The play of Romeo and Juliet

The play of Romeo and Juliet

The play of Romeo and Juliet is a known to be a tragedy in the 1st scene, However it remains gripping throughout as even though the audience knows it’s a tragedy they don’t know the details and the richness of characterisation and language provided by Shakespeare which Fleshes out the information provided by the first chorus. Shakespeare uses characterisation and many other techniques such as plot, Language, themes and relationships with characters such as Romeo, Friar Lawrence and Juliet; For example Romeos immaturity about love which grows and matures rather quickly from his infatuation with Rosaline to true love for Juliet. This quick maturation from Romeo stresses one of the themes thought the play about the speeding of time, how things get quicker and quicker and harder to stop as things are set into motion. There is also a Love conquers hate however there is a price to pay in the end even this whole concept is enough to keep people interested add in the characters and that’s even better. The theme of Fate also plays a vital role in this play as it sets everything out so perfectly and manipulates each of the characters and keeps the play running and enticing.
The main character/ Protagonist of the play is Romeo. In act 1 scene 1 the audience finds out that Romeo is depressed and mopes around all day avoiding his friends and family and isolating himself as he has an infatuation with a lady of the court called Rosaline who doesn’t even know Romeo exists. Right from the start it is seen how immature Romeo actually is through this, his lack of experience in Love only hearing or reading in books what it is and never actually experiencing it himself before is seen clearly through the way he deals with his obsession with Rosaline. Romeos rapid increase in maturity of character after he meets Juliet stresses the theme of time moving rapidly (I’m not sure how to expand on this...). Out of all the characters Romeo is the only one who seems to know that he isn’t in...

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