From Shmoop Literature on Romeo and Juliet
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In A Nutshell
William Shakespeare wrote the tragedy of Romeo and Julietaround 1595. Arguably the most famous love story of all time, this play tells the tale of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. Fate is not on their side, however, and they eventually choose to kill themselves rather than live without each other.
Because the play has always been popular with audiences, some scholars have refused to take Romeo and Juliet too seriously. They sometimes dismiss it as Shakespeare's trashy blockbuster, not complicated enough to be "high art." It's easy to think the play is nothing more than a tearjerker plot and a collection of pick up lines so cheesy they've become clichés. ("O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo," etc.) But Romeo and Juliet is more than a love story. The supporting characters - Mercutio, above all, but also the Nurse and Friar Laurence - are complicated and morally ambiguous. Through them, the play shows how romance comes in conflict with other relationships. And love itself can't be taken for granted, either. The play actively poses t
Romeo
Romeo acts melodramatic when Rosaline breaks his heart as well as when he is exiled from Verona and when he thinks Juliet is dead. In my opinion Romeo is the most impulsive character in Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo, Juliet and Friar Lawrence, but mostly Romeo
Any character who is not Juliet.
Romeo's mother.
juliet
ummm romeo and juliet? idiot..
There is no character by this name in Romeo and Juliet.
The character who was a fairy queen in "Romeo and Juliet" is Titania. However, Titania is a character from William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," not "Romeo and Juliet."
The Lead female character, paramour of Romeo.
There is not a character called "Gretchen" in Romeo and Juliet but there is a possibility that there is a character with a similar name.
Romeo
Romeo acts melodramatic when Rosaline breaks his heart as well as when he is exiled from Verona and when he thinks Juliet is dead. In my opinion Romeo is the most impulsive character in Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo, Juliet and Friar Lawrence, but mostly Romeo
Any character who is not Juliet.
Romeo's mother.
Juliet from Romeo and Juliette was a fictitious character.