Romeo Montague-Traits

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  • Romeo Montague Personality Traits
    • Fickle
      • When Romeo meets Juliet, he quickly abandons his feelings for Rosaline - whom he had been moping about previously. This shows how he quickly changes his mind.
    • Infatuated
      • At the beginning of the play, Romeo mopes about his unrequited love for Rosaline and believes that he will never feel the same way about anyone else. However, his feelings are shortlived as his affections turn towards Juliet.
    • Stereotypical Petrarchan lover -
      • Romeo has very ideological views of love and is a typical romantic of the time. He is often blinded by his strong feelings and cannot see their grave repercussions. It is love that leads to his ultimate demise
    • Determined
      • Romeo is resilient in the play when it comes to his feelings and he is willing to pursue them by any means necessary. His overwhelming and instantaneous love for Juliet is something he fights for in the play, blind to their consequences. For example, after the ball, he climbs the Capulet orchard to reach Juliet - a strictly forbidden place for any Montague to enter. This shows his determination to get what he wants.
    • Naive
      • Romeo's juvenility and inexperience often leads him to make unprocessed decisions that have severe repercussions. For example, agreeing to marry Juliet on the day that they first met is a very bold and rapid commitment at such a premature stage in their relationship. This clearly wasn't well thought out and leads to each of their inevitable deaths at the end of the play. 
    • Desperate
      • when Romeo hears of Juliet's death, his sorrow and genuine love for her leads him to make a valiant decision to kill himself with a potent poison. His desperation is clearly highlighted at this point in the play, and he wastes no time to be with the one he loves (unaware that she is still alive!)

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