Thesis: Throughout the Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes from a young man who wallows in his own sexual frustrations to a man who is willing to die for the woman he loves.
At the beginning of the play, Romeo cannot function because Rosaline, a woman he loves, has told him she has decided to live a chaste life. With this knowledge, Romeo does not accept this woman's dedication to her Lord, but decides...
Thesis: Throughout the Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes from a young man who wallows in his own sexual frustrations to a man who is willing to die for the woman he loves.
At the beginning of the play, Romeo cannot function because Rosaline, a woman he loves, has told him she has decided to live a chaste life. With this knowledge, Romeo does not accept this woman's dedication to her Lord, but decides that since "She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow / Do I live dead to tell it now." This level of self-pity is common in teenage boys.
But as the play progresses and Romeo finds himself in love with Juliet after seeing her only a short time, Romeo is completely willing to sacrifice himself. He tells Juliet that his name, because it is the name of her family's enemy, "is hateful to myself, / Because it is an enemy to thee; Had I it written, I would tear the word."
And finally, when Romeo faces off against Paris and mortally wounds him, Romeo is strong enough to see beyond his pride, the same pride he could not see beyond at the beginning of the play, and promise Paris to lay him in the tomb with Juliet. In addition, Romeo sees his dead wife as something beyond himself and decides to die with her.
Overall, Romeo changes from a passionate, yet selfish boy, to someone who is willing to die as a martyr for love.
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