Romeo's Change Throughout the Play

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Romeo's Change Throughout the Play Throughout this essay I am going to emphasize the key points as to how

and why Romeo's character changes during the play. I will also show

how in my opinion how he made me feel like he was a hero this will

include frequent explanations to his actions and behaviour changes.

At the beginning of the play Romeo is not your typical hero. He does

not show the characteristics and expectations of a stereotypical hero.

He is very emotional and passionate about his immediate feelings. Many

people are concerned about his distressing behaviour at the beginning

of the play. His friend Benvolio and his father Montague are worried

about his emotional state.

"Many a morning hath he there been seen with tears augmenting the

fresh morning's dew." At this point in the play Romeo does not prove

to be a hero type of character instead weakness shows through his

character. At this point in the play he is weeping tearfully in a

disheartened manner.

When Romeo enters the stage he is telling his good friend Benvolio why

he is in such miserable state. He explains that he in love with a

ravishing woman named Rosaline however the feeling is not mutual.

"Out of her favour where I am in love." This brings great sadness to

Romeo's weak heart. He constantly speaks in riddle and contradictions

which is very irritating and cannot be taken seriously as he is over

exaggerating about his sorrow.

"O heavy lightness! Serious Vanity! Misshapen c...

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...eve that the

love of Juliet changed him for the better. Yet true love did cause him

death but at the same time I believe that it caused him great

happiness to remain in Juliet's heart after death. At the start of the

play he would not have done that for Rosaline this shows his

commitment to true love. Romeo and Juliet I believe is all to do with

destiny and the day that they both dies does not mean that their

destiny died as true love last forever.

To conclude there are three types of heroes the first being 'super

heroes' who have inhuman powers such as flight. The second of which is

a life style hero who are people like firemen who risk there own life

to save another. The third of which Romeo fits into is a person who

dies for a cause they believe in. I believe that Romeo is hero in this

way as he died for love.

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