Character Development of Shakespeare

Secondly, Romeo changed when he fell in love with Juliet. He became nicer to the Capulet’s and was less violent towards everyone. He did reveal his feelings to Benvolio though, as well as the Friar and the Nurse which helped his express his love to Juliet to some extent. He claimed the love was wonderful and he had never felt like that before. He felt that his love was different this time round, and that he could spend the rest of his life with Juliet – something he would probably not have said about Rosaline. His mood changed from depressed to vulnerable to static. The reason for this may have been that he found his true love.  

Thirdly, as mentioned before, his hate for the Capulet’s decreased. This, in terms of the play, is really positive, and should have been done by both families! The loss of hate is a really big achievement, and was mainly because Juliet was a Capulet. It was a great achievement as Romeo was till young, and to fight off a ‘moral’ that has been implanted in you is very encouraging and brave. Had she been another cast, Romeo would have shown his ‘masculinity’ to Juliet by beating the Montague’s up – as he had done with Rosaline. This was shown in the scene between Tybalt and Romeo. Romeo ignored Tybalt and did not want to fight. However, this was because Tybalt was Juliet’s brother. However, Tybalt still died by Romeo, but Romeo does cry a lot, and it was an accident, which illustrates that Romeo did not want to kill – as he had wanted to do so before.

Overall, Romeo’s personality developments are small and not ‘visible’ but when analysed have a huge part to play in the events of the play. Romeo becomes more responsible and human like to the Capulet’s which shows he is maturing.