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Romeo And Juliet Literary Character Analysis

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Could Debatably the Most Famous Literary Character Have Flaws as well as Perfections? What person doesn’t have their strong points and their low points? No one of course, everyone has his or her positive and negative traits. In William Shakespeare’s tragic Romeo and Juliet (1594-1596), he tries to stay true to reality and portrays his characters to have their own set of blemishes and imperfections. Consequently, Romeo, one of the most famous literary characters of all time, stays true to this narrative. One major negative trait he exhibits throughout the play is too much passion, and one major positive trait he depicts is his loyalty to his one true love, Juliet Capulet in correlation with his best friend Mercutio. One might say that passion is essential and wonderful in a relationship, especially one of romanticism, and he or she would be correct in a sense. However, too much passion can create the opposite of the desired effect and cause many major upsets. Passion does not always have to be romantic though. In Act 3 Scene 1, Tybalt wants revenge for the embarrassment Romeo caused for him at Capulet’s party. Consequently, Tybalt attempts to fight with Romeo and hopefully end his life. To his surprise, Romeo plays it off and jokes around with him, not taking the situation seriously. Mercutio, one of Romeo’s closest friends, steps in because he is disgusted with Romeo for what he thinks is him submitting to Tybalt. Over the course of the fight, Mercutio is killed and

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