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Course Work: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Question: How far can the audience consider Romeo to be a typical courtly lover in the fist act of Romeo and Juliet? In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is portrayed as a typical courtly lover. In my essay I will be examining the first act of the play and exploring Romeo as a courtly lover and his transition from loving Rosaline to loving Juliet. In traditional medieval literature there were often fictional characters who were known as courtly lovers. At the start of the play Shakespeare has portrayed Romeo as a traditional courtly lover because he follows the rules of courtly love. In the first scene of act 1, Montague describes Romeo's odd behaviour to Benvolio. Montague says: "And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night:" Romeo's behaviour shows that he follows the rule...

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