Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

Romeo -- a heart throb struck one too many times by Cupid’s arrow, and perhaps the single most rash character in Shakespeare’s play… even when putting his female counterpart into consideration. Whether if you find Romeo to be dreamy or just plain ridiculous, almost all teenagers can relate to the exhilarating (and eventually heart wrenching) feeling of young love that Romeo is most well known for. In short, Romeo is a passionate lover,who is both fickle, and rash, but represents an extreme version of our stereotypical teenager to a tee. First, one obvious characteristic or Romeo is that he is very passionate, and over the long haul-- too passionate for his own good. For example, the man continuously threatens to kill himself as a result of being torn

Another trait that he possesses is that he is quite capricious when it comes down to the essence of Romeo's being: love. The moment he sees one girl, he claims that he’s fallen deeply in love with her, but at an even faster rate can find another girl to replace the last. When speaking of his love for Rosaline, Romeo goes on and on saying, “O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this” (Shakespeare). At this time he claims that Rosaline is his true love, but by the next day he is completely willing to forget all about Rosaline just because he finds Juliet who he meets at the ball, and within a matter of days he decides to marry her. This also ties into how he constantly makes rash decisions. First, he puts his life on the line so that he can simply catch a glimpse of Juliet, and talk