Romeo And Juliet Character Analysis

In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are two young lovers. They are Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families in Verona who have hated each other for centuries. However, Romeo and Juliet love each other which will produce problems. The two lovers die in the end because of Romeo's loss of self-control. Romeo's loss of self-control leads to several untimely deaths in the Capulet and Montague families.

In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there are two families. The families are the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. These two families did not like each other and often fought each other in the streets of Verona. Act One starts with a fight amongst the two families. After the fight the Prince orders that if there is anymore fighting then he would kill the ones responsible. Then Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio sneak into a Capulet party, and Romeo meets Juliet. They fall in love and are secretly married in Act Two by Friar Lawrence. In Act Three Mercutio is killed by a Capulet by the name of Tybalt. Then Tybalt is killed by Romeo seeking revenge. Romeo was banished by the Prince for killing Tybalt. Juliet’s parents, not knowing she’s already married Romeo, have her engaged to a man

There is no physical person responsible for the deaths in Romeo and Juliet; instead, the deaths lie responsible within the physical aspects of human nature.

Romeo struggles between his dedication to love,his dedication of honor and his dedication to accept Juliet as his enemy throughout Romeo and Juliet. Despite this fact Romeo may choose his dedication of honor over his dedication to love Juliet, Romeo is enamored with Juliet whose last name may overcome his honor,Romeo understands that his genuine romance is the enemy"oh, this is an overwhelming cost to pay! My life is in the hands of my enemy".The struggle is real when Romeo is expected to honor his family or his wife to be.Romeo is a man of honor so when his honor is challenged, his dedication of love for Juliet is challenged as well.Romeo loves the enemy, for Romeo loving the enemy is putting your life in their hands.

Juliet reveals that she is guilty about Tybalt’s death yet more devastated about Romeo’s banishment, evidentially taking Romeo’s side. Juliet’s husband, Romeo, kills her cousin, Tybalt. This act results in the banishment of Romeo which makes it impossible for him to come and see her. After hearing the dreadful news, Juliet begins to ponder whose side to take in this situation, her husband’s or her family’s. Midway through her dialog, she convinces herself that she should not cry because Tybalt would have killed her husband. She fights off the tears as she says, “Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring. / Your tributary drops belong to woe, / Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy. / My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain, / And Tybalt’s dead, that would have slain my/

“Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, and vice sometime by action dignified” (2.3 27-28). This is a quote by Friar Laurence, a character in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, and it means that good intentions may lead to bad consequences. This captures the essence of this tragedy, as the good intentions of flawed characters lead to the demise of the play’s main characters, Romeo and Juliet. Three characters best exemplify this observation – Juliet’s nurse, the Friar, and Romeo.

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is perhaps the most-known romantic tragedy of all time. Everyone knows the inevitable fate of the star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, but who is truly to blame for their deaths? Many feel that the responsibility is with the two families, as they carry an ongoing feud. Instead of telling their families about their love and marriage, Romeo and Juliet are forced to keep it a secret. Even though this is the case, Friar Laurence and the Nurse are most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for numerous reasons. Firstly, Friar Laurence should have never married Romeo and Juliet because of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. Friar Laurence is responsible because it was his idea

Was it love or was it lust? Some say they were foolish, some say it was true love. But, in the end, one thing was certain, even death could not tear their love apart. In one of the greatest romantic tragedies of all time, William Shakespeare presents his work of two “star-crossed lovers” who gave up everything for each other (4). Despite the bitter feud between their families, the Montagues, and the Capulets, both children showed undeniable desire towards one another, which led them towards their demise in this heart-capturing tale of “Romeo and Juliet.” With the use of Style Elements, Shakespeare demonstrates Romeo and Juliet's love story through old-fashioned diction, complex language, and syntax.

What qualities do you think of when a person asks you about your parents? You would usually imagine your parents as a foundation that helps guide your decisions. But when it comes to the Capulets, it happens to be the exact opposite. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets are most to blame for the deaths in the play because they were inconsiderate of Juliet’s concerns and had selfish motives for their decisions.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play written by William Shakespeare. The tragedy is focused on two true lovers and their confrontation in love. Romeo and Juliet consists of many things that connects to the lovers’ intense feelings. I believe the theme of loyalty is a very significant and thought-provoking theme in Shakespeare’s tragedy, which is an aspect of Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other. Most important, Romeo and Juliet possessing the admirable trait of loyalty is essentially all about devotion, reverence, and dedication.

Aristotle defined “tragic hero” as one who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction. An excellent example of a tragic hero, as according to Aristotle’s definition, is Romeo Montague from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Romeo is an appropriate example because he demonstrates flaw, experiences a reversal of fortune brought by his own actions, and later realises that the reversal of fortune brought on him was his fault.

Romeo and Juliet is a heart wrenching tragedy by William Shakespeare. Love, anger, heartbreak, and sadness are all emotions displayed within this play. Juliet, a young woman, experiences love for the first time, but her love for this young man, Romeo, is not appropriate. Romeo falls in love with her too; however, they are not star crossed lovers and are born to two rival families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo is a Montague and comes from a very loving family who cares for him and is close to him. Juliet on the other hand, still comes from a loving family; however, her mother is uncomfortable talking to her and is not close to her Juliet’s Nurse is more of a motherly figure to her than her own mother. The Nurse, Juliet’s servant, acts as a motherly figure in Juliet’s life; she is caring, and supportive towards Juliet, even when she finds out about Juliet’s love for Romeo and his love for her.

It is a controversial topic whether youth is capable of handling a mature love. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare by 1595, epitomizes this common topic. The main characters of the play are two teenagers who fall in love at the first sight, however, the hatred between the families of the two leads to their death in the end. In the adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet in 1996, Romeo and Juliet are portrayed more mature than in that of Baz Luhrmann in 1968. This can be evident in three aspects: the styles of the acting of the actors, the reaction of Juliet after learning about the death of Tybalt, and the setting of certain scenes.

Romeo and Juliet is such an interesting play because even now, five hundred years later we are still talking and learning about this play. It is so relatable till date because people fall in love now as Romeo and Juliet did, families fight, as the Montagues and Capulets did. We can relate to each character in some. Which is what makes this play so compelling and lets it live, five hundred years later. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of two lovers, separated by an epic feud of their two houses (Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet.) In these two houses there are many relatives and friends that make up much of the population of fare Verona. In the house of Montague there are two men. Mercutio and Benvolio. Both dear friends of the young Romeo. These two friends, so different in their ways are never found apart, or ever far from Romeo.

Throughout the history of Shakespearen literature, Shakespeare tends to develop the characters in to a way that complements the story. For an example, in Macbeth, he shows the digression of the main character by an internal conflict residing from a mental condition, if he did not explain every detail of his thought process then the story would be bland and not a literature masterpiece. Another key example is the story of Romeo and Juliet, even though it is a romantic piece, he still assigns different personality traits to each character. Which makes them a key asset to how the story concludes and the theme the reader is left to discover. One of the biggest colliding character interactions is Benvolio and Tybalt. While only being “role” characters they find themselves being a huge part of the success of the story’s plot. Benvolio is a unsuccessful peace maker that relentlessly tries to inflict his moralistic diplomacy on the other characters, just to be ignored. While his counterpart, Tybalt is the complete opposite of him and tends to be the problem starter, and tries to manipulate the other character in to doing what he thinks is correct. I believe they are in this story to show the internal conflict that every man/woman is dealt with on a regular day basis. As a majority, we tend to go with our irrational side (Tybalt) then to go to our rational side (Benvolio) when put in a circumstance.