William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

‘Romeo and Juliet’, the play was written by the famous English writer

William Shakespeare and was first performed in 1595 during the reign

of Queen Elizabeth I, the play was set in Verona, Italy. It’s the

world’s most famous drama of tragic young love. The story is based on

two main characters ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Romeo is the son of Montague

and Juliet is the daughter of Capulet. Who are in deep sweet love and

the only thing that is stopping them is that they’re of two different

families who loathe each other. The story begins with the Montague’s

servants (Romeo’s family) brawling against the Capulet’s servants

(Juliet’s family), Benvolio tries to break up the fight but the Prince

arrives and warns everyone that anyone brawling in the streets of

Verona will be punished with death. Also Romeo is in love with

Rosaline and goes to a party to see Rosaline but then sets eyes on

Juliet and they fall in love. The words ‘cowardice and bravery’ will

be used often in my essay so I have defined their meanings for you,

cowardice means a lack of courage, as Bravery stands for the quality

of being brave and acting with courage.

Romeo is the main character of the story, he is in love with Rosaline

but when sets eyes on Juliet he cannot look away. He is also the

cousin of Benvolio who I will be reviewing later on in this essay. I

would say that Romeo is almost a fully brave character for he does not

act as a villain like Tybalt but he is part cowardice. Romeo is brave

because he doesn’t walk around looking for fights to kill someone to

prove anything. He is a very calm and peaceful person and only reacts

when needed as he shows in Act 3 Scene I where Tybalt tries to provoke

Romeo to fight him : “Tybalt, the reason that I have love thee doth

much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting, villain am I

none. Therefore farewell; I see thou knowst me not.