Romeo Character Traits

Romeo Montague is a seventeen year old hopeless romantic who falls in love with a thirteen year old girl named Juliet Capulet in the well-known play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo has the lead male role in the play. He is thin but strong, has green eyes, fair skin and brown hair. According to Juliet, Romeo is handsome. Romeo is very witty and funny and likes to joke around with his friends. He is really poetic and loving towards Juliet and will do anything for her. He is easily influenced, young, ambitious and ignorant. These traits are shown when he wanted to get married to Juliet after the day they met. It was not the wisest decision. He is very young and in love so his decisions are no always thought through.

                In the beginning, Romeo was depressed over his ex-girlfriend Rosaline. They had just broken up and Romeo thought that he would never get over her. He didn't want to talk with anyone and was easily angered. His friends tried to cheer him up by taking him to one of the Capulet's Parties. At the party, he meets Juliet and falls in love all over again. This scene shows how moody he is. That night, he longed to see Juliet again so he snuck out and stood under her balcony late at night. The famous garden scene brings out Romeo’s romantic and rebellious side.

In the end, Romeo felt depressed and still in love. He was desperate to see Juliet all the time and his mind was constantly occupied with thoughts about her. He was also furious at Tybalt for killing his friend Mercutio. He grieved over the loss of Mercutio. In the last act, Romeo becomes depressed and commits suicide because of Juliet’s “death”.

In the beginning he was depressed and in the end he was depressed again. Throughout the story he stayed young and ignorant, he was blinded by love. He stayed romantic and moody throughout the play. He might’ve gotten braver because of love, but not much background was given about his relationship with Rosaline.