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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Jenkin, Leonard
Affiliation: Department Of English, Columbia University

Character Analyses and Critical Commentary

Romeo:

During the course of the play, Romeo grows to manhood. When we first meet
him he is a stereotype of the lover: cherishing solitude and night, pensive,
pale and sad. He assumes all the attitudes of a rejected suitor, he writes
poetry, his speech is a series of contradictory exclamations. At this
juncture, Romeo knows no more about love than what he has read in the books he
emulates, and he is actually in love with ...

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