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
In the play “Romeo & Juliet” shakespeare portrayed all aspects of love throughout different characters. Each character carries its own meaning of love which is what makes this play unique. Romeo,Nurse, and Tybalt all represent divergent love.The word Love can come in all sorts of ways which is why it is such a diverse word. Love is a powerful term that can be portrayed as deep affection, devotion, and even heartbreak.
Romeo is super emotional as seen in act III scene I when Romeo says, “But love thee better than thou canst devise…,” (Shakespeare 429). He can also be seen as emotional in act III scene III when he says, “Tis fortune, and not mercy. Heaven is here where Juliet lives…”
Emotion is a wild card in life. It almost always influences people to make bad decisions in their life, and causes harm to not only the host, but to many other people around them. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the characters Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt are all very emotional characters which conclusively lead to all of their deaths, as well as to the deaths of many other people around them. Because of these characters newly drawn emotion, they made decisions that would have been previously considered ludicrous and idiotic. Throughout the exceptional play of Romeo and Juliet, it is ultimately proven that emotion is the enemy when it comes to decision making.
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the younger generation, Romeo, Juliet, and Paris, and the older generation, Nurse, Capulets, and Friar, both had similarities and differences which had caused the end. They had a similar opinion on things going on and different opinions ones others. In the tragedy, the main characters died which was influenced by the older generations because they have similar and different opinions which all led the younger ones to death.
I am heartbroken over the deaths of my master and friend, Romeo, Juliet, who brought Romeo great happiness, and county Paris, who I knew to be a very honorable man. I hope that this court session will bring justice for Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. To help bring this justice, I will truthfully tell you all that I know.
about two young lovers living in Verona Italy during the 1300s.romeo belongs to the Montague
Juliet is not unlike the typical young women constantly struggling to find happiness and acceptance from those who are closest to her. Young Juliet must confront the harsh reality that exists between her and those who profess to be her friends and family, which is they failed to support her, love her, and lift her up with she needed it most. In the timeless book, “Romeo & Juliet” William Shakespeare writes a moving story about the betrayal, disappointment, love, and eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. No reader can truly appreciate and understand the level of Juliet’s struggles without first understanding the roles the Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo, their betrayal and their role in her faithful decision.
Fate is defined as, ‘the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power’. In the time in which ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written, many people were strong believers of fate and it was a common belief in society. William Shakespeare was a famous poet who is recognised for his powerful writing and contribution to the English language. One of William Shakespeare’s highly recognised plays is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written in the late 1500’s. It is a play about two star-crossed lovers alongside fate who by their death end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Friar Laurence is not to blame for the tragic events which occurs in the play due to the fact that other
“A man's greatest pleasure is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them that which they possessed, to see those whom they cherished in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms.”, said Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire. Shakespeare expands on this idea in his famous novel Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet tells a tale of two “star crossed lovers” born of rival families whose feud is continued by men battling in the streets, the two lovers try to get married and start a life together which is halted by the violence of men when Mercutio, Romeo’s friend was slain by Tybalt and Tybalt was slain by Romeo. Romeo’s brutality caused for him to be banished from Verona, a plan was
‘The characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet undergo significant changes throughout the course of the play.’
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare outlines that idea that in life, desire is crucial to motivation, however, its an individual's commitment and determination to an unrelenting strive towards their goal; a solemn devotion to excel, that will thereby enable one to achieve the success they seek. The idea of determination and its power to excel is represented through the main protagonist of the play, Romeo, as his constant struggle and perseverance in order to remain with Juliet, allows him to achieve what he desired and craved deeply throughout the play: to remain alongside her for eternity.
In particular, Romeo was portrayed as a tragic hero was when he snuck into the Capulet’s party. At this party, he immediately fell for Juliet, his family’s greatest enemy’s daughter. He had not known Juliet for an hour when he decided that he wanted to marry her. Just a few hours before, he was in tears because Rosaline, Juliet’s
Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?" (“Act 1, Scene 3). She is also clever as when her mother asks her what she thinks about marriage, she gives an ambiguous answer by saying what her mother wanted to hear really: “it is an honour I dream not of” (“Act 1, Scene 3). We learn that she is
Romeo goes from being happy to panicked in a matter of seconds in this scene. Romeo, my character is meeting the potential love of his life. This is all going smoothly; until he finds some startling information about her.
A foil is a character that is used to enhance the characteristics of another character (most likely the story's protagonist) by a clear contrast between the two characters. To help bring the characters in Romeo and Juliet to life, William Shakespeare creates foils to compare his main characters to and show why they are better or a better couple in the case of Romeo and Juliet. While some of the foil characters are obvious, like in the case of Romeo and Paris, or Juliet and Rosaline, in other cases it’s harder to see the contrast and the significance, as in the case of Romeo and Mercutio. The role of the foil characters in Romeo and Juliet is also to show what could have happened if the protagonists had made different choices.