Romeo: Hopeless, Flighty Romantic

But soft! What light through yonder window
breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! (I, ii,
1-2)

Romeo is not only one of the two "star" characters of Romeo and Juliet, he is also a multifaceted character to boot. Aside from his knack of causing nearly every problem in the play (it's bad luck, he swears!) Romeo is also a hopeless romantic, befitting his name. He plays up Juliet's good traits until she seems almost goddeslike. However, he is also extremely flighty, seeing as how one night he was pining for Rosaline, and a few nights later sacrificing his life for his newfound wife, Juliet. Combining both of these traits results in him rushing into his relationship with Juliet, which further results in problems, including the death of Mercutio, Tybalt, and ultimately himself and Juliet. Romeo acts as a sort of hose from which love and problems instead of water spew every which way, as much in one direction as another with great force. Being the "plot hose" as I like to call him, Romeo is also the driving force behind the entire story, it is his flighty, sudden, and powerful love for Juliet that causes the deaths of five major characters. Without Romeo, the story would be extremely boring.