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Romeo And Juliet Irresponsible Quotes

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Romeo is a lustful and emotional 16-year-old that acts mainly on impulse and how he feels in the moment rather than what would be more sensible. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s irresponsible and dramatic identity causes him to act without thought and on impulse. Romeo is a melodramatic 16-year old that lets his downheartedness over Rosaline take over when he sees Juliet. Romeo is unhappy, as Rosaline decided to stay chaste, and then he meets Juliet and he sees that she is looks attractive and wants to make irresponsible decisions. Romeo gives a perfect example of his irresponsible, lustful identity when he says this, “Did my heart love till now? / Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night”(Shakespeare, …show more content…

Romeo constantly shows his identity in the text because he is always commenting something lustful or dramatic. Again in the text, Romeo is commenting on Juliet’s beauty, “She stands out against the darkness like a jeweled earring hanging against the cheek of an African. / Her beauty is too good for this world; she’s too beautiful to die and be buried.” (Shakespeare I.5 52-54). From this quote, readers can understand that Romeo thinks that Juliet is too good-looking and she plays whatever game he tries to play to make her to love him. This is irresponsible and not to mention lustful of Romeo because he is older and should know what is best for him and as their families are feuding, it should be obvious to him that he should not marry Juliet, but he does, just so he can be with her. The reader can conclude that Romeo is very irresponsible when it comes to love. The character identity of Romeo is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet show the reader that when emotion and lust cloud the mind, it is hard to see through it to the other side. Romeo doesn’t even try to see through it, he just wants to live in the moment. Romeo could have been more responsible with Juliet and even though he didn’t have many trusting people surrounding him, it was still not a grand move on his part and it resulted in his and Juliet’s

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