‘With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No; I have forgot that name, and that name's woe.’
In this quote he is saying that he no longer cares for Rosaline and she is no longer a part of his life, this is an example about how hasty he is, and how he jumps in and out of love. Romeo also shows that he is a very passionate person by getting married to Juliet within days of when he meets her (this is also an example of how hasty he is), and later on his impetuousness and hastiness gets him exiled, when he murders Tybalt in revenge of his friend, Mercutio.
Romeo is Passionate, yes, but with his passion he is also quite hasty, he rushes in to things without stopping to think about the consequences, on himself, or on those around him. This makes him end up doing very stupid things that get him punished, and make those around him worry, such as when he fell in love with Juliet, it was love at first sight, (really) and then they both got married, within a couple of days of them meeting at the Capulet’s party. Also, when Mercutio and Tybalt duel, romeo steps in the way to stop the fight, but Mercutio is stabbed underneath his arm, when Mercutio dies, Romeo, without thought, goes to avenge him, and ends up fighting with, and killing, Tybalt. When Romeo finally comes to his senses and realizes what he has done, it is too late, the deed is done, and he is banished to Mantua by the Prince Escalus when the bodies are found. Even on the brink of death Romeo is hasty, if he had waited but a few more minutes, Juliet would have awakened, and all would have ended well.
Romeo may be hasty, and very passionate, but he could not have won the affections and love of Juliet’s heart without charm, and love, as you see during the play everything he says to Juliet is thoughtful, charming, flattering and considerate. Even when he is talking about her it is still as charming and flattering.
‘But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’
He is comparing the beauty and radiance of Juliet with the brightness and radiance of the sun, saying that her beauty is incomparable to any other. He instantly falls in love with Juliet at the Capulet’s party, and praises her, and confesses that he loves her, even after he finds out that she is a Capulet, he still loves her, even with the family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, and later on he even comes back after the party to express his love to her, and within 24 hours they are married to each other, by Friar Laurence, and they plan to run away.
Yes, now that I have shown you the passionate loving caring side of Romeo, you may think that is it, but he also has a darker side, he is a fighter, and a killer, he isn’t part of most of the fights in the play, but he is part of the most important one in the play, the one that started the unhappy chain of events which lead to the untimely demise of Romeo and Juliet, his fight with Tybalt. It starts off as Mercutio and Tybalt are having a fight, and Romeo wants to keep the piece and he tries to stop it and fails, until he puts himself between Mercutio and Tybalt, and when he does so Mercutio is wounded, under Romeo’s arm by Tybalt, when Tybalt leaves, before Mercutio dies, he says the words
‘A plague on both your houses.’
When Mercutio dies, Romeo is blinded by grief, rage, anger and a flood of other emotions, so much that he does not stop to think of what he is doing until the fight with Tybalt is over, and Tybalt lies dead, then he flees the scene, and the evidence is bought before prince Escalus, and he decides that Romeo is to be banished to Mantua.
In conclusion I think that overall Romeo is a very passionate person who is very in touch with his emotions, sometimes he does very stupid things, but that is because of his passion, his hastiness, he is also violent because of his impetuousness.
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