The stereotypical impulsive behavior of two passionate teenagers leads to their deaths. Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a play about two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, that fall in love at first sight and get married after only knowing each other for less than a day. Romeo and Juliet are so infatuated with one another that they commit suicide when they believe they will be separated forever. This highlights the impulsivity of Romeo and Juliet as they value each other's love over their own families and lives. In the play, Shakespeare uses figurative language to express Romeo and Juliet's true character. Using metaphors and hyperboles, Romeo's character is displayed as an infatuated and impulsive teenager. Romeo describes Juliet as a bright …show more content…
Through metaphors, Juliet's impulsive personality is made clear to show that Juliet never loved Romeo but was duped by his looks. Juliet's nurse tells Juliet that her husband has killed her cousin, Tybalt. Upon hearing the news, Juliet immediately goes into a fit of rage, "O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!/Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?/Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!/Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!" (Shakespeare 3.2. 79-83). Juliet immediately gets mad at Romeo without knowing the entire story. This shows her concern that she never truly knew Romeo and only married him for his looks. However, Juliet still forgives Romeo and thinks Romeo's banishment is worse than her family being killed, displaying her infatuation. Juliet realized that Romeo was her husband and went from being angry to sad that he was banished. In lines 133-137, Juliet says, '"Romeo is banished." To speak that word,/Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet,/All slain, all dead. "Romeo is banished."/There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, I/n that word's death" (Shakespeare 3.2.). Juliet's obsession makes her immediately forget her own cousin's death, and she mourns the banishment of Romeo. Juliet values a stranger's life over her own family, showing that she is infatuated and is not thinking logically. Like Romeo, Juliet's character is revealed as an