Do you think any path open to a woman of Rosaline's class at her time would have given her the things that she wants?

What are Rosaline's objections to entering the convent? Do you think any path open to a woman of her class at her time would have given her the things that she wants?

No, I don't. She wanted life, experiences, joy, exposure to the world. She saw her sister-in-law producing baby after baby and knew that a life like that would be much too constricting.

She believed if she could find love then marriage and children would make her happy and I suppose that if that had happened, she'd certainly have been happier than being forced into the convent.

No I don’t think any conventional path open to her would have given her what she wants. When she discovers she might be in love with Tybalt, it is the idea of leaving Verona that seems to spark her interest most. At the end she is still dreaming of a life out in the wide world for Juliet at some point. It’s her vow to the Abbess that seems to finally have constrained her expectations.

NO. Rosaline seems to want a degree of freedom unavailable to women of her time. She wanted to be able to make her own decisions -- not possible in a time when she was one of her father's possessions. Her only option was to change or disguise her identity -- and even then if she had run away with and married Tybalt, she would have become his possession.

No. In that time women did not get what they wanted. They were destined for 2 things, marriage and children or the convent. Rosaline wanted more than that and it just wasn't going to be possible.

No, women of this era of time had very few options. Rosaline wanted more but the times and her family life held little opportunities. I believe she was truly shocked by the revelation that she was to go to a convent. She had a too late realization of a way to some happiness with Tybalt.

Not likely... Rosaline was a dreamer that could not create a life of freedom in her reality. My understanding is that education was strictly prohibited for women in order to keep their expectations low and stifled. Music and reading were true gifts for Rosaline, but understandably led her to want more beauty for her life. I was encouraged that the Abbess was making provisions for her musical talents to thrive.