Resumo de Character Development Of Shakespear''s Romeo

Many characters develop and change aspects or
their entire personality during the course of a story. While it is rare
for a complete change, a partial change almost always occurs. Whether
it is an opinion or a characteristic something will change. In Romeo
and Juliet, Romeo''s thoughts on love, outlook on life, and a few
characteristics all change. Each for a reason only Romeo and the reader
truly knows.

One way Romeo changed was how his outlook on life changed. He,
while in love with Rosaline, felt that life wasn''t worth living without
her. He also felt depressed about living without her and hid in his
room all the time which we can see when Benvolio talks to Romeo and
Montague after the first fight. After he fell in love with Juliet, he
became very positive about life, wanting too see her every moment he
could which he easily displayed when he was talking to her on her
balcony, not wanting to leave.

Another way Romeo changed is how he felt while in love. Romeo was
depressed and felt love was bitter sweet, meaning that love was
wonderful, because he loved someone, yet horrible because he couldnâ??t
get Rosaline while in love with her. He revealed this to Benvolio to
seek comfort. Yet when he revealed to the nurse and to Friar Laurence,
his feelings about being in love with Juliet, he thought love was
wonderful. He told the friar that there was no love like his for Juliet
and that he had to be with her. His mood changed form being depressed
and vulnerable, to confident and exceedingly happy. This could have
been because he actually got the girl he wanted and became enthusiastic
about love, or her just knew she was the girl for him.

A third way Romeo developed was he lost his hatred for the Capulets.
This is a great achievement for someone to make. To lose a hate that
great had to take something of great proportion, just like Romeo and
Juliet''s wedding. Due to their wedding Romeo forced himself to lose his
hatred for and even love, as a relative should have in that day, all
the Capulets. Even the despicable Tybalt, who he showed his love for by
ignoring Tybalt''s insults and ignored Tybalt trying to instigate a
fight. This was right before the scene where Tybalt and Mercutio die.
This was also what I believe to be the greatest development of Romeo''s
feelings seeing how that hatred had been passed on for many generations
and instilled in Romeo since he was a child.

Although the reader may not notice Romeo''s developments after one
quick read of the play. But if you did more than skim the play it was
fairly easy to see Romeo actually changed a great deal. He became more
responsible, more civil by losing his hatred and for the time he could
enjoy his true love. He became truly happy about his love of his one
and only Juliet.

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