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Strengths And Weaknesses Of Romeo And Juliet

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In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, but his need for revenge gets him expelled from the city. When he hears that Juliet is dead, he rushes to her, commits suicide, so when she awakens to find him dead, she follows suit. Had he inferred that she was not actually dead from the observations he vocalized, the story would have had a much happier ending. Because Romeo was not perfect, he like all men, had strengths, like his decisiveness and determination, and weaknesses, like his childishness and his lack of deduction skills. Romeo has several positive qualities. One of these is his decisiveness. After being told of Juliet’s death, he wastes no time in deciding that with her in his life, he cannot live and proceeds to summon an apothecary and buy poison. (862-863) His decisions were not wise, but they show that he does not shy from making them. Decisiveness is often a good quality because one is not spending as much time on what to do and more on carrying out the decision. It shows that he knows what he wants, because if he didn’t he would have spent more time thinking about his course of action. Another one of his strengths is shown at the balcony scene. After the party, Romeo goes to the Capulet house and finds her room. As he stands below her balcony, he listens to her for a few minutes, then they speak. After figuring out who Romeo is, she asks him how he got there considering the walls and the people within them. To this, he

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