What do you think of Romeo? Did you sympathize with him thinking him to be a tragic man, Or did his conduct annoy you?
Throughout the play Romeo’s character develop, as he is able to mature and gain a two-way love. I sympathies for Romeo to a certain extent as he is a tragic young man in many places; he tries to protect himself as well as others. Although Romeo tries to protect lives he annoys me as he is moody throughout the first act and is not able to come out of his depressing mood. Romeo is madly in love with a woman called Rosaline but as soon as he sets eyes on Juliet falls in love with her, this shows Romeo is not a strong young man as his emotions and feelings change suddenly. Romeo’s conducts does annoy me when he is depressed due to unrequited love from Rosaline, when he is depressed and moody he hides himself so know one can find him, as he would like alone time; he asks for his cousins Benvolio for advice but then ignores him. “Alas that love, whose views are muffled still, Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!” Romeo is selfish and only does what he wants to do, he asks for advice and ignores it and still expects Benvolio to listen to him, and this shows he is immature and selfish. Romeo also gets another good piece of advice from Benvolio but fails to take it. “By giving liberty unto thine eyes, Examine other beauties” Benvolio is trying to get Romeo to look outside Rosaline but once again pays no attention to him. This shows that Romeo is selfish and does not like listening to others advice even if he has asked for it. I sympathies for Romeo when the passion between him and Juliet becomes uncontrollable as their love can not be for filled due to an ‘ancient grudge’ between the two families, it makes you sympathies as their love for each other is genuine and he is trying to put Juliet before himself. By putting Juliet before himself Romeo shows that he has more control of himself and believes in love at first sight. “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt.” Romeo is shocked that Juliet is the Capulet’s only daughter, but will still fight for her; even after Tybalt has scene him with Juliet. He also shows genuine love for her when he decides to try and talk to her even when he knows if he is found at the Capulet’s home he shall be killed, as Juliet’s cousin Tybalt warned him. We sympathize for Romeo as he shows great strength when he resists temptation and does not fight Tybalt because he loves him in a way that he shall never know. This shows that Romeo as a character has more courage and is able mature and show strength by resisting. “But love thee better than thou canst devise, till thou shalt know the reason of my love; And so, good Capulet, which name I tender as dearly as mine own, be satisfied.” Romeo tries to resist but cannot as he has too much passion for Juliet and out of anger due to his best friend being killed; he kills Tybalt.
