Romeo's Character Development

Romeo at a glance seems not to have evolved much throughout the play, because he seems to be lovestruck the whole time. But upon closer inspection much internal evolvement has happened. In the behing of the play Romeo is depressed about his lost love with Roseline, and really doesn't want to go the the feast. In Act 1 scene 2 after Benvolio finally convinces Romeo to go to the party, he says the he will only rejoice because Roseline is so much more beautiful than all other women.

During the middle of the book Romeo meets Juliet and is head over heals for her. He is overwhelmed with joy after meeting her, and this can be seen in Act 2 scene 2 when Romeo tells Juliet that he would change his name for her. Also when Romeo and Juliet are married by Friar Lawrence. For a short period of time before they are married Romeo is very anxious, but that can be expected by someone that is about to get married. Over all in the middle of the book where Romeo meets Juliet and they are married Romeo is overwhelmed with happiness, because of his and Juliet's love.

In the last section of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is grief stricken with the death if his wife Juliet. His loss causes him to become severely depressed to the point of suicide. In the beginning and the end of the book Romeo is feeling some type of depression or loss, but on very different emotional levels and for different reasons. His feeling of loss is so great in the end of the book it causes him to commit suicide, and that action truely kills Juliet. So in a completely unintentional way Romeo kills Juliet and Juliet kills Romeo and they kill each other with their devotion.