Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, I believe that the males had the most dramatic impact in Acts 1 and 2. Although the females showed great emotional impacts onto the audience, the men displayed outgoing, unique characters within Romeo and Juliet. For example, Romeo showed a distinctive characteristic by falling in love by looks and expressing his emotions for Juliet prominently. Romeo exclaims, “He jests at scars that have never felt a wound. But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? For it…

Romeo and Juliet Essay While people usually push others towards their demise, one would never expect an individual to carve the path of their own. In the poem, “Romeo and Juliet”, various events occur that play a major factor in the conclusion. Characters make hasty decisions that lead to unfortunate consequences. Plans are not followed through and result in a tragic conclusion. Tragedy strikes the characters resulting in death due to impulsive actions illustrated through Romeo’s fatal actions…

Shakespeare develops the idea that love leads to rash decisions through the behavior of the characters Juliet and Romeo. Juliet’s deep love for Romeo is the primary reason for her to make rash decisions in the play. First, after meeting Romeo at the Capulet feast, Juliet is beguiled by him. However, she is very distressed to discover he is a Montague, and the son of her family’s rival. Alone and upset, she says in her soliloquy, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name, / Or, if thou wilt not,…

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare starts out with the audience already knowing that both families (The Capulet's and The Montague's) are rivals. The story never tells you why or what happened between the families, though. But if both families talked and got along then both Romeo and Juliet would not have had to sneak around. Fighting with Tybalt, Mercutio and Benvolio would never have happened either. There are many at fault for different reasons. The two characters in the play I…

play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, titular characters Romeo and Juliet face the issue of lack of trust in family members. The character traits of Mercutio, Lord and Lady Capulet, and Friar Laurence cause Romeo and Juliet to feel isolated, leading to them making bad decisions due to the lack of trust of their friends and family. Mercutio's sarcastic nature and "playful" criticism causes Romeo to feel isolated, which leads to him making. While talking about his dream, Romeo is interrupted by…

How is Romeo presented in Shakespeare’s and Luhrmann’s version of the play? During the course of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s character develops immensely. This is contrasted within Shakespeare’s play and Luhrmann’s film in numerous ways. Within the play, Romeo is first presented as a timid and reclusive gentleman, somewhat frustrated with his failed amorous endeavours. However, by the end of the play, he has evolved into someone who is so passionate about his significant other that he would then…

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a provoking love story filled with suffering and tragedy. The star-crossed lovers were only partly responsible for their fates with surrounding influences such as Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Tybalt also leading them to their tragic fates. Romeo and Juliet were not entirely responsible for their fates even though they did make their own decisions and knew the consequences. From the beginning of the story, Romeo showed snippets of his fate with him…

the story The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,by William Shakespeare, it talks a lot about love. Love is a very strong emotion, that is accepting and wanting to make others feel really good and accepting. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, it shows there are lots of different types of love. Romeo and Juliet meet at a dance one night and they fall in love with each other that night, they both plan their wedding at the dance. They get married and Romeo gets sent away so Juliet decides to marry…

In the movie Romeo and Juliet, the Franco Zeffirelli film, there were differences between it, and the play by William Shakespeare. Some of them were critical to the story, and the others were just small and did not impact it. For example, in the beginning when the characters are introduced, they are all introduced when they are in the play, except for Rosaline. That didn’t impact the story, but others had a bigger impact. There were also some plot holes in the movie, and differences in the…

closely. Two plays that are very similar are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Yes they have different characters and plots, but they both end in tragedies. The main points that are similar are love, betrayal, and death. Here is some quick background on these plays. In Romeo and Juliet there are two families that are enemies. One has a son and the other has a daughter. They fall in love and can’t be together. They get married in secret and then Romeo gets banished from the town. The daughter then…