Romeo and Juliet

Firstly, both Romeo and Juliet are similar because at the start, when Romeo thought he was in love with a girl named Rosaline, Juliet was close to marrying Paris. They both did not know each other and Shakespeare might have done this on purpose. Shakespeare wanted to show the different background they came from and the resemblance that they possess. The fact that Romeo supposedly loved Rosaline and

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In conclusion, it was more of a coincidence that they both acted similarly at the same time. Juliet, on the other hand had never met Paris before, and her parents were forcing her to marry him just for the sake of marriage. Even when they are both at their lowest points, they still acted very similar.

Finally, at the ending of the play when they had a tough decision to make, both of them made the same decision. never talked to her shows the immaturity level of Romeo. At around the same time, when Romeo found out that Juliet was dead, he got a potion of his own that would kill him so he can rest beside her. All they ever wanted to do was to be with each other, and that is what they got by committing suicide and staying together forever. As the story went on, Juliet got a sleeping potion that would put her to sleep for a couple of days. After the ball, all they thought about was each other, and it seemed as though that was the only thing they thought about. Romeo ran off to Mantua trying to gain some sort of independence. Therefore the beginning of the play showed how different the couples’ worlds were, yet how similar their characteristics were. They both had mutual feelings towards numerous amounts of people including Tybalt, Paris, Friar Laurence, etc. As the Prologue stated, they were “star-crossed lovers” and fate had a lot to do with the characteristics and the timing of the actions they both possessed.

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