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Romeo And Juliet Tragic Hero Essay

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Tajir Asparagus
Mrs. Bannister
English honors (9)
April 11,, 2016
Romeo is the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He is the tragic hero because of his traits of loving easily and believing in fate (1). At the beginning of the play, Romeo is first in love with Rosaline. Benvolio and Mercutio, make fun of him for the fact that he always falls in love (2). After they went to the party, Romeo was no longer in love with Rosaline. “Romeo! Humors! Madman! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh! Speak but on rhyme and i am satisfied, (ACT 2 SCENE 1)” Mercutio teases Romeo about loving so easily and fast. Romeo went to the party thinking that Rosaline would forever be the love of his life. Once he saw Juliet, that all changed. From …show more content…

Romeo is always saying how he believes that everything happens because of each person’s destiny. “I fear too early, for my mind misgives. Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date. With this night’s revels, and expire the term of a despised life, clos’d in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that hath the steerage of my course. Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen! (ACT 1 SCENE IV)” Romeo tells Benvolio and Mercutio how he strongly believes in fate. He tells about his belief in fate and how he does not really care about dying because everything is already decided. Big reason that Romeo is the tragic hero is because he kills himself for a reason that does not exist. Romeo commits suicide because he sees his love, Juliet lying in a tomb and believes she is dead. The plan by Friar Lawrence and Juliet does not work because Romeo does not receive the letter from them explaining what is going on before he killed himself. Romeo would rather be dead than to have to live without his Juliet. That shows how much he loved her. He brings down everyone around him when he physically kills Tybalt and Paris. Lady Montague dies

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