“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage” (Tzu, Lao). Romeo and Juliet is the story of two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. There is an ongoing feud between the two families which has created quite a few clashes on the streets of Verona. A child from each family, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague fall in love with each other; it is certainly a forbidden love. If their parents found out, how would it end? Would there be more rivalry or love between the two families? Romeo changes throughout the play, first feeling dark and depressed, then hopelessly in love and ending with him thinking Juliet is dead and crying over her loss. At the beginning of the play Romeo is gloomy and depressed because he falls in love with a girl named Rosaline who does not have the same feelings for him. Romeo has developed his feelings and is crazy about Rosaline who, on the contrary, could care less about anything to do with Romeo. Rosaline has no intention of falling in love with Romeo, marrying him, or having children with him. But Romeo is blinded by his love for her and refuses to accept the fact that she doesn't want him back, causing him to become deeply depressed. Romeo, speaking with his good friend Benvolio, explains his feelings: “For such is the transgression of love. / My sorrows lie heavy in my breast, / Which thou shalt propagate to compress with more of thine” (Shakespeare 1.1.179-182). Romeo is saying that it is so difficult to fall in love with Rosaline; he is so in love with her but there are so many reasons why he can't see her and be with her. All she can think about is Rosaline, but because she has no intention of being with Romeo. He is heartbroken and thinks he will never love anyone again. Also, Romeo goes to a masquerade ball to see Rosaline but meets Juliet instead and falls