Romeo & Rosaline
LO: To develop a PEE paragraph on how the relationship
between Romeo and Rosaline is portrayed in the play,
Romeo and Juliet.
Starter…
• List five key points about Romeo’s relationship with
Rosaline.
Unrequited
Love
Romeo:
Lust …
In love
Rosaline's
Beauty
Romeo
&
Rosaline
RomeoInfatuated
Pursue
Obsessed
RosalineUnattainable and
Unavailable
Superficial
One Sided
Exploring Evidence
Explanation 1
Who do you think is
speaking?
Who is he/she
speaking to/about?
Romeo talking to
Benvolio about
Rosaline
EVIDENCE
Quotation
“Out of her favour,
where I am in Love”
POINT
Explanation 2
What does this show about Can you link this to the time in
their relationship?
which the play was written?
One sided relationship. Rosaline does not seek a
relationship and this ties
Romeo has clear eyes in with the strong
for Rosaline but she
presence of religion in her
looks past him and is
quest to remain “pure”. If
not interested in any
females did not choose
of his advances.
marriage they many
would devote their life to
religion by becoming a
nun.
Exploring Evidence
Who do you think is Quotation
speaking?
Who is he/she
speaking to/about?
Quotation
What does this
show about their
relationship?
Can you link this to
the time in which the
play was written?
Romeo, talking
about Rosaline.
Lust.
He is frustrated that
Rosaline wants to
remain pure and
therefore won’t
sleep with him.
He isn’t concerned
about what losing her
virginity would do to
her. Sleeping with him
could ruin her as at
that time, a woman
must remain a virgin
until marriage. A man
did not have to live by
these rules however.
“in that sparing
makes huge waste,”
Exploring Evidence
Who do you think is
speaking?
Who is he/she
speaking to/about?
Quotation
What does this
show about
their
relationship?
Can you link this to the
time in which the play was
written?
Romeo, talking about
Rosaline.
“When the devout
religion in my mind”
Romeo is head
over heels for
Rosaline and he
has no doubt
their “love”
would be
perfect in his
mind.
During this era divorce was
not generally an option and
people would only marry
once. Therefore for a happy
life people would want to
choose wisely in the person
they married.
However often had limited
choice during this era.
Exploring Evidence
Who do you think is
speaking?
Who is he/she
speaking to/about?
Quotation
Quotation
What does this show
about their
relationship?
Can you link this to
the time in which the
play was written?
Romeo to Friar
Lawrence
“with Rosaline, my
ghostly father? no; I
have forgot that
name, and that
name’s woe.”
Romeo tells Friar
Lawrence that
Rosaline means
nothing to him which
reinforces the idea
that his attraction to
her was physical (lust).
It was usual for men
to be lustful towards
women. Men could
marry without being a
virgin but it was
frowned upon by
women.
Exploring Evidence
Who do you think is
speaking?
Who is he/she
speaking to/about?
Quotation
Quotation
What does this show
about their
relationship?
Can you link this to
the time in which the
play was written?
Friar Lawrence to
Romeo
“Young men’s love
then lives not truly in
their hearts, but in
their eyes.”
Friar Lawrence is cross
with Romeo because
he has moved on from
Rosaline so quickly. He
says that men’s love is
based on what they
see not what they
feel. (saying Romeo’s
love for Rosaline was
lustful).
It was usual for men
to be lustful towards
women. Men could
marry without being a
virgin but it was
frowned upon by
women.
P.E.E.E Paragraph
POINT
EVIDENCE
EXPLANATION 1
EXPLANATION 2- extension
Paragraph continued
COMMENT ON LANGUAGE
SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Exploring Evidence
Who do you
think is
speaking?
Quotation
What does this
Can you link this to the time
show about their in which the play was
relationship?
written?
Romeo talking to “She will not stay the Rosaline will not
Benvolio
siege of loving terms” succumb to
about Rosaline
advances made
by Romeo or any
other men.
Rosaline will not succumb to
advances made by Romeo or
any other men.
During this era marriages
were generally approved by
the father of the bride. It was
them who would decide who
was good enough to marry
the daughter when a hand
was extended.