Romeo of William Shakespeare's Romoe and Juliet At the start of the play, Romeo acts like a young boy with a crush. He seems to think only of himself and is self-indulgent and weak. However, as the story unfolds, Romeo grows up rapidly. As his idea of love changes into a two-way relationship with Juliet, his genuine emotions shine through and he becomes a strong, decisive and mature character. When we first meet Romeo in Act 1, scene 1 he is talking to his friend Benvolio about his unrequited love for Rosaline. He is completely self-absorbed, concerned only about his feelings. He hardly even notices that a riot has taken place. His language is so extravagant and full of poetic device that it does not seem to reflect genuine emotion. He speaks in riddles to, using oxymorons to reflect his confused state of mind: "Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,/ Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!" Romeo seem to wallow his sorrow and will not let any of Benvolio's suggestions cheer him up. He appears to be enjoying his misery. When Romeo first sees Juliet at the party, his thoughts take a very sudden turn. As soon as he sees her, he falls in love with her. His language at first seems as elaborate and that which he used to describe Rosaline. He uses images of light and darkness to describe her beauty: "It seems she hangs upon the cheek of life/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear." But when Romeo starts talking to Juliet, we can see a change in him. They flirt with each other and Juliet's immediate attraction to Romeo is clearly shown. It is a light hearted conversation, with both Romeo and Juliet obviously ve... ... middle of paper ... ... the only way they can be together is if he kills himself. He does not die out of anger, or rage at the unfairness of the situation, but because he loves Juliet and is not willing to live his life without her. In conclusion, Romeo is a very emotional and rash character, but he does show maturity in his love for Juliet. His conduct is annoying early in the play, when he is infatuated with Rosaline and again later, when he is banished. However, in his two-way love for Juliet, he is mature and sincere and thinks of Juliet before himself. Romeo becomes a strong-minded young man, battling against the odds, whose love for Juliet is not dulled by his desperate situation. At the end of the play, I sympathise with his with his despair and feel that it is a tragedy when he dies because of a feud in which he played no part.
In the begining before she falls in love with Romeo, she is shown as a
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In the age of Rome and Juliet’s creation, many values of society were. different from those we observe in modern day life. Women did not have equal rights, fathers had a lot more authority over their children and arranged marriages were still practiced.
about him. He then tells her he loves her and they make wedding plans that same night.
two families. It was unjust of him to send Romeo away from Verona as a
some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow.”
“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, still-waking sleep, that is not what this is” (Shakespeare 1.1. 179-180). A string of contradictions explain the love story of Romeo and Juliet, a contradiction. Some critics consider this story a tragedy because Shakespeare once wrote; “the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves”. While others say it does not follow the standard Aristotelian form of tragedy (Krims 1). Romeo and Juliet can not be a tragedy because no flaw causes them to fall, the lovers, could not have controlled fate, and family and friends assisted them to their deaths.
Juliet`s beauty instantaneously mesmerizes Romeo, which ultimately diminishes his previous affection for Rosaline. In this scene, impulsive behavior and decision- making are greatly portrayed. During Romeo and Juliet`s first encounter, he asks for a kiss “[my] lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready to stand, / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (I.v.95-96). On his initial reaction to seeing her, Romeo boldly approaches Juliet with the sudden desire to kiss her. Romeo`s coaxing portrays his persistent personality and the strong emotion he feels towards her to which is far beyond his control. Consequently, the overpowering feeling that has taken over Romeo, which causes him to ask for a kiss from someone he met moments ago. Ultimately, Romeo`s decision to ask for a kiss
In act one scene one Romeo appears to be in love with the idea of being in love and focuses his attention on Rosaline who does not return his affection
Furthermore, Romeo starts the whole tragedy. True, Juliet acts naïve, nonetheless Romeo acts hastily by encouraging the relationship. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter, Romeo is in an infatuation with Rosaline. In Act 1.1, Romeo depicts Rosaline's beauty and says, "She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair." Romeo’s love for Rosaline is only skin deep and faces heart break when she chooses to be celibate. Yet when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, he forgets all about Rosaline and instantly falls for Juliet. In Act 1.5, Romeo is the first to spot Juliet and immediately feels an attraction to her. In addition, Romeo thinks Juliet is very beautiful and convinces her to kiss him without knowing each other. Then in Act 2.1, Romeo pursues Juliet and goes to her balcony and begins to profess his love for her. When Romeo is swearing that he is in love with Juliet, she stops him and says everything is happening so quickly. However, Romeo reassures Juliet and they plan for their marriage.
Romeo is the first during act two, scene three, to engage in conversation with the priest.
Although the lovers are both fairly impudent throughout the play, Romeo, the male lead, is even more so. Through out the play of Romeo and Juliet, the Montague heir has ceased maturity over the course of the Shakespearean tragedy. First of all, it was “Rosaline” (II.iii.67). whom Romeo “didst love so dear” (II.iii.67). at the beginning of the play as he “groaned . . . woes for Rosaline” (II.ii.74-78) however, he easily fell out of lover with her and in love with the “fair daughter of the rich Capulet” (II.iii.58) like he was changing his mind on a meal he’d order. Also, he fell out of love with Rosaline because she did not “doth grace for grace and love for love allow.” (II.iii. 85-88) which basically meant that Romeo didn’t love Rosaline because she didn’t love him back, which is very childish in hindsight. Another way that Romeo is immature is that he doesn’t have a sense of reality fore, he’s always either extremely depressed, like when Rosaline wanted to remain chaised for life or extremely elated like when he met Juliet, while having no real middle ground for his emotions. These are all reasons why Romeo is immature: he’s always heads over heels in love for trivial reasons and he has no to little sense of reality.
This is before Romeo becomes broken-hearted by Rosaline, and is infatuated with Juliet. During the play itself, Act 3 Scene 3 is mostly typical of Romeo's behaviour throughout. Although for some parts Romeo conducts himself in a more mature manner, he mostly acts exactly what he is - a love struck teenager.
as he wants to chuck Romeo out, being the enemy, as he sees it as an
The beginning of the play has a happy mood with Romeo and Juliet seeing each other at
(II.2.73) after Juliet asks if he is a Montague. He is willing to do anything for the girl he just met (again, touching on the theme of infatuation), and the fact that their two families don’t get along only makes the stakes higher for Romeo.