How Is Romeo Loyal

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In William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet ,Romeo seems to be loyal even when he is on the border of sanity. Romeo demonstrates loyalty by using irony and soliloquies . Romeo shows his loyalty and irrationality throughout the entire play \. At almost nearly every corner Romeo shows his loyalty and Irrationality to prove when he is worn down he will remain loyal.
One of the many ways Romeo Montague shows his noble qualities is through his loyalty to Mercutio and Juliet .Ro meo is willing to die for those he cares about as he speaks to Benvolio his strong loyalty is proven as his friend,mercutio, lay dead ”For mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads… either thou or I must go with him.” as he states he or Tybalt must die for him to feel at peace (3.1. 125). Shakespeare uses cosmic irony to make us expect a violent end when he runs head first into a life or death instance but in the end romeo ends up with a mostly peaceful end by poison. Romeo fights his cousin of less than an hour he has watched his friend fall to a blade of his own kin.Romeo’s blade brings about …show more content…

Romeo and Paris argue Paris dies with a pool of blood his life forever snuffed out. Romeo with his sorrow drowning him in rage and darkness within his soul”Or am I mad,hearing him talk to juliet, to think it was so(4.2.80)?” Romeo’s words within his soliloquy begin to show the extent of his fall into insanity fueled by his sorrow that grew from the roots of his loyalty upon hearing of his love's death. His, Romeo’s, mind became a prison that wears away at his soul mind and body. As he fell deeper and deeper into sorrow he saw only one way to end his suffering his mental prison had broke him so he drank the vial of poison he died with the blood of Paris on his hands. The husk of a man,Romeo, drawls his last breath now he awaits to join his love in

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