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Romeo's character analysis in Romeo and Juliet
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“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex...People are irrational” said physiologist, Hugh Mackay. As a matter of fact nothing was perfect for Romeo and Juliet. Their lives were messy. Their relationship was complex. And they certainly did act irrationally. Romeo and Juliet quickly fell in love at the beginning of the plot in the play, named after them, created by Shakespeare. To be able to escape from her home and be with her love, Juliet drank a potion that made her seem dead. Romeo, not knowing about the plan, took his life at the sight of her “dead” body. When Juliet woke up and saw Romeo dead, she ended up killing herself as well due to his death. Shakespeare portrays the message that being in love can cloud people’s …show more content…
judgment and decision making by using descriptive metaphors and dramatic irony. Shakespeare's message is that love can cause people to do foolish things which is demonstrated through his use of metaphors.
In this scene, due to Romeo's love towards Juliet, he goes to her house at night and risks his life just to see her. Benvolio explains to readers how Romeo has run away that night and describes Romeo's love for Juliet. He uses a metaphor and tells us about Romeo's love by saying, "Blind is his love" (Rom.2.1.35). Comparing Romeo's love toward Juliet to the state of being blind tells us that it is causing him to not see the dangers in some things or to not see situations clearly because he is so in love. The author’s purpose of using this technique conveys to readers that Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other is causing them to make crazy decisions purely based on how it will affect their love rather than their own well being. Romeo also demonstrates the foolish actions love can cause individuals to do when he comes and visits Juliet at night after the Capulet's party. Even though Romeo should not be there because the consequences are severe, he visits Juliet anyways. In a conversation with Juliet about the risks he is taking to see her, he says “Alack there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords” …show more content…
(Rom.2.2.76-77). Romeo tells Juliet that a bad look from her would be worse compared to the consequences of twenty swords. By adding this technique it shows how Romeo isn’t afraid of risking his life to see Juliet. He also thinks to himself that Juliet being mad or upset with him is the worst thing in the world because he claims he is so in love with her. The metaphor emphasizes the fact that Romeo’s love for Juliet is more important than anything else, even dying. Someone who is in there right mind would and should be more scared of twenty swords than a bad look from someone they love. This just shows readers how irrational the decisions are that Romeo is making. Similarly to the use of metaphors Shakespeare also likes to show readers how love clouds a person’s judgement through the use of dramatic irony throughout the play. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to foreshadow the effects that their love has had on Romeo and Juliet.
When Romeo is leaving Juliet's chamber and climbs down to the ground to leave Juliet sees him as pale: "O God, I have an ill-divining soul. Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low. As one dead in the bottom of a tomb"(Rom. 3.5.54-56). Juliet describes Romeo as looking dead when he is descending from the tower. In the scene Juliet is sensing something wrong but doesn't think much of it and brushes it off. She then after goes back to saying goodbye to Romeo. This shows that their love has caused Juliet to not think of the uneasy feeling she had felt. The purpose of this scene connects to the message of Shakespeare because it shows that in the end they both have killed themselves due to the fact that they love each other so much. The two lovers feel they can not live without each other and cause them to make the irrational choice of taking their lives. Another scene foreshadowing the two lovers death due to their love for each other is shown in a quote of dramatic irony. Romeo is begging Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet : “Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare” (Rom.2.6.6-7). Romeo is saying in this quote that as long as they are married then love-destroying death can do whatever it wants to them both. He is prioritizing his love for Juliet and her being his wife over what could happen to them in the future. Being so in
love with Juliet has caused him to not even care about dying. This relates to Shakespeare’s main message because love is causing Romeo to not think about the future and how this marriage can affect them. Love changes a person’s judgment and can cause them to make decisions they would not normally make. Taking more risks while not making consequences is a huge part of the effects love has on individuals. It also causes a person to overlook feelings when something seems not right which can lead to devastating consequences. Unfortunately in Romeo and Juliet's case the heartbreaking consequences love left on them was the irrational decision of suicide. In today’s world love is all around us and it affects people in so many ways. For some it brings happiness and others sadness at times but it has been clouding people’s minds forever. Love has been a key factor to people not thinking things through clear enough and making irrational choices.
This is explored through the characters of both lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Near the end of the play, Juliet drinks a potion to make her appear dead to her parents and get her out of an unwanted arranged marriage to a man named Paris. Once her parents would find her dead and place in a tomb with her ancestors, her other lover, Romeo, would get her and they would elope together. However because of miscommunication, Romeo was not aware of this plan and he heard that Juliet had died from someone else. Because of this he goes to see her and decides to kill himself, but after seeing her “dead” body for closure. When Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, he immediately resorts to suicide without once thinking about any other possibilities or considering a life without her. This quick conclusion leads to the unnecessary death of Paris, who also came to meet Juliet, and Romeo, himself, which then leads to Juliet killing herself. Before Romeo drinks poison and commits suicide, he says “Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary,Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” This rash and hasty decision, had it been put off for a minute or so would have resulted in Juliet awakening and the couple living together, which was their goal. However, Romeo’s impetuosity results in an unhappy and tragic end to him, his wife and his wife’s other lover. This
Act II scene II, lines 2 to 34 of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most recognized and memorable excerpts in all of Shakespeare’s writings. Romeo’s love for Rosaline is now replaced by Juliet, who is his enemy. Romeo later sneaks into the Capulet’s house and hopes for another glimpse of Juliet. This passage brings out an important theme of love and is significant because of the romantic figurative language that Shakespeare incorporates in the excerpt. This extract reflects on the theme that romantic love can be beautiful and ennobling.
In the course of the play, Romeo and Juliet immediately fall in love. Also, they know they are meant for each other and therefore decide to get married. After this marriage, there was a brief moment in time where everything was perfect. They are married, in love and there is nothing stopping them from being together. This however quickly changes after a fight that leads to death. Once Romeo is banished from Verona for the penalty of murder, love grows tremendously between the couple and drives the need to be together. The marriage between Romeo and Juliet is hidden from their parents, so Montague decides to arrange a marriage between her and Paris. With all the conflict arising between Juliet’s family, Friar Lawrence creates a plan that unfortunately does not succeed. His plan for Juliet is to tell her father she will marry Paris then go to bed with no one, not even the nurse. After, she will drink a potion to make her seem dead for forty two hours and then have a messenger tell Romeo about it. He will have her put in a vault to wait for Friar to bring her out so she and Romeo can elope. The plan was perfect until tragedy occurs, Benvolio had seen Juliet dead and immediately tells Romeo about it. The result is Romeo and Juliet murdering themselves and the play had a tragic ending. Overall, young, innocent lovers die, through no fault of their own but a simple mistake. “How oft when men are at the
Just as the Friar says in the beginning of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94). this was a sign of foreshadowing for for the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate was a factor that had contributed to a tragic end, there was also personal choice involved, and ultimately, the story may have had a different ending if it weren’t for the flaws of the lovers and their inability to have a grip on reality in dire circumstances. Over the course of the play, the lovers from the conflicting households have not matured and remain rather static in development. Furthermore, in this tragedy, the only son of the montages remains rather childlike, Juliet still seems immature and their relationship over all seems more like a play act on lover rather then something mature and sustainable. Overall, from start to finish, Romeo and Juliet were living in the moment, being absurd and silly rather then focusing on the future and trying to work problems out effectively.
A young girl, like Juliet can be mesmerized by the idea of love and have the thought in her head that love is all that matters. The intensity of love in both of these texts becomes a dangerous and violent thing. Juliet goes through physical pain stabbing herself so she could be with Romeo after his death. Juliet looks at death as a positive thing because it allows her to be with Romeo again. Before she kills herself she says, “O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die” (Shakespeare V.iii.174-175). In most romantic tales, violence is the last thing you would think of when it comes to love, but it would be different in this play. In both of these texts we see love destroy people mentally and physically; instead of bring happiness to their lives. When Juliet notices that Romeo drank poison and had killed himself, she was not only upset about his death but also seemed more upset that he “left no friendly drop to help me after! I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them” (Shakespeare V.iii.168-170). This bond that seems to be unbreakable between them causes more harm than it would have if they were not together like society would want them to be. During this time period in the 16th century, the parents usually arranged marriages, so this goes completely against societal
William Shakespeare wrote the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet around 1591 and included many monologues and soliloquies to add emotions and create drama. One of these soliloquies is of Juliet talking about her sorrow towards Romeo’s punishment. This soliloquy adds strong emotions and creates a depressed mood. Before this speech in Act one we learn the Capulets and the Montagues are fighting and Romeo and Juliet fall in love. But Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. In Act two Romeo and Juliet get married. In act three Tybalt slays Mercutio and then Romeo slaughters Tybalt. Because of this Romeo get banished from Verona. Juliet now goes into her speech. In Act four Paris plans on marrying Juliet and the Friar and Juliet create a plan and Juliet drinks a potion that will make her “die” but awaken in two days. Her body is found in the morning. In Act five Romeo kills paris and then kills himself in Juliet’s arms. Juliet then awakens and stabs herself. Their bodies are found and there is peace among the Capulets and Montagues. Within Juliet's speech she uses repetition, similes, and repetition again to show emotion and to create a depressed mood.
Shakespeare’s Use of Language and Imagery in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is a dramatic love story. between 16th Century lovers, this essay will consider the imagery. and language Shakespeare uses and how this establishes Romeo and Juliet as a 16th Century lover. When Romeo first set eyes on Juliet at the Capulet ball he compliments her, “cheek of night,” Romeo thinks she is soft and looks.
Literary devices play a crucial and essential role in almost all works of literature. Literary devices are techniques used by the writer in order to conjure moods and ideas within the reader. Writers use different literary devices for different purposes. One very important literary device is imagery. In imagery, words are used to invoke an image in the reader's mind. One writer that utilizes a great deal of imagery is William Shakespeare. In William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses images of poison and death to create moods of death and sorrow.
They were young and reckless. After their second real conversation addressing their families hate for each other, they decide to get married. The couple rushed into marriage when firstly, it was Juliet’s first love, she worshipped him like god and secondly, Romeo’s change of love from Rosaline to Juliet was very quick. They proclaimed their affections for each other as true love when realistically, they had met not so long ago. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet decided to keep their love a secret from their families in fear of unacceptance. Instead of being straightforward and honest with her family about her marriage with Romeo, Juliet beats around the bush and ask Capulet to delay the marriage when he insists that she marries Paris. Another key point is that the couple did not know how to handle tough situations. Their solution for every single barrier was to kill themselves because they had a mindset that if they did not get what they wanted, life would be pointless. When Romeo receives the news of Juliet’s death, he immediately purchases poison that will kill anyone instantly. He could of chosen to not take the potion but because he was so love-sick, he was irrational. If he had waited any longer, he would have been able to see Juliet wake up from her coma state. Romeo and Juliet were both very much the culprits of their death because after all, they put themselves to
Romeo and Juliet is Written by William Shakespeare in the 1590’s, he based this play in the city of Verona. The play is about a tragic romance, of two star crossed lovers and their deaths that reconcile a long feud between the Montague and the Capulet families. Romeo films are Franco Zeffrielli 1968 and Baz Luhrmanns 1996. These two films have been adapted for different audiences by using imagery, dialogue and film techniques, such as luhrmanns film depicts a modern day view compared to zeffriellis, this was achieved by using arrange of aesthetic features. Also this furthers the theme of death that Shakespeare created.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is an exciting and beautifully written play that has gained admiration of millions of people and hence not only endured, but also aced the test of time to become a timeless classic.
Romeo visited the Capulet Tomb in hopes to find a deceased Juliet, but instead complimented her beauty while being dead, by saying, “Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,/ Hath no power yet upon thy beauty./ Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,/ And death’s pale flag is not advanced there” (V.3. 95-99). He noticed that death did not affect her beauty because her face was still full with color. Romeo then decided that to be with Juliet, he would need to die next to her. He says, “Here’s to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (V.3. 122-123). Romeo knew that what he had done would be eternal, but showing his love and being with Juliet was more important than anything else. Juliet then wakes to the scene of her beloved dead next to her. She grabbed his dagger and said, “This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die” (V.3. 183). Juliet instantly knew that she wanted to die with Romeo and never be apart. They both felt as if this was the only way their love could be
In the play, “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare has effectively portrayed Romeo as a character who is a hopeless romantic. By utilisation of textual and language features in Lines 1-101 in Act 2, Scene 2, the audience is positioned to perceive Romeo as willing to do anything for his love, Juliet. In the general plot of the scene, Romeo stands beneath Juliet’s balcony listening to her soliloquy of love directed to him. Romeo eventually confronts her, resulting in the pair of star-crossed lovers exchanging their expressions of devotion. Despite the despair over the feud between the two families of the lovers, the couple eventually decide to marry.
We can see throughout the play, these characters lying and hiding the truth from others. Soon, Juliet fakes her own death. This is an attempt at making her family believe that she is really gone, and soon she will run to Romeo to be together with him. However, words get lost in translation and Romeo is under the impression that Juliet is actually dead. This causes Romeo so much pain that he kills himself. Once Juliet wakes and sees him dead, she kills herself for real. At the death of both Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and the Capulets realize how their fighting has caused too much pain. This twisted reality teaches us how love can make people crazy, and to some extent, cause others death. Shakespeare uses their deaths as a way to show the audience how true love can lead to dangerous
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a play about the woeful tragedy of love and death of the title characters. Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love at first sight, despite the long-standing rivalries between their families. But Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other slowly spirals out of controls, as one by one, their friends and family, including, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris, perish as a consequence of their love. The ingredients that make up Romeo and Juliet are young love, feuding communities, bitter hate, and tragic and undeserved death. The play begins and ends with violence, chaos, and confusion encompassing Verona. Before the action of the play even begins, Shakespeare foreshadows the death of Romeo and Juliet, “The fearful passage of their