Characters in Romeo and Juliet

The friar, a character often viewed as the supportive mentor of Romeo and Juliet, is actually guilty of manslaughter. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two teenage lovers struggle through a series of conflicting circumstances and unfortunate events that ultimately lead to their dramatic deaths. The conflicting circumstances are inevitably caused by a tradition of family rivalry, but the unfortunate events are created and tangled up by none other than Friar Lawrence, who is supposed to be a…

During the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there is not much character development or introduction. We make flash judgments of characters based on the key role that they play during the scene. We also pay close attention to their use of word play, in order to understand their personality and motivations. There is one fan favorite whose use of word play made him loved and grieved for by all. Mercutio, the man behind the protagonist. Mercutio is an anti-romantic character who regards love as…

Many characters in the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet are at fault for the suicides of the two young protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. However, some characters’ actions impacted the star-crossed lovers more than others. The two feuding houses of Montague and Capulet were major contributors to their tragic passing. Two well-meaning characters, Friar Laurence and Balthasar, also added to their untimely deaths. Last, Romeo and Juliet each caused their own early demise. The main causes of…

Romeo and Juliet Final Essay One of the most prominent opposites in this play are the two main families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Even though they are quite alike in their feuding ways, they seem to have different approaches with their children, and their lives in general. Going on with that, they also both have many things in common that create a confusing, yet intriguing play. The Capulets, especially the father in the family, seems to have more of a temper, what with the fact that…

Romeo and Juliet, written as a play, focuses on two people separated by a feud between families, meet out of the blue and fell in love. All of the characters in this play were all filled with different knowledge about each other's lives. Love and marriage were all mostly in their heads, but there were different stories behind their thoughts and what they knew. The character that did change their point of view is known as a dynamic character. The one that does not change their point of view were…

dynamic characters. First of all Lord Capulet in the beginning of the is a loving and caring father. A way this is shown is when he tells Paris to gain Juliet's love and wait because Juliet is still only 13 years. In Act II Ln 12-28 this is shown. The way Lord Capulet undergoes changes is he goes from being a good rather and letting Juliet have somewhat of an opinion on what she does, to making her marry Paris or they will disown her. Lord Montague is also an example of a dynamic character.…

In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a teenager and the hero with an impulsive flaw which leads to the tragic ending of his and Juliet’s deaths, he let this flaw control his reasoning and had his feelings command his mind and decisions in different fields. As a teenagers we are in a young age were we think everything revolves around ourselves and don’t take our time to think things through, we are impulsive. Just like our main character Romeo he is a teenager living in a world of feuds between his…

Changing Romeo Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the story that seems to define love for so many. However, Romeo began the play as a young, foolish, and immature boy who is far from the romantic, mature Romeo that always comes to mind. This is because Romeo is a round character, Shakespeare allows him to grow and change as the play goes on. Romeo started off as an immature teenager, believing he had lost everything because he got rejected by a woman. But towards the end of the story,…

Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare strengthens the character of Romeo through the consistency in his actions and emotions, building on the strong base of his character as established in the first act. Romeo is consistently characterised as an irrational, hasty and dramatic romantic. The situations in the play, as well as his emotional state and life stage, cause these characteristics to be pronounced and regular. In the beginning, Romeo’s love for Rosaline starts to…

Romeo and Juliet Essay Without the characters that are in the play, Romeo and Juliet the relationship between the two would have a completely different impact based on their surroundings. Each character has a huge role to fill, and with even the slightest change neither Juliet, nor Romeo would have committed suicide. For example the characters: Tybalt, Lord Capulet, the Nurse, and Friar Laurence all had roles that lead to the tragic event of the two star crossed lovers deaths, with their…