William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

In life, people are changing constantly. Sometimes it is for good and sometimes it is for bad. The same goes for Romeo in the play entitled Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo makes many changes throughout the play, but none bigger than his love. He starts off loving Rosaline, but soon finds more love with Juliet. Because of his change in lovers, his emotions become entirely different from the beginning of the play. He starts off as depressed and melancholy, and then suddenly finds joy and happiness in life. Romeo gains maturity as the play continues. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. The plot is focused on a feud involving two royal families set in the late 1500’s. Romeo and Juliet are from the two different families and are stuck in the crossfire. Because of this feud, Romeo must adapt and make many changes throughout the play. Romeo makes many changes throughout the play that have good and bad consequences.

Moreover, Romeo through his infatuation with Rosaline learned valuable lessons that help him come to appreciate and understand the feelings he experiences with Juliet. Romeo felt rejection, sorrow, and misery from his infatuation with Rosaline which is seen when he is talking to Benvolio, “In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman” this particular quote shows the sadness or sorrow he feels from the feelings for Rosaline (1.1.201). Also when he says “She hath forsworn to love”, the words Romeo speaks allow it to be inferred that his feelings for her have been rejected (1.1.220). “At the opening of the play [Romeo] is maundering about like an erotic woman novelist, sighing and groaning because Rosaline will not listen to his tenders of affection” revealing that Romeo’s love was rejected and was upset because of this, allowing him to learn these feelings and what it is like to be rejected by the one he had feelings for (Northwood 19). Due to having felt these emotions from his infatuation, when he finds his love for Juliet and receives love and acceptance from her. Since he went so long, feeling sorrow and rejection when he finally finds Juliet, he can fully appreciate the love and acceptance he is given which intensifies his love for her and does the opposite of weakening the credibility of his love. Through his infatuation with Rosaline, he was able to grow as a person and become able to fully commit to his love for Juliet.

At the beginning of the play, Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline. When Montague’s nephew, Benvolio, comes home from a fight with the Capulets’ servants, his aunt Lady Montague tells him about how her son Romeo, has been in a melancholic mood, walking alone in the gardens. Benvolio promises Lady Montague that he would find out what is troubling his cousin, Romeo. Not one who is interested in fighting, Romeo is preoccupied by what he thinks is love and begins to confide in Benvolio that he is madly in love

Romeo seems to be miserable as he is in love with Rosaline yet Rosaline is not in love with him. Once Romeo learns that the Capulet’s are holding a party at which Rosaline is attending he risks his life just to be with the one he loves. Romeo is passionate for love.

The outcome of rash and impulsive actions is constant throughout the play, resulting in Romeo being banished, dying, and Juliet following a similar fate. One such example is when Romeo kills Tybalt in a fit of rage. After Tybalt bests Romeo’s cousin Mercutio in a duel, Romeo becomes furious and charges Tybalt with sword in hand, stating that Mercutio is “Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.133-134). This quote shows Romeo’s rashness because he is willing to die along with Tybalt in order to avenge his cousin. In the following fight, Romeo proceeds to viciously kill Tybalt, who happened to have ties to Juliet and the Capulet family.

The audience witnesses Romeo’s immaturity early in the play after Rosaline breaks up with him. He was depressed, heartbroken, and speaks as if he would rather not be alive. In act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio, Mercutio, and Romeo are all talking about Rosaline and Romeo states “She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, To merit bliss by making me despair: She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it now.” Romeo talks as if the world is ending. He also says, “ Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes” He is suffering from severe heartbreak and feels pain from his breakup. He blubbering like a child throughout

The character Romeo is displayed as a loving, kind hearted person and someone who is very emotional. This is shown when he is found crying in the forest at dawn because of Roseline, and he showed his courage when parting away from his friends and going to see Juliet at her house after the party;however, Romeo also has a change of heart later in the work, in which he expresses fury and hatred and makes many choices without thinking about the consequences. When Romeo finds out that his wife Juliet had died, he comes back in a fit of rage and goes to visit a chemist and persuades him to sell him a poison and he goes to visit Juliet (5,1, 61-78). This is an indication that he is expressing

About a day after jumping over the Capulet’s wall, Romeo encounters Mercutio and Tybalt – the latter wants revenge for Romeo’s intrusion on the Capulet’s feast. However, because Romeo is unwilling to fight Tybalt, Mercutio dies in his place, causing Romeo to cry out, “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now . . . for Mercutio’s soul/ Is but a little way above our heads . . . Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” and eventually kills Tybalt (3.1.129-134). He is willing to fight since Mercutio is dead and personifies his friend’s soul to explain that he is willing to slay Tybalt or die trying so that at least one of them would accompany Mercutio in death. Even though Romeo’s intentions were for his friend, Romeo did not need to kill Tybalt since the Prince would punish him afterwards for disturbing the peace and murder. However, Romeo committed a crime and is the only person alive from this fight, therefore, he was banished from the city. Furthermore, Romeo will not be able to see or meet with Juliet because of this punishment, which he thinks is worse than death. Distressed and shaken, he travels to near-by Mantua to await further news and letters from Father Lawrence, whom he trusts will plan Juliet’s escape to him. However he is misinformed that Juliet is dead, to which he exclaims “Hast thou no letter to me from the Friar? . . .

Emotions are an important part of life. Without emotions, there would be no feelings, like sadness, happiness, anger, and the world would be dull. Sometimes emotions lead people to do things that defeat reason and go against what is ‘right’ in their society. So when do emotions defeat reason? Three books that illustrate strong emotions are, “Romeo and Juliet” a script by William Shakespeare, “Pride and Prejudice” a novel by Jane Austen, and “I am Malala” a memoir by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb. These books help illustrate emotions are stronger than reason because in all books the main characters have to overcome a problem or obstacle where their emotions defeat reason. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo and Juliet aren’t allowed to be

The story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The pair of star-crossed lovers who take their lives because of a hasty plan catching up to them. Romeo being born a Montague and Juliet a Capulet both delay their love for eachother but never ending their love for one another. Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet are both held accountable for their own death because they behave senselessly and make very poor decisions which leads to their demise. Romeo’s and Juliet's impulsivity in their decisions lead to their tragic death.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, the entire plot revolves around the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. They are both youthful and and childish characters, and their immaturity makes the play dynamic. However, there are several moments throughout the play where they show maturity. There is a sense of tragedy in each of these moments because the audience understands that in the short span of the six days this play occupies, the characters age years. Romeo and Juliet both mature as characters and as people throughout the events of the play. Their maturation is caused by the circumstances they go through.

Romeo, a charming young man from Verona, falls in love with a sweet girl named Juliet. However, Romeo sabotages his relationship with his own actions, which reflect on his personality. These actions fuel the main plot of the play, and lead to its sad, tragic ending. Romeo is an important character in the play because of his impulsive decisions, his addiction to love, and how he doesn’t change throughout the play.

Romeo and Juliet Romeo as a character matures from just a normal teenager from the beginning of the play to a man through the course of the play, the events affect Romeo directly to spur his maturity. Romeo’s marriage with Juliet was the starting line of his character maturing. But it is with the death of Mercutio, Tybalt and the acceptance of his exile, that Romeo finally becomes an adult. Throughout the course of the play Romeo makes stubborn mistakes the shapes his maturity, but also results in the tragic death of Juliet and him. With Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, Romeo matures and doesn’t just think about himself, but everyone that is important around him, especially Juliet.

Of all the love stories ever written in literature, none is as famous as William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The well-known and well-acclaimed tragedy about a pair of star-crossed lovers separated by their feuding families has become the ultimate standard in romantic literature. Every aspect of the story has been praised throughout centuries, and it is regarded as one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time. One of the most central plot points of the play is the waging feud between the Capulet and Montague families, a massive grudge that has lasted for generations and engulfs many aspects of each family’s lifestyle. There are numerous long-lasting effects of the feud that cannot be undone, such as the deaths of numerous

For our scenes, we chose the last part of Act 1 Scene 1, where Romeo and Benvolio talks about Romeo’s unrequited love. This is the part where Romeo is revealing his love for Rosaline to the readers and it is a crucial part that makes the audiences question themselves, “Is Romeo’s love real or just a lust?” All through this scene, Romeo is sad and depressed because Rosaline doesn’t love him back. From his behaviors and comments throughout the scene, you can see that Romeo is a very impulsive and immature character, but idealistic and passionate at the same time. In line 197~202, Romeo says, “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.