romeo and juliet essay..PLEASE HELP ME?

Romeo and Juliet change throughout the play, although some

characteristics remain the same. At the beginning of the play Romeo is

an impulsive boy, full of bookish and artificial expressions of

emotion. He seems to be wallowing in self pity over Rosaline.

Although both are very young, it is Juliet that shows maturity and

independence. She is intelligent and perceptive.

Both Romeo and Juliet become full blown romantics and put aside all

they have been taught for the love of each other. This includes their

parents and their life. In this essay I will attempt to compare act 2

scene 2 with the rest of the play.

In act 2 scene 2, Romeo hides from his friends so that they leave the

feast without him. Juliet appears at a window above her garden and

declares her love for him. He reveals his presence to her and they

exchange vows of love. This scene is physically separated from the

rest of the play by being set in moonlight garden the lovers exist

outside the feuding and quarrelling. Their love is pure rather than

motivated by physical, desire, lust or money grabbing. In this scene

Romeo is impulsive; he risks death if he is discovered in Juliet's

garden yet still he goes. Juliet however appears a lot more realistic

in this scene about Romeo being caught whereas Romeo is blinded to

this and says that he would rather have his death ended quickly be

being found in the garden 'ended in hate' than die a slow suffering

without Juliet's love.

Juliet has given him a new found life. He is a complete romantic. He

talks of Juliet as a 'bright angel' who as a 'winged messenger of

heaven' is far above ordinary mortals on earth.

Juliet also has a dream like state however when she is on the balcony,

not realising Romeos presence. Because even though she knows of the

deadly feud between both sets of parents she does not blame him, just

his name, she says that 'if a rose were called but another name it

would still smell as sweet' therefore turning away the only thing that

would turn her away from Romeo. Her descriptions of her ears drinking

her words show that all her senses were heightened by her love for him

she introduced images of mouths, ears, eyes etcâ?¦ it is also Juliet

that returns with practical plans for seeing each other again and

arranging to be married. As Romeo believes that Juliet had been, but a

dream.

Together they make their vows and their love is so strong that

although Juliet is afraid of being quickly won, she is willing to give

her self up to him. She says she will hold back if he does not like it

in a woman, She will 'frown and be perverse' and refuse his affections

if he dislikes her yielding to quick. She is eager to please him.

Romeo becomes a true poet with Juliet, he is intoxicated by his

passion for her, but Juliet becoming a realist again, points out that

their love although true is too quick and rash, unadvised and like

lightning.

There love is natural, you can get this from the imagery of growth in

Juliet's words 'bud of love' may become 'a beauteous flower' when they

next meet. Also notice that their love has not yet bloomed at this

stage and that the end of the story prevents this.

This scene opened with Romeo comparing Juliet to the sun and the stars

and it ends with the real dawn arriving as the lovers depart.

Outside this scene Romeo is shown as changeable as with his love for

Rosaline, who he was desperately in love with, or so it seemed.

Romeo's language toward Rosaline was artificial, intellectual and

rather forced. He is not really in love with her just in the idea of

being in love. Compare this with his love for Juliet; his language

towards her is more passionate and sincere.

After meeting Juliet he grows more mature and even tries to make up

with Tybalt, (Juliet's cousin) however this goes terrible wrong and

leads to his exile following Tybalt's death. Despite his new found

maturity and tolerance of the capulet's, Romeo remains impulsive, he

has one idea in his head which is to marry Juliet, within that he

reacts to circumstances. He responds to plans though up by others

(Friar Lawrence, the nurse or Juliet) and his mood swings from despair

to joy, even within one scene. For example, act 3, scene 3.

Juliet who is seen as being so sweet and innocent can also be

manipulative and cunning.

Juliet doesn't stand up to her parents. She takes the cowards way out-- after rejecting her fathers choice for her, he nearly disowns her. Rather than confess that she married Romeo, she fakes her death. So...... that's not standing up to them; I wouldn't use that in your paper because you'll lose points on being incorrect.

Shakespeare is tough to understand. You can try looking at Cliff notes online to get some better ideas.

I think she is a dynamic character because she *secretly* stands for what she believes in, marrying the man she loves despite her parents hatred for the Montegues. But, since she keeps it from her parents (and only tells the nurse, and the friar who marries them), it's not as impressive. She dies for true love, though. And, although in real life that doesn't solve anything, she makes her point loud and clear in the play.