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Romeo & Juliet Character Study

A character study on Romeo and Juliet. Useful if you need to do one for school.

Romeo is the only son of the Montague family in Verona. Romeo is 16 years old. He is impulsive, passionate and immature. Romeo is a main character in the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. This play is about two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets, and the two young members of the family, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love with each other.

At the start of the play, Romeo is in love with Rosaline, another Capulet. The odd thing is that Romeo is more in love with the idea of being in love than actually loving Rosaline. He quickly loses interest with Rosaline when he meets Juliet. In the play, Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt, in revenge for killing his best friend Mercutio. Because of this, Romeo gets banished from Verona. At the end of the play, Romeo kills himself because he thinks that Juliet has died.

Juliet is the only daughter of the Capulet family in Verona. Juliet has had other siblings, but they have died before the play began. “The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she”. Juliet is thirteen, and nearly fourteen. Another character in the play, called Paris, is interested in marrying her.

Juliet is the other main character in the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. The play is about two members of different families, Montague and Capulet, who are in a feud against other. In the play, she meets Romeo, a member of the Montague family, and they quickly fall in love with each other. They are so deeply in love that they get married within 24 hours of meeting each other.

Juliet is headstrong and intelligent and during the play she becomes more mature and independent. She is very good at misleading others without lying. This is especially useful when she is trying to hide the fact that she loves and is married to Romeo.

At the end of the play, Juliet kills herself because Romeo has committed suicide.

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Comments (4)
#1 by j, May 20, 2008
not particularly helpful, but thanks
#2 by clare., Aug 31, 2008
i love stewart and jermey sumpter
#3 by Holl, Oct 8, 2008
This was helpfull abit but put more quotes in to support your answers
#4 by N, Nov 4, 2008
a good basic summary,usefull for those who need to know the plot line :)
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