Romeo and Juliet - Character Analysis of Romeo
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- Created on: 19-05-18 15:05
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- Romeo
- Petrarchan Lover
- His exaggerated language at the beginning of the play characterises him as a young, inexperienced lover.
- His emphasis on the eyes accords with Romeo's role as a blind lover.
- He denies how he could be deluded by the "religion" of the eye
- This combined with the failure to take Benvolio's advice paints him as an immature lover.
- He denies how he could be deluded by the "religion" of the eye
- As the narrative progresses he realises the artificiality of his love for Rosaline
- When first seeing Juliet he describes how he "ne'er saw true beauty till this night"
- As the play progresses his increasing maturity is marked by a change in his language
- He starts to talk more in blank verse
- This makes him sound less artificial and more natural
- This change in language highlights how the love he feels towards Juliet is natural - unlike any of the love he has felt before
- He feels allthough their love is fate
- This change in language highlights how the love he feels towards Juliet is natural - unlike any of the love he has felt before
- This makes him sound less artificial and more natural
- He starts to talk more in blank verse
- He only has an immature image of love as he's never felt it wholly - until he meets Juliet and the love he has for her is reciprocated.
- His emphasis on the eyes accords with Romeo's role as a blind lover.
- He's a man whose feelings of love aren't reciprocated.
- This is predominantly shown through continuous use of poetic language and sonnets to express his lovelorn emotions.
- His exaggerated language at the beginning of the play characterises him as a young, inexperienced lover.
- Shakespeare's portrail of Romeo as a melencholy lover and then Juliets secret lover is significant
- This portrail highlights how Romeo belongs in a world defined by love rather than a world fractured by feud.
- This is shown in Act 3, Scene 1
- The proposal of a brawl brings a conflict of ideology in Romeo
- This conflict between the private world of his love with Juliet and the public world of the families feud.
- "But love thee better than thou canst devise"
- Romeo avoids having to fight with Tybalt
- Shakespeare has utilised dramatic irony
- The audience knows that Romeo is avoiding conflict because he doesn't want to fight Tybalt because they're related now Romeo is married to Juliet.
- But both Mercucio and Tybalt think he's being cowardly by avoiding the fight
- The audience knows that Romeo is avoiding conflict because he doesn't want to fight Tybalt because they're related now Romeo is married to Juliet.
- Shakespeare has utilised dramatic irony
- Romeo avoids having to fight with Tybalt
- "But love thee better than thou canst devise"
- This conflict between the private world of his love with Juliet and the public world of the families feud.
- Although Romeo doesn't want to fight he feels obliged to avenge Mercucio and so kills Tybalt
- When Romeo had put his love before his concern for Mercucio, Mercucio was murdered
- Therefore, after Mercucio's death, Romeo compound's the problem by placing his feelings of anger over any concern for Juliet and murder's Tybalt
- This action allows the audience to see the immature side to Romeo come back
- Instead of alerting the authorities about Tybalt murdering Mercucio he decided to go after Tybalt himself
- This only resulted in Romeo being banished from the city
- Instead of alerting the authorities about Tybalt murdering Mercucio he decided to go after Tybalt himself
- This action allows the audience to see the immature side to Romeo come back
- Therefore, after Mercucio's death, Romeo compound's the problem by placing his feelings of anger over any concern for Juliet and murder's Tybalt
- When Romeo had put his love before his concern for Mercucio, Mercucio was murdered
- The proposal of a brawl brings a conflict of ideology in Romeo
- This is shown in Act 3, Scene 1
- This portrail highlights how Romeo belongs in a world defined by love rather than a world fractured by feud.
- His immaturity is highlighted again when he learns of his banishment
- He lies of the floor of the Friar's cell wailing over his fate
- He then clumsily attempts to commit suicide
- The Friar then reminds him to consider Juliet and chides him for not thinking through the consequences of his actions on his wife.
- This rehitorrates the notion that the Frair is a paternal figure and close confidant to Romeo
- The Friar then reminds him to consider Juliet and chides him for not thinking through the consequences of his actions on his wife.
- He then clumsily attempts to commit suicide
- He lies of the floor of the Friar's cell wailing over his fate
- After killing Paris he remoresefully fufils Paris' dying wish
- He lays Paris' body next to Juliet's
- Romeo notes that he and Paris are both victims of fate
- "One writ with me in sour misfortune's back"
- Romeo is filled with compassion as he knows Paris had died without understanding the true love he and Juliet shared
- This decision may also further emphasise Romeo's immaturity in killing Paris
- If he had enough respect for him to fulfil his dying wish then how could he have had enough respect towards Paris to kill him
- Romeo notes that he and Paris are both victims of fate
- He lays Paris' body next to Juliet's
- When he receives the news of Juliet's death he exhibits maturity and composure as he resolves to die.
- "Well Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight"
- This maturity in this decision shows how he has been changed by the circumstances he has been put in
- This is a change from the lovelorn, Petrarchan lover who was yearning over non- reciprocated love.
- This maturity in this decision shows how he has been changed by the circumstances he has been put in
- "Well Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight"
- Petrarchan Lover
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