How much do you think Romeo brought his downfall on himself? How much sympathy do you have for him?
Romeo Monatgue is one of the main characters in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare. Towrads the end of the drama, Romeo meets his dowfall. His love Julet appears dead to him and no longer he sees a reason to live, and therfore commits suicide.
Wether or not Romeo is responsible for his downfall is a complicated question. On one side we see the obvious point that it was him who actually killed himself. Drunk the poison through his own will, and hence brought the downfall on himself.
Romeo throughout the paly had a tendancy to act quickly and without thinking. He rushed in to marriage, tried to kill himself in F.Lawrances cell (when found out he was banished from Verona). A person that does not plan things out carefully and acts sponataniously is bound to meet a tragic end. If Romeo stopped and thought for a while, then either he would have relised that to kill is not the right thing, or Juiet by that time would have woken up.
As well, Romeo was the one that took the decisiion to keep on seeing Juliet who was a Capulet. He must have known that from seeing her nothig good would happen, as their families were long term enemies. Then not only did he keep on seeing her, he ended up marring her secretly. This once again, was not a smart move on his behalf as secrecy on such important matters can only bring complications. Which they eventually did.
Romeo Monatgue is one of the main characters in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare. Towrads the end of the drama, Romeo meets his dowfall. His love Julet appears dead to him and no longer he sees a reason to live, and therfore commits suicide.
Wether or not Romeo is responsible for his downfall is a complicated question. On one side we see the obvious point that it was him who actually killed himself. Drunk the poison through his own will, and hence brought the downfall on himself.
Romeo throughout the paly had a tendancy to act quickly and without thinking. He rushed in to marriage, tried to kill himself in F.Lawrances cell (when found out he was banished from Verona). A person that does not plan things out carefully and acts sponataniously is bound to meet a tragic end. If Romeo stopped and thought for a while, then either he would have relised that to kill is not the right thing, or Juiet by that time would have woken up.
As well, Romeo was the one that took the decisiion to keep on seeing Juliet who was a Capulet. He must have known that from seeing her nothig good would happen, as their families were long term enemies. Then not only did he keep on seeing her, he ended up marring her secretly. This once again, was not a smart move on his behalf as secrecy on such important matters can only bring complications. Which they eventually did.