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Character Analysis
Name: Romeo
Family: Montague
Age: 16
Write down 5 words that describe this character’s personality:
1. Impulsive 2. Sensitive 3. Immature 4. Passion 5. Stupid
Write two dialogues spoken by the character that reveals this characters personality. I am Fortune’s fool! -Shows how he is stupid I defy you stars!- shows how he is immature.
What problems/conflicts does this character face in the play? Falling in love with Juliet. Always in the middle of the fight and the problem. His personality changes instantly when his angry or he doesn't get what he wants. When he thinks his wife is dead and he runs blind to kill himself.
What decisions does this character have to make in the play and what does it show about their character? Not to fight Tybalt, stops Mercutio from fight Tybalt and then Mercutio dies, Romeo decide to fight Tybalt, he decided to kill Paris and himself as well, this shows that Romeo doesn’t think and he just does what he wants in moment.
Name: Juliet
Family: Capulet
Age: 13
Write down 5 words that describe this character’s personality:
1. Naive 2. Obedient 3. Immature 4. Smart 5. Childish
Write two dialogues spoken by the character that reveals this characters personality. O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable. O God, I have an ill-divining soul!
Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low,
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. What problems/conflicts does this character face in the play?
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