The Traits of Romeo Romeo, one of the two main protagonists in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is an interesting character with many traits, most notable include his loyalty, passion, and his impulse driven actions. Romeo expresses these traits through his behavior throughout the story. Loyalty is a trait shown by Romeo proven through his actions. For example, after Mercutio is slain by Tybalt after their confrontation in the street, Romeo says to Tybalt “Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him,” Through this, Romeo proves his loyalty by wanting to avenge his friend, Mercutio’s death. He tells Tybalt that someone is going to give him a friend in heaven. Another time Romeo proved himself loyal is at the Capulet’s family tomb over Juliet’s body, he says “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die,” Here, Romeo is loyal enough to kill himself because he thinks Juliet, his true love, is dead. Even after everything he’s survived through …show more content…
An example of this passion is heard in Friar Laurence’s Cell after Romeo is exiled, he says “Be merciful, say ‘death’; for exile hath more in his look,” Saying this, Romeo would rather die than be banished from Verona, the home of his love, Juliet. He doesn’t want to be exiled because he fears that he will never be able to express his passion for her again. Another example of this is in Capulet’s Orchard while Romeo is listening to Juliet talk to herself on her balcony. He hears Juliet speak and says “O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head,” In saying this, Romeo passionately compares Juliet to an angel. Romeo is yearning to hear Juliet speak again because of his deep love for her. In conclusion, Romeo proves his passion through his love for
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
Romeo is surprised at what he did because Juliet awakes as he dies. To see him dead causes Juliet to stab herself with his dagger, straight through the heart. It's a bittersweet ending to such a famous and timeless love story. The fact that they both died for each other is romantic. The fact that they could have been together makes it all seem a greater tragedy.
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Romeo, son of Montague and Lady Montague, is introduced into the story as a depressed, upset young man, moping over a girl who will never love him back. As he says to Benvolio, “She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit, and, in strong proof of chastity well-armed, from Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed” (Romeo and Juliet I i 203-206). Romeo states that his true love will not love him as he thinks of her, as she intends to stay chaste and turn into a nun, thus upsetting Romeo and putting him in a depressed state of mind. He is a very extreme person, and in a way, that contributes to the hastiness of the whole play, as Romeo is always at either of his two extremes; his mood either quite happy or relatively dismal. He shows that in his thoughts, as he is at first convinced he should never love another woman, but then he meets Juliet only days afterward and forgets about his previous love. His encounter with Juliet is hasty, but he claims he “never saw true beauty till this night” (Rom I v 52). Romeo reveals his personality, and how quickly he is able to get over someone whom he thought he was in love with. However, after encountering Juliet and falling in love once more, Romeo develops an obsession of sorts w...
Through his motivation to find love, Romeo, a dynamic character, changes from a subdued individual, into a jovial lovesick character. In the early sections of the play, Romeo is in love with a woman named Rosaline who does not reciprocate those feelings. This leads him to drone on about, “sad hours “ (I.i.146) and how he would, “rather weep” (I.i.167) because he is, “out of her favour” (I.i.154). The importance of Romeo’s affection for each of his women is essential to address. The feelings that Romeo possesses inevitably leads him to become sorrowful over rejection but then, optimistic for Juliet. Later on in the play, once Romeo meets Juliet, he is quick to forget the love that he had for Rosaline and the grieving that he had underwent. After meeting her at Capulet’s ball Romeo states that she is, “my
Romeo as a Typical Courtly Lover in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is portrayed as a typical courtly lover. In my essay I will be examining the first act of the play and exploring Romeo as a courtly lover and his transition from loving Rosaline to loving Juliet. In traditional medieval literature there were often fictional characters who were known as courtly lovers. At the start of the play Shakespeare has portrayed Romeo as a traditional courtly lover because he follows the rules of courtly love.
Romeo believes that he needs to kill himself to be with his true love: "I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh...Here’s to my love! [Drinks] O, true apothecary!Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss, I die" (page ). Romeo needs to be with Juliet because of his deep love for her, his desire to be with her leads him to kill himself. Romeo’s decision to end his life has a disastrous impact on his family and Juliet's, this destruction directly leads to two more deaths. After Romeo has ended his life Juliet awakens and sees Romeo’s dead body. This causes the young teenager to take on a course of action similar to her love's believing that it is the only way to be with him, " O happy dagger![Snatching ROMEO’s dagger]This is thy sheath; [Stabs herself] there rust, and let me die. [Falls on ROMEO’s body, and dies]" Juliet is eager to end her life and considers it to be the best and only option to maintain her love. Although she considers death the best option it leads to a disastrous impact on her family (once again) and Friar Lawrence the one who helps her to stage her fake
Throughout the play the audience sees Romeo’s personality unraveling and that one of many character traits Romeo has, is that he is dramatic and cries over little things that are not important. In the opening scene of the play Romeo had recently been heartbroken by Rosaline and is depressed over her. “Tut, I have lost myself; I am not here; This is not Romeo, he’s some other where” (1.1. 192-193). Romeo is dramatic because he takes this heartbreak as if it was the end of the world and like he would never be in love again unless it was Rosaline. Shortly after, Romeo falls deeply in love with Juliet to the point that he would do anything for her. However, he gets banished and is forced to live in exile in Mantua which is far away from Juliet.
Romeo’s language in Act V scene III is one of the main factors as to why we feel so much sympathy for the two lovers: “Do not interrupt me in my course”, from Romeo’s emotive language we feel sorry for him as we are made aware of his determination to resign to fate and end his own life. “Why I descend into this bed of death...
Juliet’s weakness to be controlled by love leads her to make unadvised and irresponsible decisions that contribute to her choice of ending her life. Characterized as a young and rash teenager, with no interest in love and marriage at first, Juliet wants to be independent. However, after she first lays eyes on Romeo, Juliet’s perception of love is quick to change. Their strong love easily manipulates and clouds her judgment. Even if she is cautious and realizes their love is too fast, the rush of feelings from having a first love overcomes her. Her soft-spoken words symbolically foreshadow the journey of Romeo and Juliet’s love. “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;…/ This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet” (2.2. 117-123). The blooming flower is indicative of their growing love, especially Juliet. Being her first experience of true love, her actions become more rash the deeper she falls in, even ...
Character Development Essay The play "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare, is a dramatic love story. The characters in this play have static and dynamic conflicts. Internal conflict is a conflict where the person has trouble making a decision. External conflict is when another person, society, or situation gets in the way of the character.
In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. Right away, we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story, he was depressed, but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio is Romeo’s closest and good friend who tries to make Romeo forget about his first love, Rosaline. He is a great entertainer and he’s very sarcastic too. Instantly, we learn that Tybalt is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He is very hot-headed, aggressive, and violent. He loathes the Montagues very much. Finally, in Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet three characters, Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt and we directly get an idea of what the characters are like.
One last example is after Juliet fakes her death, Romeo goes to visit her and drinks the poison to end his life (act 5, scene 3). Romeo thought Juliet was dead, and felt he could not go on without her. Romeo was so passionate about staying with Juliet, he was willing to end his own life to do