In Act 1, Romeo is lonely and depressed. He is deeply infatuated with a girl who essentially shuts him down. However hopeless it seems, though, he swears he will never love another.
The rest of the play is all about his love for the other, new girl, Juliet, whose prime difference from the fair Rosalind is that she returns his affection and his advances.
While some might suggest that Romeo matures with his love of Juliet, I think his character does not change. The circumstances do, but he remains as intense and impulsive as he was at the beginning of the play.
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