My Opinion of Romeo

My Opinion of Romeo

Essay Question: What is your opinion of Romeo?

I believe that Romeo is a very passionate person; he is a strong

lover; charming and considerate, and later on, a fighter and a killer.

He is controlled by his feelings, his emotions and instincts, and he

does whatever they tell him to do, be it good, or bad. Most of the

time during this play he relies on his feelings and instincts, without

taking time to stop and think, which makes him lose his head a lot (he

is impetuous), and when he does so, he does very stupid things, which

he almost always regrets.

At the beginning of the play, Romeo gives us the impression that he is

a very passionate person, he has fallen head over heels for this girl,

Rosaline, but unfortunately, his affections are not returned. This

causes him to think suicidal thoughts, but then, later on in the play,

he meets Juliet, at the Capulets' party, and he falls instantly in

love with her, forgetting completely about Rosaline, and all thoughts

he had of her. Even when he finds out that she is a Capulet, his

passion does not fade. That he no longer loves Rosaline is justified

later in the play when Romeo says to Friar Laurence:

‘With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No; I have forgot that name, and

that name's woe.’

In this quote he is saying that he no longer cares for Rosaline and

she is no longer a part of his life, this is an example about how

hasty he is, and how he jumps in and out of love. Romeo also shows

that he is a very passionate person by getting married to Juliet

within days of when he meets her (this is also an example of how hasty

he is), and later on his impetuousness and...

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...to stop it and fails, until he puts himself between

Mercutio and Tybalt, and when he does so Mercutio is wounded, under

Romeo’s arm by Tybalt, when Tybalt leaves, before Mercutio dies, he

says the words

‘A plague on both your houses.’

When Mercutio dies, Romeo is blinded by grief, rage, anger and a flood

of other emotions, so much that he does not stop to think of what he

is doing until the fight with Tybalt is over, and Tybalt lies dead,

then he flees the scene, and the evidence is bought before prince

Escalus, and he decides that Romeo is to be banished to Mantua.

In conclusion I think that overall Romeo is a very passionate person

who is very in touch with his emotions, sometimes he does very stupid

things, but that is because of his passion, his hastiness, he is also

violent because of his impetuousness.