Romeo and Juliet
A play which I have recently studied is William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." The central character of a play is often a mixture of good and bad points. Some features of the main character Romeo we admire, and other features we dislike. I intend to show how Shakespeare creates these two contrasting sides to Romeo's character throughout his play by referring closely to the text. One aspect of Romeo's personality that I found rather irritating was his immaturity. This immaturity was particularly obvious when his character was introduced into the play. Romeo says:"Out of her favour where I am in love" and:These words from Romeo describe his belief that he is in love. However Romeo had never properly met the girl he speaks of, nor did she love him back. This conveys Romeo's immaturity in that he does not yet fully understand what being "in love" is, also his naivety is hugely obvious here as he has fallen "in love" so quickly and is letting it affect him in a big way:Here, Shakespeare has made Romeo speak in delib
He tries to appear unbothered by his fate, and even says that it should have been more severe-by the death sentence. I find this notably immature, as in killing himself, Romeo would be showing his inability to fight to resolve his dilemma and would simply be giving up hope in a selfish, immature way. After his marriage to Juliet, Romeo displays his maturity; but it does not last. It is apparent that she is much more practical and level headed than him. After fate intervenes to destroy the Friar's plan, Romeo is in the Crypt. This shows how Juliet appeared immediately more practical and level headed upon their first meeting, and how Romeo seemed rather rash and had a very youthful approach to the whole situation. However, Mercutio also played a large part in this scene as it was he and Tyblat who were originally arguing when Romeo wanted peace. He speaks of her to be almost angel or God like, in saying that he would be blessed by touching her, this is obviously a huge exaggeration and reemphasises the immaturity of Romeo at this point in the play. In this final act, before Romeo commits suicide he gives a long soliloquy about the tragic love between he and Juliet.
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