Shakespeare presents both Romeo and Juliet as youthful and incautious throughout the play when they first met in Act 1 Scene 5. When Romeo first set eyes on Juliet he speaks to himself and states, "Did my heart love till now." Before meeting Juliet, Romeo was so in love with Rosaline and they were not destined to be together because she was a Capulet, Juliet's cousin . He got rejected and told himself that he will never find love again. Romeo is in a situation where he is in unrequited love, he doesn't know if anyone will love him back and the way he moves on quickly shows he attitude and view towards women. Friar Lawrence says in Act 2 "young men love with their eyes and not their hearts," implying that Romeo in not having intentionally love for women but only attraction towards them. In the Shakespearean era it was known that men objectified women and exploited them to pleasure themselves so with Friar Lawrence stating this to the audience its clearly shown why Romeo moves on briskly to Juliet. The noun "love" reinforces the strong feelings that Romeo is having towards Juliet and how he is delusional by loving a girl he doesn't even know. In the Shakespearean era men were seen as dominant and strong minded always bringing honour and dignity to the family, however, Romeo is seen as a courtly lover who is weak hearted and effortlessly falls in love with different women. This is seen when Romeo describes Juliet and utters the words, "Juliet is the sun." The noun "sun" connotates to the Great Chain of Being implying that Juliet is higher than mankind and anything below that. Romeo is describing her as close to God as possible showing her worth and her beauty towards Romeo. Juliet is described as the "sun" implying that she is the light source for Romeo's pathway that there's nobody else that he wants except for her. This light that Romeo wants to follow and be with, which we also known as Juliet, he doesn't know that this is going to lead to their fate and the agony of both families. Fate really effects the relationship between Romeo and Juliet because throughout the play they don't realise the hints or their actions causing their downfall. Like the Friar deliberately announces "violent delights end with violent ends." The repetition of the harsh words "violent" and "end" fortifies
the unhidden truth of their relationship and that it's precise that it will end tragically and that's Shakespeare's intentions when writing this play.
Shakespeare also presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet as insensitive. In the prologue its written that both families have been in an "ancient grudge" and that they are "both alike in dignity" both quotes tell us that the two families Capulets and Montagues have been having conflict between themselves for a very long time and its not clear and it does not state why this is. The noun "dignity" tells us that both families have the same status and that there should be nothing to compete for so the "grudge" that they are having among each other is very much futile. With both Romeo and Juliet knowing their families are against each other they still act amoral and eventually marry each other. However in Act 2 Scene 1 during the balcony scene Juliet voices, "deny thy father, refuse thy name." "Deny" and "refuse" are significant words said by Juliet because it shows the self-conflict she's having because she knows the consequences of her and Romeo being together and the foreshadowing of "star cross'd lovers" and the fate that they will endure at the end of the play. Juliet speaks these words towards Romeo because she knows that her father wont accept of Romeo as he is a Montague but with the deep love they have towards each other, Juliet is willingly giving up her own name to be with Romeo and that displays their maturity and impulsiveness as youths. Juliet is trying to tell Romeo to find a way that both families will accept them without fighting which they both know is impossible and will just lead to another fight which they have been warned about by the Prince of Verona.