Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.

Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,
Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d
Your lady’s love against some other maid




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That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now shows best.
Romeo: I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,
But to rejoice in splendour of mine own.

Romeo decides to attend the Capulets’ party because he wants to

Answer 1

...rejoice in the splendour of his own — i.e., to admire Rosaline and revel in his love for her, not to look at other women.