Romeo And Juliet Character Analysis Essay

Romeo and Juliet Analysis A romantic, a determined, an unpredictable: these are all one-word labels for three very complex characters. Romeo, Juliet, and Mercutio make up a triangle of tangled emotions and situations in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, Shakespeare has created multidimensional characters who have both strengths and weaknesses. Romeo is impulsive and romantic. Romeo loves the idea of “being in love,” but he does not know what true love really feels like. After the fight in the streets of Verona in Act I, Romeo’s father says something about his son’s behavior to Benvolio, “Away from the light steals home my heavy son,/ And private in his chamber pens himself,/ Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out,/ And makes himself an artificial
Romeo meets Juliet at her balcony and they stand there talking about love for each other. What she says next to Romeo is, “I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; / Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be/ Ere one can say “it lightens.” Sweet, goodnight!” (Shakespeare 2.2.128-131). Juliet does not want to move too fast in their relationship for it to be over just as fast as it started. She also does not want to be “left in the dark” and heart broken. Even though Juliet is cautious, she is also very determined to get what she wants. As we know, Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague, they are supposed to hate each other. Juliet does not care, though; she claims that she has to be with her Romeo no matter the consequences. Juliet says, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art though Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name! / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (Shakespeare 2.2.35-38). In order for Juliet and Romeo to be together, Juliet will have to give up her family. Because Juliet is said to be so in love with Romeo, she is willing to do just