Strengths And Weaknesses Of Romeo And Juliet

As the old saying goes, young love is blind. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers defying their families’ ancient grudge to be with each other, even if that means in death. The question is who is to blame? Romeo, even in death should be held responsible. If it weren’t for his series of misguided actions the outcome would have been very different. The situations he created for himself showed his fickle nature, impulsive behavior and impatient demeanor towards everything that occurred.

Even when his servant (?), Balthasar advised him to be patient and wait for more news to confirm as to whether Juliet had really died, saying, “[his] looks are pale and wild”, Romeo disregards it and does not heed his advice. He goes on to buy poison from an apothecary, and upon seeing Juliet “dead” in the tomb, does not think twice and kills himself. These show Romeo’s immaturity, as he could have reasoned more, and not commit suicide over thinking that his love was dead, which is unnecessary and based on impulse.

First, Romeo’s kind and calm personalities act as an advantage for many of the possible problems he could have had, such as Capulet hatred towards him and his increase in violence. After Romeo was depressed because he liked Rosaline and she didn’t like him back, his cousin Benvolio helped Romeo sneak into a Capulet party so he could get over Rosaline and pick another woman that he might want. As Romeo was describing how Juliet looked to his cousin, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, figured out that Romeo was at the party by his voice. He then confronted Capulet and asked him if he could kill him, but surprisingly Capulet lets him stay at the party and calls Romeo a gentleman and a good man (Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 1 Line 64). Capulet could have captured him or even killed him, but he did not. Capulet stated that Romeo is a well-governed youth and that Romeo is a good man, which shows that Romeo isn’t a person who would cause a commotion and that he causes no threat to the Capulet family. Later on, as Mercutio, the prince's kinsman, is arguing and fighting with Tybalt about him being one of his villain Romeo’s friends, Romeo comes in and says, “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such greeting. Villain am I none.Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not” (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 1 Line 58). As Tybalt wants to fight Romeo and bring in violence,

Fate works in mysterious ways, everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their

As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive.

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.

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Another cause of Romeo’s demise had to be himself. He did not think rationally of outcomes that varied from his death. He thought only of being with Juliet, and, had he not drank the poison, he would have lived to see Juliet once more. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!” (Romeo 5.1.36-38)

When analysing Romeo and Juliet it becomes apparent that while the two main characters’ lives were said to be predetermined by fate, it is Romeo's deep love for Juliet that acts as the catalyst that sets his fate into motion. Romeo was bound to love juliet but it was Romeo’s deep love for juliet that gets Romeo in to trouble. Additionally, Romeo gets to caught up in the one and only love of his life and when all the sudden it was gone he decided to kill himself. Although Romeo stated, “with love's light wings did I o’erperch these walls”( 2.2.73-75). This would prove that know matter what happens romeo will always go after Juliet/love Juliet. Ultimately, it is Romeo who is to romantic therefor creating the fate for himself and Juliet.

Though he had his strengths, he was not flawless. An example of this would be the childishness he demonstrates in Act III Scene III. After having killed Tybalt and being banished, he goes to the Friar, they speak for a few minutes of his misery, then the nurse arrives and tells him of Juliet’s actions. He offers to kill himself because he was Montague, her enemy, but is stopped and rebuked by the Friar. (Shakespeare 832-833) Romeo shows his immaturity by threatening to take his life just because of his name. Groaning and crying on so was how a child would have acted. He was a married man then, and as such, needed to act like one. As a child would have, he didn’t think through his actions, and how killing himself would affect those around him, including Juliet. Another of his weaknesses, his

Shakespeare implies that a characters weakness is the key to their untimely fate. Throughout the play Romeo Montague is plagued by mistakes and hasty decisions. This soon becomes one of Romeo's fatal flaws, and only leads to his inevitable death. Romeo's biggest weakness is haste. Romeo makes rash decisions, based on his emotions and doesn't seem to think before he acts. Almost all of the characters are affected by Romeo's hasty actions, especially Juliet. During the balcony scene, while Romeo is rushing into love, Juliet holds back slightly. "It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden." This example of hastiness shows us that Romeo has always been very quick to action. Here, the repetition of the word 'too' emphasises how quickly their relationship

Humans, as a species in general, tend to blame people for their own wrong doings. For example, when a lamp breaks, they blame the cat, or their younger sister, even though the cat had nothing to do with it, and was exempt from the situation. It goes the same for Romeo and Juliet. Claims to the fact that Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are caused by fate are benign. The story does not have opposite truths, and is not a paradox.

Throughout the world there is people who spend their whole life trying to fix another person's problems. And eventually they end up getting themselves into trouble. This is what happens to a character in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the play many characters try to fix another problem. But throughout their fixing they make many flaws that ends up creating a huge mistake that ends the lives of two young lovers. And throughout all those characters, Friar Lawrence is the one most at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo is often chosen as the more mature character because of his age, impulsiveness and violent behaviour. However, these qualities do not override his ignorance towards the real world, which suggests he is incredibly juvenile. The contrast between Romeo and Juliet’s wisdom is substantial during their meeting by Juliet’s balcony, where they voice the reasons behind fearing their love. “I am afeard… all this is but a dream.” (Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 139-141). Whereas Romeo’s fear is influenced by the dreamlike nature of their love, a very naïve thought, Juliet’s worries lie in its abruptness. “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.” (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 118). The word ‘unadvised’ suggests that Juliet believes their love lacks influence by others, a much more intelligent thought than that of Romeo. As such a well-developed character, Juliet has many other traits that identify her to be stronger than Romeo, including