Character Flaws In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Humans, as a species in general, tend to blame people for their own wrong doings. For example, when a lamp breaks, they blame the cat, or their younger sister, even though the cat had nothing to do with it, and was exempt from the situation. It goes the same for Romeo and Juliet. Claims to the fact that Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are caused by fate are benign. The story does not have opposite truths, and is not a paradox.

Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers whose families have an ongoing feud that leads to a tragic ending and this story is commonly studied with ninth graders everywhere in English classes. The issue about this story is that there’s a debate whether ninth graders should be able to read Romeo and Juliet. Ninth graders should be able to read Romeo and Juliet for reasons such as an increased skill of understanding literary devices, universal themes, and history. First, the story of Romeo and Juliet includes many literary devices; while reading students are able to increase their knowledge of literary devices.

(H, A, T) The romantic thriller Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare takes the reader on a dark journey of the struggles of love. (M, A) Romeo is lovesick since his love does not love him back, until he sees Juliet. Their families hate each other but that doesn’t stop them from trying, but the characters have traits which are their fatal flaws. (T) Each character has a trait that causes their ultimate demise, or a failure that disappoints others.

Romeo and Juliet both have many flaws in their characters, but that's what's makes they more realistic. Some of the flaws contributed to their ultimate deaths though. They were so dependent on each other that they couldn't live without each other. Not being independent made both of their personalities clash instead of matching. Being so alike in that department was not good because they couldn't help each other grow and become independent.

“Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off. When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease.” ( ,). This did not go as planned Romeo never got the letter explaining what was going on as far as he knew Juliet was dead. Romeo had went to get some poison opposed from not having Juliet in his life he had rather die with her so that they could be together at peace finally. Seconds before Juliet had awaken the poison was already upon his lips,he had began to take his last breath.Spending their last moments alive together Juliet had decided to take her life as well. If it weren’t for the feud Romeo and Juliet would be able to live together happily instead their life had to end so that they could be together. Their forbidden love because of the feud caused the death of the two lovers. They wanted to be together but the two families morals got in the way of that. Romeo and Juliet came from two different families who things from very different perspectives Romeo could do things that Juliet’s parents had

Shakespeare positively characterizes Romeo Montague as romantic and negatively as impulsive. He does not seem to know what true love is, but that does not stop Romeo from going in search of a girl to “love”. While Juliet is standing on her balcony, in Act 2, Romeo climbs into the Capulet’s orchard without Juliet’s knowledge. He starts to talk to himself and say that he wants Juliet to speak again so that he can hear her beautiful angelic voice. “She speak./ O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art/ A glorious to this night, being o’er my head,/ As is a winged messenger of heaven/ Unto the white-upturned wond’ring eyes/ Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him/ When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds/ And sails upon the bosom of the air” (Shakespeare 2.2.27-34). Romeo romantically compares Juliet’s voice to that of an angel. This romantic gesture shows the reader how in-love Romeo is with Juliet. Romeo climbing over the Capulet’s fence, also shows how romantic Romeo is. He is willing to put his life on the line, for Juliet, the girl he is in love with. Romeo’s words allude to that fact that Romeo thinks Juliet is very

It was once said, “Each man is the architecture of his own fate.” For those who read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, you will see that from Romeo and Juliet’s first meaning it was love at first sight. However, their lives ended in a tragedy as a result of their own flaws which determined their own fates. In the next few paragraphs, you will see three different literary devices used by Shakespeare in his play.

Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet themselves are to blame for this tragedy. Their impulsive actions make them act out and do such things to one another and themselves. Such being as, Romeo drinking the poison to kill himself due to his despair over Juliet’s death. In the same way, Juliet decides to stab herself at the sight of Romeo’s deceased body. Furthermore, Romeo accidentally gets one of his closest friends, Mercutio, dead along with Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Overall, it is without a doubt that Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers themselves are responsible for this

Not Every love story has a happy ending. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two “Star-Crossed” lovers who end their love story with a tragic end. Their love separated between Feuds, Justice/Peace, and their own flaws. I blame The feud, Justice/Peace, and the character flaws for the downfall of the two lovers. The Feud is to blame for the downfall of the two lovers.

Secondly, Romeo was at fault because he is much too impulsive. For one example is when Romeo is with Friar Lawrence. When Romeo comes to Friar and tells him

He literally kills himself because the woman he has known for a few days is “dead”. He honestly feels like he is in love with Juliet and is so desperately unable to continue living without her by his side. (227). On the contrary, Juliet is independent and not in need of constant babysitting as Romeo is.

Romeo is a man of both strengths and weaknesses. He is loyal, romantic, and his love for Juliet is wider than the sky, but he also isn't the picture of perfection. He is impatient, melodramatic, and lacking common sense. Nevertheless, he may not be a “man of wax”(1.3.82), but he is a great character who is inspirational and adds character to this play. Even his foe Lord Capulet praises him.

Romeo did not have to and should not of gone to the party. Yes he was invited to the party by the servant. The servant actually says “and if you be not of the house of Montagues” He of course is of the house of Momtague so he should not go. Although Benvolio and Mercutio convinces him to go, but Romeo finally decides to go and stalk Rosaline. He made his own decision to go, and he just had a bit of a push from other people.

In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, but his need for revenge gets him expelled from the city. When he hears that Juliet is dead, he rushes to her, commits suicide, so when she awakens to find him dead, she follows suit. Had he inferred that she was not actually dead from the observations he vocalized, the story would have had a much happier ending. Because Romeo was not perfect, he like all men, had strengths, like his decisiveness and determination, and weaknesses, like his childishness and his lack of deduction skills.

In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the character Romeo Montague remains immature throughout the play. Romeo is quite a young and privileged character and is portrayed to be very impulsive and fickle minded. He shows this through many occurrences during the play whilst interacting with other characters. Romeo also proves to be self-centred by not thinking about the rest of the town and the consequences of his actions. Romeo begins in the play with a childish and disloyal mannerism this is shown with his new found lover Juliet. As the play ends so does the lives of these two star-crossed lovers because of Romeo’s hasty decisions due to his passionate feelings for Juliet.