Saying that there can be a connection right from the start, automatically making these two people in love with eachother. At this point you don't know them at all, and realistically you are taking a guess on who this person is, or what they are like.
ReplyDeleteTrue love is and always has been a fleeting entity. While many understand true love, either from a past or current relationship, love is not an instantaneous phenomenon. Love grows slowly, sometimes over a matter of weeks and months, or even years. But love cannot exist at first sight because there has not been a sufficient amount of time to allow a relationship to form. The feelings experienced during an initial attraction are just that; feelings. There is no understanding of the other person in any deep means yet, only and understanding of the aspects of them that make them attractive. This is even true for Romeo, as his statements upon seeing Juliet only reference her physical beauty and do not reflect any bond or relationship that has formed between them. Also, many people, especially in our fast paced digital world of today rush into what they deem as a serious relationship without any understanding of who the other person is, the compatibility between themselves, or without even having developed a relationship with the person. They have only the raw emotion experienced with physical attraction, much like Romeo and Juliet’s. True love is not merely a force that appears at will; it takes time to develop, possibly from a friendship or companionship, and needs to be allowed the appropriate time and space to evolve into what love can truly be.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that love at first sight is not impossible. I believe it can be true; however, it could turn out to be wrong. The moment when you see someone for the first time and feel that special connection you may think it is meant to be. At a later time period you may come to see that that first decision was wrong, or it was right. Love at first sight can exist although I am not completely for it. Romeo claims, "For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" with this he has saying he has never seen a really beautiful women until this night. Although he may feel that in the moment, I do not think it is entirely true. People may believe in love and first sight although I do not completely believe.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe in love at first sight. When someone claims to see someone and then automatically be in love with them, that does not make sense. One cannot fall in love just based on looks since looks can be deceiving. Even though someone may look beautiful they could be a terrible person or a complete opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says that he falls in love with her the first time he ever sees her even though he does not know her. This example of love at first sight is deceiving because Romeo is still trying to get over his love for Rosaline meaning that he is sort of a depressed state. This means that he isn’t thinking straight. One could argue however that if you feel that strongly towards a person then you can be in love. However, the counterpoint is that feeling is not necessarily love but rather lust and desire. There is a difference between love and desire. Also, it takes time to fall in love with someone. You get to know the person and become good friends and then fall in love with them. In reality you don’t just fall in love at first sight. Love comes over time with a person you know really well. Romeo never spoke one word to Juliet so how could it be possible that he was in love with her. Overall, falling in love at first sight is not possible.
ReplyDeleteTrue love is a very complicated thing. This is because everyone has different definitions of what "true love" is. My parents both believe true love is that true love is a mutual attraction. It is not solely based on looks, but a passion for one another. Therefore I believe both subjects would have to feel this burning passion together. For example Romeo may find Juliet very attractive but the important thing is to remember, you can't trust their looks. A mass murderer could look like very beautiful but how the person is on the inside is what counts. Looking at Juliet isn't enough for true love. But if you think about it, true love wouldn't be possible at first sight because you need time to get to know the other person.
ReplyDeleteJason Hopkins
When you look at someone for the first time, you may get a feeling of infatuation, but not true love. You may be attracted to someone by looks, but looks are only 10% of true love, while personality is 90%. My interviewees have all said that true love takes a couple of days to set in. Some people may say that love at first sight is real, which is false. First, what is love? Scientifically, lust is what you feel when you look at someone attractive, which is a release of testosterone and estrogen. This may create the euphoria of love, but this is not true love. People may say that love cannot be measured. My research shows that love can actually be measured using a survey that the U.K. created. Culturally, love is the driver for all great stories. Not just passionate love, but family love and love for your country. Some philosophers say that love is a passionate commitment. They say that without commitment, it is mere infatuation. Without the passion, it is mere dedication. Without nurturing, even the best love can wither and die.
ReplyDeleteMyer Hussain