The Development of Romeo's Character

The Development of Romeo's Character Romeo’s character develops at different stages throughout the play,

which can be seen through his language and actions. His developments

can be seen through many devices, such as his actions and his

language. The development that can be seen through his actions, for

example, is that of when he slays Tybalt. It brings out a whole new

character- the Romeo that avenges his friend’s death, the Romeo that

will stop at nothing to do this.

The development that can be seen through his language, for example, is

the language, which he uses to describe Rosaline at the beginning of

the play. He objectifies her, by only describing her outer beauty.

While the love he has for Juliet has more depth and goes beyond outer

beauty.

At the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, we see there is a conversation

going on between Benvolio, Romeo’s friend, and Montague, Romeo’s

father. We learn from this conversation, that Romeo has been acting

distraught and feeling upset and lonely recently, so that he is like

"the bud bit with an envious worm, Ere he can spread his sweet leaves

to the air, Or dedicate his beauty to the sun" (1.1.151-153). When we

first meet Romeo, in this scene, he behaves lovesick and lovelorn. He

talks about love, and how it is unfair that the pining love that he

has for Rosaline is not being reciprocated. Romeo tells Benvolio that

he is "Out of her favour, where I am in love" (1.1.168). Ro...

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...fil his request. He has changed dramatically and

is a matured more sympathetic man.

In conclusion, Romeo’s character has developed dramatically throughout

the play, in many ways. For example at the beginning he was an

immature boy for pretending to be in love with Rosaline, but with one

encounter from Juliet, he instantly matured and fell in love and

became more sincere. Another example could be, he slew Tybalt and was

not remorseful at all, but when he killed Paris, he was very mature to

fulfil his request and be civilised towards him. Toward the end, he

did acheive a more serious attitude towards life’s problems, but this

could be debatable, because committing suicide was not a very mature

thing to do. There could have been other possibilities but Romeo’s

character did develop at different stages throughout the play.