Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Juliet Capulet, a young 13 year old girl from a rich family in Verona who falls in love her enemy, sound familiar? That’s because most people know that she is one of the main characters in Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare. In the tale of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet falls in love with her enemy, Romeo, the son of the Capulet’s age-old enemies. They get married after falling in love, and Romeo kills her cousin Tybalt, for doing that Romeo is banished from Verona. Juliet makes a plan so that they can be together. In the end Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, so he kills himself, and then she wakes up and sees that he is dead so she kills herself as well. This is a play known as a tragedy, which would make sense as to why Juliet is such a dynamic character. She starts off as naive, curious, independent, playful/witty, then moves to being love-struck, loyal, mature, and then foolish and impatient. We first meet Juliet in Act I, Scene 3 when Juliet is told by her mother…

Smaller characters help build the intensity and uniqueness of a story. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet uses multiple characters to change the mood and help the audience follow the play. There are various parts other than Romeo and Juliet that add drama. A way of doing that is to draw connections and differences between the two feuding houses of Montague and Capulet. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence share certain qualities but also contrast in ways that make them two distinct, interesting…

(William Shakespeare). Is Juliet a realistic character to the present world? Afterall, if she was not, the play would not be such a phenomenon. Juliet is a teenager who believes she has fallen in love with Romeo and is quite dramatic about it. The actions and emotions she shows throughout the play are a key factor to why the audience can relate to her. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is a realistic character to today’s audience because throughout the play she is…

Romeo and Juliet Essay – Year 9 English The play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a love story about two star crossed lovers from two different households, who fall in love and end up taking their lives. Juliet is a Capulet, Romeo is a Montague, their parents hate each other and they are forbidden to love each other. There has been a strong and everlasting feud between the two families. Romeo is banished from Verona as he killed Tybalt and Juliet wants to fake her death so…

In Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, one of the main characters is very distinct from the rest because of his love for Juliet and his incredible traits. Son of Montague and Lady Montague, a young man named Romeo, is sixteen years old, and is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. To begin, Romeo is a handsome person, and his only interest is to search for the love of his life. Romeo has a lot of different perspectives when it comes to love. He observes that “love is a smoke rais’d…

Shakespeare illustrates the theme adults rarely know what is going on behind the scenes so they should listen when children say no. Juliet is already married to Romeo and her father wants her to marry Paris. She refuses because she already has her true love with her and father has no clue. “I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday...”(Shakespeare,III.v.167-168). Capulet is portrayed as someone who avoids drama at all costs and then suddenly there is a shift in his character. He becomes a…

Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy love story of two teenagers amid the traditional feud of the Capulet and the Montague families. The play ends with the untimely demise of Romeo and Juliet and leaves the audience in doubt about the actual cause of their deaths. Throughout the play we see characters that directly and indirectly oppose Romeo and Juliet’s love. On the surface we see how a series of immature decisions made by Romeo and Juliet lead them to kill themselves, but an…

(Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet both experience obstacles due to who they truly are. Each of their individual identities play a crucial part in the play as well as in their actions and motives, undeniably affecting themselves and those around them.) Romeo and Juliet come from wealthy families that are respected and admired in Verona. Unfortunately, the Montagues’ and the Capulets’ intense hatred for one another pose as a challenge for Romeo and Juliet’s love. The current feud between the…

How does Shakespeare help the audience understand the changes in Juliet’s Character in Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly one of the greatest romantic tragedies of all time, expressing the story of two passionate and unique star-crossed lovers. However, beneath all the layers of love and Veronese 15th century culture, the reader is plunged into an unfamiliar environment where the two genders are treated and expected to behave in a completely different manner. Whilst…

1 Secondary Character Analysis for Romeo and JulietNicholas Conyers4/30/2018Secondary Character Analysis for Romeo and Juliet by Nicholas ConyersRomeo and Juliet is a play with love and tragedy. The author that created the Romeo and Juliet play wasWilliam Shakespeare. The Romeo and Juliet play is a strict parallel between love and loss. The secondary characterthat I have chosen is Balthasar, Romeo’s servant. He has a very small part in Romeo and Juliet yet he plays a largerole in the tragedy by…