Differences And Similarities Between Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a sixteenth century play featuring two star-crossed lovers doomed for eternity. This is a brief summary of how Shakespeare portrayed his play before any real dialogue was composed. Not only is Romeo and Juliet the most well known play that Shakespeare wrote, but the first play he drafted displaying romantic love. In many people's opinions Romeo is one of the pivotal characters of the whole play. Comparisons can be made between Romeo and Tybalt as I personally believe they both hold a significance throughout the drama. Each persona has a contrasting personality that is clearly shown during the whole of the theatre piece. In this essay I am going to describe and define the differences and similarities between Shakespeare's

I know Tybalt is Loyal because in act 1 scene 5, Tybalt proclaims “What, dares the slave. Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin.” As you can see he states that by honour of his family he will kill him, this shows his commitment to his family. To prove that Romeo is fickle, evidence can be found during act 1 when he declares his love for two different women according to who he is with at the time. Initially his love was devoted to Rosalind “That will only make me think more about how beautiful she is” whereas once his eyes set upon Juliet, his affections change as per the following quote, in scene 5 “Her beauty is too good for this world; she’s too beautiful to die and be buried. She outshines the other women like a white dove in the middle of a flock of crows.” Here Shakespeare cleverly uses a simile to compare Juliet to Rosalind; this is to emphasise that Romeo is still young, naive and easily influenced. I believe that Shakespeare has written the character Romeo still with a theme of conflict to engage the audience but at the same time supply the audience with a deeper understanding of the two sides of his personality. Interestingly both Romeo and Tybalt share the softer loyal side of their personality as shown