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Critical overview of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and juliet character analysis
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The Domino-Romeo Affect Picture having to sneak around to be in a relationship with someone you barely know and that your family hates. That isn’t a very well thought out plan is it? In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the character Romeo Montague makes some bad choices, which end up having negative repercussions. Romeo is very emotional and doesn’t really think through his actions, but more acts on a snap decision. If not for Romeo’s fast-paced emotional rollercoaster and ‘quick-to-act’ attitude, more characters throughout the tragedy may not have died. There are many characters that could be blamed for this tragedy, but Romeo has had the most impact and is the one to blame. To start off, Romeo is one to move on quickly. …show more content…
He doesn’t think before he acts, or the consequences his actions may have. When he is at Juliet’s tomb making his famous speech, he distinctly says, “Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And death’s pale flag is not advanced there” (Shakespeare, 227) These lines give evidence towards Juliet still being alive. He starts to talk about how she looks as if she is still alive due to she still has color left in her face. This should give some indication that she still is. Another not well thought through decision was the marriage between the two “star-crossed” lovers. Juliet is a Capulet, it should have been plainly obvious that they were going to have to sneak around to be together, “I must be gone and live, or stay and die.” (Shakespeare, 157). The fact that to spend the night together as a married couple, he had to sneak into her room should be a sign that they didn’t think this through very well; that and the fact that they knew each other for barely an hour. Even after this, Romeo still has more evidence piling up against that proves him …show more content…
It all started the day he and Juliet got married. As Mercutio and Tybalt were joking around with their swords, Romeo tried to stop them with his own. Let’s just say it didn’t end very well. “[Romeo attempts to beat down their rapiers. Tybalt stabs Mercutio.]” (Shakespeare, 121). It just goes all downhill from here. After Mercutio dies, Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge his death; even though it is his fault in the first place that Mercutio got stabbed. When Juliet fakes her death to avoid marrying Paris and Romeo goes to kill himself to be with her at her tomb, he runs into Paris, who he ends up getting to a misunderstanding with, which turns a fight in which Paris is killed. After Romeo has committed suicide, she wakes up and finds his body. In distraught over his death she kills herself too. Later we find out that Romeo’s mother had died from sadness over him being exiled from Verona, “Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” (Shakespeare, 237). This was a total of 6 deaths in
“Wilt thou provoke me? Then, have at thee boy!” says Romeo, the murderer of Paris. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a young man named Romeo falls in love with Juliet, a maiden from the opposing family. Romeo latches on to the thought of being with Juliet, and crosses great boundaries. Romeo’s gestures can be interpreted as romantic, loyal, and passionate. However, I believe he is mentally unstable and extreme in his decisions. Romeo does not consider the future of others, as well as himself.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, all the choices made by the star crossed lovers have consequences. The two lovers blame fate for their misfortune. They refuse to believe that fate does not determine the end result, only that they can do that. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is presented with a plethora of choices. The audience is introduced to Romeo as he sulks over his lover Rosaline.
The play shows that hasty and rash decisions can have fatal and tragic consequences for some characters in ‘Romeo and Juliet”
Also in the beginning of the play a fight breaks out between the Montague and Capulet families and the Prince intervenes and after telling them to drop their weapons he says “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” Although this rule was given Tybalt challenged Romeo to a duel. Romeo kept refusing to fight Tybalt which caused Mercutio to be outraged and draw his own sword. During the duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, Romeo intervenes and tries to stop them both but Tybalt puts his sword under Romeo’s arm and kills Mercutio. Romeo then fights with Tybalt and murders him and is banished from Verona. If Tybalt hadn’t been so aggressive with the whole situation Romeo wouldn’t have been banished, and Juliet wouldn’t have needed to come up with a plan that resulted in both of their deaths.
In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, written in the late 13th century is about two doomed lovers. Romeo and Juliet, who are members of the two rivaling families of Verona, fall in love at a Capulet party. These star crossed lovers overcame many obstacles, but their doomed love eventually led them to death. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet, because he does not think carefully about his actions before he acts, he is too passionate, and is extremely persuasive.
The Death of Romeo and Juliet and Who is to Blame Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which a young boy and girl fall in love and commit suicide. They come from 2 different families which have a deadly feud against one another. Romeo goes to a masked ball at the Capulet's household where he falls in love with Juliet. He then proposes to her after the party in secret at Juliet's balcony. Romeo then arranges a secret weeding with Friar Lawrence and Juliet tells the Nurse.
Most of the time, young minds are not always capable of making good decisions. Romeo and Juliet refused to see this, which ultimately led them to their demise. Their course of action had disrupted the great chain of being, which started and concluded the chaos in the play. Furthermore, Shakespeare had written out alternate option for both the lovers and yet, they both refused to see them, and continued to disrupt the system. Finally, Romeo and Juliet had acted with haste, sealing their tragic fate.The choices the that the two “star-crossed lovers” made, led them to their death.
The actions and flaws behind characters had a large effect on the outcome of Romeo and Juliet. It’s known to be a tragedy that occurred solely because of fate, however Romeo’s impulsive behavior was also a leading cause. Romeo acts hastily and rarely considers the consequences of his actions. His mistakes led to several complications that could’ve been prevented if he took the time to think before he did something regrettable.
In the end Romeo is responsible for five deaths, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Juliet and himself. Juliet kills herself because she is under different circumstances and does what she feels is the only option left. Juliet is courageous and strong for seeking advice and not being overly sensitive. Romeo is not only weak and foolish but is responsible for the tragic death of his own and Juliet’s.
Romeo fights and kills Tybalt just because Tybalt slays Mercutio, despite knowing the consequence of fighting -death- he still takes it upon himself as a way to seek repentance for Mercutio’s death. He is able to restrain himself before the death of Mercutio but after his death Romeo falls to his impulsiveness and fights Tybalt. After killing Tybalt and getting banishment instead of a death sentence, Romeo refuses to look on the bright side and goes to Friar Lawrence where he says “Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say ‘death’.” (Act 3, Scene 3 line 12), this shows that he deems life without Juliet life not worth living. He then continues weep then decides to take his own life, the Friar stopped him but had Romeo stopped being so quick to make decisions he would have realised banishment is much better than death and would be rejoicing instead of weeping. Romeo hears about Juliet's “death” from his servant Balthasar he instantly decides to kill himself, he doesn't mourn his loss or even cry, he simply buys poison, rides to Verona and kills himself. Had he spoken to anyone and taken any advice he would realize that suicide is not the answer but he had his mind made in a minute, he wanted to be dead with his wife. Romeo impulsiveness to make decisions is a very important characteristic for him to have and for the rest of the
In William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the main characters are responsible for their own deaths because they refuse to accept responsibility for their own actions. Romeo acts irresponsibly throughout the play making inappropriate decisions. Juliet is persuaded out of her apprehensions by Romeo and is blinded by her unrealistic love for Romeo. However, the two lovers cannot be blamed entirely for their own deaths as other characters and the two lovers’ feuding families hold responsibility.
Most importantly, Romeo’s poor choices and decisions lead to the tragedy of the drama. From the beginning of the story Romeo reveals his immaturity and ill-equipped emotions. His first mistake reveals itself when he claims to be deeply depressed. Romeo claims that he feels like “sinking ‘under love’s heavy burden’,” (Dupler). At this point Romeo has succumbed to his emotions, due to the fact that a girl named Rosaline refuses to reciprocate his love for her. Romeo’s friends Benvolio and Mercutio “urge him to stop philosophizing about his lost love and to seek another young lady as a new object of his affections” (Dupler).Romeo now demonstrates that he seems incapable of listening to his friends’ suggestions and chooses to continue in a juvenile state of depression. Romeo makes another fatal decision when he nurtures an undeniably damned relationship. Romeo admits that he still loves Juliet once her lineage appears as Capulet when he says, “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foes debt” (1.5.115). Romeo irresponsibly supports the idea of a relationship between himself and Juliet only because “The young hero is simply shifting his attention to a more receptive subject as he responds to the erotic spurring implicit in his name” (...
In the story “ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “ the main characters get themselves in a pickle by falling in love knowing that their families are sworn enemies. Soon Romeo kills Juliet's cousin by accident, Juliet drinks a potion, some words get twisted and at the end both of the lovebirds end up dead. At the end of the story both families are devastated that both of their children pass away, but there are also many unanswered questions. The most asked question in the story is “ Who's to blame? ” and overall I believe everyone has a little part in influencing their death, but I believe that one person is to blame for most of this and I believe that it is the mother and father of Juliet.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet are doomed from the start, and the audience is completely aware of this from the prologue. Romeo makes all of his decisions on impulse without giving them much of a thought. Romeo has an impulsive disposition, which guides his actions throughout the play and eventually leads to him take his own life and leads for his wife, Juliet, to do the same.
The average person doesn’t meet someone, profess their love for them, and ask her hand in marriage all in one night… but Romeo does. In Shakespeare’s calamity of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the idiot that does all of this. I blame Romeo for the death of these star-crossed lovers, along with the other four characters. If it wasn’t for his impetuous nature, none of this would have happened. Romeo’s relationship with Juliet could be more thought out and more planned. Although the play ended with his death included, without him Juliet and others would have kept their lives.