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How Does Romeo And Juliet Change Throughout The Play

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I will be playing Romeo Montigue in the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, and he is a literal lover boy, who falls too fast and too hard. Although he is a little immature at first he’s a good guy with a lot of passion and a strong will. This can be shown throughout the play, because only after one day of knowing Juliet, they get married. He’s a certified lover boy, who is more in love with the idea of being in love, instead of loving, this is also shown because he only “falls in love” if the girl is pretty. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,/For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare 1.5 59-60). Here he’s expressing his love for Juliet, even though he just saw her, and hasn’t even yet talked to her. And as the play goes on Romeo grows more mature, and more understanding of love, thanks to his love for Juliet. This can be shown when Romeo kills himself, because he’d …show more content…

At first Romeo's main goal is to prevent them from fighting, and he does this by talking to Tybalt, and trying not to provoke him. “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee / Doth much excuse the appertaining rage” (Shakespeare 3.1 72-73), here Romeo isn’t insulting Tybalt like he wants him to, but instead he’s complimenting Tybalt, saying he “loves” him, and this actually enrages Tybalt even more. Later in the scene when Tybalt and Mercutio actually draw their swords, and start fighting, we see Romeo trying to physically stop them, putting his life at risk. But in the end Tybalt ends up murdering Mercutio, leading Romeo to blame himself, because he put his love for Juliet before his friendship with Mercutio, enraging him. This rage blinds him with pure hatred and fury, leading him to murder Tybalt, in revenge for Mercutio. But killing Tybalt means he has killed Juliet’s cousin and defied the prince. This leaves him in a bit of a

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Tybalt instigates Romeo when he said, “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.31-32). Tybalt is insulting Romeo by calling him a villain, thus adding more tension to the situation. By doing so, this made Romeo more willing to fight. Romeo tried to avoid the fight more than once. Tybalt was determined to fight someone, which is supported by the fact that he went through with fighting Mercutio even after Romeo rejected the initial altercation.

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To begin with, Romeo is all too eager to find love, and rushes to find a new pretty face. Immediately after laying eyes on Juliet, Romeo is transfixed and believes that it is true love. Later that night, he wishes to marry her, saying that he can have satisfaction with “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine” (II. 2. 127). Romeo knows nothing about Juliet, only that she is the most beautiful girl that he has ever seen. Even after his last relationship fails, Romeo does not learn.

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Later in the play Tybalt's recklessness reaches its peak when he challenges Romeo to a fight on the streets of Verona. Romeo, who has just married Juliet, is refusing to fight and tries to de-escalate the situation by saying, "I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love" (Rom 3.1.64-66). Tybalt hates Romeo with his whole heart and does not care about the consequences that will happen by doing so. After Romeo marries Juliet, fighting her kinsman Tybalt is the last thing that he wants to do. Further in the book, Tybalt is not interested in hearing

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Romeo says to Juliet, “Farewell! I won’t miss any chance to send my love to you” (191). This shows that Romeo has matured in the component of love because before, he was just romantically attracted to Rosaline and only liked her for her looks and didn’t know her well. He also only enjoyed the idea of having a girlfriend and didn’t physically love that person. But, at the end of the book, he actually both had romantic and identity love towards Juliet.

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He insults Romeo, but Romeo remains calm. Tybalt stab Mercuric and Romeo kill Tybalt. “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this; thou art a villain” (3.1.55-56). “Thou wretched boy that didst consort him here, shalt with him hence” (3.1.123). If Tybalt did not kill Mercuric, then Romeo would not have to kill Tybalt, he wouldn’t have got banish in Verona.

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Although Romeo was peaceful, Tybalt showed no mercy, and eventually Mercutio stepped in and got killed by Tybalt. This causes Romeo to go chase down Tybalt and without thinking about the consequences, shoots and kills Tybalt. If Tybalt would have not been aggressive for no reason, he would still be breathing and Romeo and Juliet would not have to take such drastic measures to try to be

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“Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” Romeo is angry that Tybalt killed Mercutio, so he makes the decision to fight Tybalt until one of them is dead. Romeo and Juliet are both very impulsive. Romeo doesn’t think of the consequences that will come for him after the fight, so it ends with Tybalt dead and Romeo banished.

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At first, Romeo does not desire to fight Tybalt, but now does because his friend is dead. When Romeo says to Tybalt that he wishes to fight, Tybalt exclaims, “Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here/ Shalt with him hence.” (3.1.126-127). At first upon reading this quote, I was confused because the older English is difficult to understand, but Tybalt is basically saying that Romeo shall join Mercutio in heaven at the end of the fight. This is quite a bold statement, and furthermore supports the narrative that Tybalt wants to fight to defend his pride at all costs.

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He wants to fight, but Romeo is not budging, for he does not want to harm Juliet’s cousin. So instead of Romeo fighting Tybalt, Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo will not fight for himself. Romeo steps between them and tries to stop the duel, but Tybalt manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo’s

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With the resentment that he carries towards Romeo’s family always seems to be his motivation to rile them up. His resentment is a major reason he got killed in the first place- seeing as that caused him to kill Mercutio, making Romeo kill him out of rage. You can see that his resentment is what led him to his death when this quote appears after Mercutio basically tells him to just start fighting them- “You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, if you an you will give me occasion,”(3. 1. 18) This quote may have been the first step into Tybalt’s death, as it seems that this is the words that started this fight in the first place. All he had to do was control his strong emotion towards them and walk away- all of this could’ve been avoided that

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Romeo claims he wants revenge for Mercutio’s death. (Shakespeare 3.1.120-127). This adds to my argument that Romeo cared for Mercutio, thus leading him to kill Tybalt after his murder. As Tybalt is arguing with Mercutio before the fight, Mercutio says “consort? what, dost thou make us minstrels” (Shakespeare 3.1.43).

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Romeo allows his thirst for revenge to cloud his logical reasoning when he kills Tybalt who has just murdered Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt’s insults with comebacks and later his sword. As Romeo attempts to intervene, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt and Romeo is enraged. Once he finds out from Benvolio that the wound had killed him, Romeo,”Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (III.i.173), kills Tybalt and flees the scene. Romeo declined to

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Tybalt tells Romeo to fight him, but since Romeo is now married to Juliet, he says that he can’t. To this, Mercutio responds with,“O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!”(3.1.74), and then proceeds to fight Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf in defense of the Montague name. It’s clear through Mercutio’s rage felt diction towards Romeo such as “dishonorable” and “vile” that he believes Romeo’s efforts to make peace are acts of betrayal to his own family. Because of Mercutio’s brash actions in the act of defending his family’s honor, he ends up being injured and killed by Tybalt, all because he felt so much hate that he couldn’t stand down like Romeo had. Mercutio’s death made Romeo blindly angry to the point where he killed Tybalt, who was technically a part of his family.

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In the first place, Tybalt never liked Romeo because he was a Montague. The family rivalry had already caused problems between Romeo and Tybalt. Tybalt says to Romeo, “Romeo, such is my regard for you that I can say no more than this: you are a villain” (Shakespeare 3.1. 135). Tybalt ultimately says this to Romeo to start a fight with him. At that moment, Romeo did not want to fight, which caused Mercutio to get involved.

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If you read the story, you would know that if Romeo just kept his anger controlled he wouldn't have died. Insignificantly ahead of the fight between Tybalt and Romeo, Romeo stated, "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him." (3.26.89) Romeo meant that either you or I have to die and keep Mercutio company. Mercutio was dead, so Romeo was threatening Tybalt. Romeo angered Tybalt

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