Read the excerpt from act i, scene ii of romeo and juliet.
one fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun
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ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.
which is the best paraphrase of romeo’s lines?
i would never love a girl as much as i love the fair rosaline.
i would love to meet a girl who is more beautiful than rosaline.
there has never been a girl more beautiful than rosaline.
there are many girls in the world more beautiful than rosaline.

The idea that best paraphrases Romeo's lines is that "there has never been a girl more beautiful than Rosaline." "Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun" indicates that the beauty of Rosaline is peerless and unique on this globe. The choice of words in the lines reflect the admiration Romeo feels for this young lady.

The best phrase of Romeo’s lines is

There has never been a girl more beautiful than Rosaline.  

In this scene, there is an argument between Benvolio and Romeo regarding Rosaline’s beauty. Romeo states some lines in favor of her beauty and thus, he says the above stated lines.

Further Explanation:

In Act 2 Scene 1, William Shakespeare displays the love that Romeo has for Rosaline. In this scene, we come across a mention of a party at the Montague house. Romeo’s friends Peter and Benvolio make him read a list of names of the people who are going to be present at the party. In the list we see Romeo mention the name of Rosaline whose beauty he is so fond of. When Peter exists after inviting Romeo and Benvolio, Benvolio insists Romeo to go to the party at the house of the Montagues. He argues that Romeo found Rosaline to be pretty only because he saw her when she was alone. Benvolio reasons out that Romeo’s opinion about Rosaline will change when he will be able to compare her to the rest of the women at the party. He emphasizes that he will find Rosaline to be as ugly as a crow.  

Romeo, however, disagrees with the opinion that Benvolio has. Romeo with a dramatic effect says that his eyes never lie and he has complete faith in it. He also says that if they ever lied he wishes that his tears would turn into flames and burn his eyes. The most beautiful line in the excerpt that Romeo says is “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun/ Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.” By this, he simply means that since the sun has never seen a woman as beautiful as Rosaline, it means there has never been a girl more beautiful than she is.

Learn more:

1. How should the sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject-verb agreement error?

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Answer Details:  

Grade: Senior School

Subject: English Literature

Chapter: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Keywords: Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Rosaline, Benvolio, Peter, Montagues, party, eyes, compare, beautiful, sun.

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