He is impatient, wanting to rush right into another relationship to replace the hole in his heart for Rosaline. No time was wasted. In fact, they are SO positive it’s love at first sight, they plan to marry in one day, no, three hours of knowing each other. While you could argue that Juliet is just as impatient as Romeo, she was not the one to decide to take his hand, was she? In fact, she attempted to resist before just letting it happen, stating “[G]ood pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that Pilgrims do not touch, and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss” (1.5.110). So it would be unfair to say that Juliet is equally as responsible as Romeo, as he is being the forceful one
He is impatient, wanting to rush right into another relationship to replace the hole in his heart for Rosaline. No time was wasted. In fact, they are SO positive it’s love at first sight, they plan to marry in one day, no, three hours of knowing each other. While you could argue that Juliet is just as impatient as Romeo, she was not the one to decide to take his hand, was she? In fact, she attempted to resist before just letting it happen, stating “[G]ood pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that Pilgrims do not touch, and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss” (1.5.110). So it would be unfair to say that Juliet is equally as responsible as Romeo, as he is being the forceful one