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Character Analysis Of Romeo And Juliet

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In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the character Romeo Montague remains immature throughout the play. Romeo is quite a young and privileged character and is portrayed to be very impulsive and fickle minded. He shows this through many occurrences during the play whilst interacting with other characters. Romeo also proves to be self-centred by not thinking about the rest of the town and the consequences of his actions. Romeo begins in the play with a childish and disloyal mannerism this is shown with his new found lover Juliet. As the play ends so does the lives of these two star-crossed lovers because of Romeo’s hasty decisions due to his passionate feelings for Juliet. At the beginning of the play, Romeo shows his immaturity when he first kisses Juliet. After only having known each other for no longer than an hour he has decided he wants to kiss her. Romeo is clichè and charming and so he has made a comment about his lips being pilgrims. Pilgrims used to also be called palmers, so Juliet makes a pun on the words. She says “Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch”. Juliet is suggesting that touching hands (‘palm to palm’) is like kissing, so technically Romeo should be content with holding her hands. Of course, because he is so romantic, Romeo argues back and insists on kissing her. He believes he is in love with her already and he must kiss her. This is

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