Question

1. compare & contrast: how is \true love\ different from lust? this can be done in bullet points (at least three.) mod

lust (desire without love)\ttrue love
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4.) would you describe romeo as being in love with rosaline? please provide one quote to serve as evidence. next to these quotes please provide your own personal response in the following boxes.
highlight your claim:
a. romeo is in love.
b. romeo is not in love.
evidence: choose a quote from the text that proves that romeo is in romantic love or in lust.\tlink: use reasoning. how does this quote prove he is or is not in love?

Explanation:

For question 3, the comparison focuses on core motivations, time frame, and care for the other person. For question 4, Romeo's infatuation with Rosaline is surface-level, focused on unrequited desire rather than deep connection, so it is not true love.

Answer:

Question 3:

Lust (desire without love)

• Focuses on physical gratification
• Short-term, impulsive drive
• Self-centered, ignores other's needs
• Fades when desire is fulfilled

True Love

• Focuses on emotional connection
• Long-term, committed bond
• Other-centered, prioritizes their well-being
• Grows deeper over time

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Question 4:

Highlight your claim:
B. Romeo is not in love.

Evidence: "Why, such is love's transgression. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate to have it prest With more of thine: this love that thou hast shown Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears: What is it else? a madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet." (Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1)

Link: Romeo describes his feelings for Rosaline as a fleeting, painful infatuation centered on his own grief and unfulfilled desire, not a genuine, caring connection. He fixates on his own suffering rather than Rosaline's qualities or well-being, which shows this is lust/infatuation, not true love.