The "Start Of Something Good" for Romeo!
The greatest feast that Lord Capulet is throwing in his own house was where Romeo met the most beautiful woman that he has ever seen. Knowing what happens to Romeo and Juliet at the end, they both have a wonderful first encounter with each other at the end of Act 1.5. Romeo's plan was not to look for someone else more beautiful than Rosaline. To the good convincing of his cousin Benvolio his advice to forgetting Rosaline, was to go to the party and see other women. Once he sees Juliet, and she sees Romeo, they flirt with each other. He calls her "dear saint" meaning she is sweet and innocent. Juliet calls him a "good pilgrim". He "had never seen true beauty till this night." Juliet was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen.(1.5-60).
Start Of Something Good
This song, "Start of Something Good" by Daughtry is a song that Romeo can relate to after leaving the Capulet's party. In the first 0:36 of the song the lyric "And all my scars don't seem to matter anymore
'Cause they led me here to you," matches what's going on with Romeo in this situation. The rejection of Rosaline is what led Romeo to attend this party in the first place. Juliet was the first person that caught Romeo's eye. The line " I'm starting to believe that this could be the start of something good," is where Romeo leaves it before he finds out that Juliet is a Capulet. He has this hope that everything is going to work out for him and Juliet after Rosaline rejected him. After all, he was trying to get to her and he tried to convince her and talk to her nice and get her nice things. The moment he saw Juliet, Rosaline was out of his head. This last line where Daugherty says "I know that it's gonna take some time," goes with this Act 1.5 because now that he knows that Montague and Capulet don't go together at all, he is going to find a way to make it work and it's definitely going to take some time. It ties in well with what has happened so far to Romeo and Juliet meeting and the whole of Act 1.
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