Romeo's Relationships with others in Romeo and Juliet
Relationships: Romeo's relationships between other characters in the play Romeo and Juliet consist of interaction between his friends Mercutio and Benvolio, Friar Lawrence the priest who married the two, and of course his intimate lover Juliet.
Juliet Capulet: Juliet was Romeo's foreseen lover. They fell in love, not knowing they were apart of each other's family rivalries. Their relationship conceived of a intimate and cherished love relationship that was captured at first sight, at a party where Romeo was supposedly looking for another woman. Romeo's relationship with Juliet lasted only a couple of days as it eventually lead to the tragedy of taking their lives for each other. Juliet being Romeo's lover, made his attributes very different in terms of personality wise as his divine relationship with her made Romeo think that she was his one true love.
Benvolio: Romeo and Benvolio are cousins and members of the house of Montague, as Benvolio consists of Sir Montague's (Romeo's father) nephew. As perceived in the play, they are dear friends and do not secrete information from each other when something is needed to know. Romeo and Benvolio console each other when they have to facade predicaments and unravel them together. Benvolio's personality is peaceful such as when a battle erupts, Benvolio constantly tries to tranquil the situation. This links with Romeo's personality as he is also common in personality. This is seen when Tybalt confronts Romeo to a duel, while Romeo tries to reason with him and calm him down. Within their alike personalities, it is observant that they share most secrets, remain close, keep each other company creating a concealed friendship and as a bonus, are cousins. At the end of the play, Romeo's relation with Benvolio doesn't alter and they remain superior friends as they part their ways whilst Romeo says his final goodbyes to Benvolio telling him that Romeo plans to lay his life amongst Juliet.
Mercutio: Mercutio's relationship with Romeo is that he's Romeo's best friend, but beyond that, Mercutio also serves as Romeo's dramatic outwit. Romeo's relations among Mercutio consisted of a bond of friendship as they hung out together as fellow acquaintances and regularly spent their time about each other chatting from their interests to their thoughts, particularly women. Although Mercutio was the precise opposite of Romeo, not deficient to plummet in love with women but interact sexually, he would make cruel, sexual comments about Romeo's fantasy with Juliet however Romeo seemed to get along with Mercutio's jokes as he did not mind his humorous side, parting at the back the offensive parts of his tales. Hence, this pairing shows us just what superior friends Romeo and Mercutio are. It also shows us that Romeo has acknowledged Mercutio's vulgar and pessimistic personality, even if it is opposed to his own.
Friar Lawrence: Friar Lawrence and his relationship with Romeo started with Romeo and Juliet's isolation, as they had no-where to turn to about exposing their love. Therefore, Romeo turned to the Friar who offered impartial guidance. At first, Friar Lawrence couldn't entirely comprehend how rapidly Romeo had abandoned Rosaline and fallen in love with Juliet, so he recognises Romeo of the abruptness of his verdicts. The Friar constantly used stressed language to expand his cautions to Romeo about how his suddenness of the marriage had consequences by keeping it in secrecy, due to both their families' ignorance. However, The Friar seemed to think about how their marriage might end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, therefore he consents to wed Romeo and Juliet in hope that their marriage will mend the cleft. This interaction with the Friar made Romeo's tragedy partially his to blame, although nobody within the Montagues (Romeo's parents) conceived of it. Romeo's relationship with Friar Lawrence was that he was the one that Romeo went to foremost in requesting to wed himself and Juliet. Friar Lawrence was Romeo's first choice in this sudden state of affairs, consequently making Friar Lawrence significant in the mind of Romeo and their relationship, which initially lead to Romeo's death.
Juliet Capulet: Juliet was Romeo's foreseen lover. They fell in love, not knowing they were apart of each other's family rivalries. Their relationship conceived of a intimate and cherished love relationship that was captured at first sight, at a party where Romeo was supposedly looking for another woman. Romeo's relationship with Juliet lasted only a couple of days as it eventually lead to the tragedy of taking their lives for each other. Juliet being Romeo's lover, made his attributes very different in terms of personality wise as his divine relationship with her made Romeo think that she was his one true love.
Benvolio: Romeo and Benvolio are cousins and members of the house of Montague, as Benvolio consists of Sir Montague's (Romeo's father) nephew. As perceived in the play, they are dear friends and do not secrete information from each other when something is needed to know. Romeo and Benvolio console each other when they have to facade predicaments and unravel them together. Benvolio's personality is peaceful such as when a battle erupts, Benvolio constantly tries to tranquil the situation. This links with Romeo's personality as he is also common in personality. This is seen when Tybalt confronts Romeo to a duel, while Romeo tries to reason with him and calm him down. Within their alike personalities, it is observant that they share most secrets, remain close, keep each other company creating a concealed friendship and as a bonus, are cousins. At the end of the play, Romeo's relation with Benvolio doesn't alter and they remain superior friends as they part their ways whilst Romeo says his final goodbyes to Benvolio telling him that Romeo plans to lay his life amongst Juliet.
Mercutio: Mercutio's relationship with Romeo is that he's Romeo's best friend, but beyond that, Mercutio also serves as Romeo's dramatic outwit. Romeo's relations among Mercutio consisted of a bond of friendship as they hung out together as fellow acquaintances and regularly spent their time about each other chatting from their interests to their thoughts, particularly women. Although Mercutio was the precise opposite of Romeo, not deficient to plummet in love with women but interact sexually, he would make cruel, sexual comments about Romeo's fantasy with Juliet however Romeo seemed to get along with Mercutio's jokes as he did not mind his humorous side, parting at the back the offensive parts of his tales. Hence, this pairing shows us just what superior friends Romeo and Mercutio are. It also shows us that Romeo has acknowledged Mercutio's vulgar and pessimistic personality, even if it is opposed to his own.
Friar Lawrence: Friar Lawrence and his relationship with Romeo started with Romeo and Juliet's isolation, as they had no-where to turn to about exposing their love. Therefore, Romeo turned to the Friar who offered impartial guidance. At first, Friar Lawrence couldn't entirely comprehend how rapidly Romeo had abandoned Rosaline and fallen in love with Juliet, so he recognises Romeo of the abruptness of his verdicts. The Friar constantly used stressed language to expand his cautions to Romeo about how his suddenness of the marriage had consequences by keeping it in secrecy, due to both their families' ignorance. However, The Friar seemed to think about how their marriage might end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, therefore he consents to wed Romeo and Juliet in hope that their marriage will mend the cleft. This interaction with the Friar made Romeo's tragedy partially his to blame, although nobody within the Montagues (Romeo's parents) conceived of it. Romeo's relationship with Friar Lawrence was that he was the one that Romeo went to foremost in requesting to wed himself and Juliet. Friar Lawrence was Romeo's first choice in this sudden state of affairs, consequently making Friar Lawrence significant in the mind of Romeo and their relationship, which initially lead to Romeo's death.