Obsessive Behavior In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo is a character who acts before he thinks. This is evident by his immature, impulsive, and obsessive behavior. He is immature when it comes to the prince banishing him. He is impulsive when it comes to ‘love’. And he is Obsessive when it comes to Juliet.

Romeo is a childish, and immature character. When Romeo is banished by the prince for killing Tybalt, Romeo say “Ha, banishment! be merciful, say ”death“” (Romeo and Juliet 3.2. 12). Romeo could have just as easily been put to death for murdering Tybalt. Instead he was only banished because he fought in the princes territory. Romeo is so immature that he is complaining about the prince sparing his life. He gets mad that he was banished rather than killed.

Romeo is really obsessive when it comes to ’love’. When Romeo hears that Juliet has ’died’, he drinks poison over her body and says “Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Romeo and Juliet 5.3. 120). The first thing that Romeo does after hearing word of Juliet’s supposed death is find himself some poison. Rather than visiting Juliet’s grave first, or confirming that she is really dead, he just goes to find some poison. He just immediately gives up on his whole life the moment he believes that a girl he knew for a few hours may be dead. He knows her for less than a day, but he immediately became obsessed and decided that he could not live without her.

Romeo is incredibly impulsive.

This is made clear by what is said by other characters in the play. When Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he has fallen in ’love’ with Juliet, Friar Laurence responds by saying “Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken?” (Romeo and Juliet 2.3. 66-67). Romeo is so impulsive that he sees some girl at a party, and falls in ’love’ with her, immediately forgetting about the girl he was just crying about an hour ago. Friar Laurence is frustrated with the way that Romeo seems to think that he’s in ’love’ with every pretty girl he

meets.

Romeo makes poor choices based on his whims. He acts quickly, and it causes problems for him and those around him. He is very immature, and he actually complains about not being put to death by the prince. He would rather die than be banished. He is obsessive, and is ready to kill himself at the first word that a girl he just met may be dead. And he is immature, getting over his ’love’ for Rosaline the second that he sees some new girl at a party. Romeo makes terrible choices based on his personality traits, and lack of thought before his actions.