Romeo and Juliet/Characters: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Characters.RomeoandJuliet 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Characters.RomeoandJuliet, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)
 
m (Mass update links)
Line 51: Line 51:
* [[Badass]]: Mercutio describes Tybalt this way to Benvolio.
* [[Badass]]: Mercutio describes Tybalt this way to Benvolio.
* [[Grumpy Bear]]
* [[Grumpy Bear]]
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: One gets the feeling that Tybalt could be... '' difficult'' to interact with.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: One gets the feeling that Tybalt could be... '' difficult'' to interact with.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Informed Ability]]: Is supposedly a perfect gentleman, beloved by his uncle and cousin, and the best friend that Juliet's nurse ever had. We get none of this from his three scenes.
* [[Informed Ability]]: Is supposedly a perfect gentleman, beloved by his uncle and cousin, and the best friend that Juliet's nurse ever had. We get none of this from his three scenes.
Line 57: Line 57:
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]
* [[Pride]]
* [[Pride]]
* [[Small Role Big Impact]]: As noted above, he has 3 scenes, but his actions turn the story from a [[Romantic Comedy]] into a tragedy where [[Kill Em All|most of the named characters die]].
* [[Small Role, Big Impact]]: As noted above, he has 3 scenes, but his actions turn the story from a [[Romantic Comedy]] into a tragedy where [[Kill'Em All|most of the named characters die]].
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Certainly in Baz Luhrmann's adaption according to [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|the opinion of many.]] Zeferelli's more playful, less vicious, Tybalt was also quite attractive.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Certainly in Baz Luhrmann's adaption according to [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|the opinion of many.]] Zeferelli's more playful, less vicious, Tybalt was also quite attractive.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSu-SvgJJk Szilveszter Szabo in the aforementioned Hungarian musical] is also pretty damn gorgeous.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSu-SvgJJk Szilveszter Szabo in the aforementioned Hungarian musical] is also pretty damn gorgeous.
Line 70: Line 70:
* [[The Chessmaster]]: He uses Romeo and Juliets relationship to end the conflict between the Montagues and Capulets.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: He uses Romeo and Juliets relationship to end the conflict between the Montagues and Capulets.
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: To Romeo, twice. First, he calls him out for falling for a girl he met a day ago while completely forgetting about Rose. Secondly, he calls out Romeo for his excessive [[Wangst]] and tells him to suck it up and go do something about it.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: To Romeo, twice. First, he calls him out for falling for a girl he met a day ago while completely forgetting about Rose. Secondly, he calls out Romeo for his excessive [[Wangst]] and tells him to suck it up and go do something about it.


== Paris ==
== Paris ==
Line 100: Line 100:
== Friar John ==
== Friar John ==
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Arguably Double Subverted. For the character whose failure to do a simple job drives the ultimate tragedy of the story, he has a grand total of four lines in the original work. But dang are those four lines important.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Arguably Double Subverted. For the character whose failure to do a simple job drives the ultimate tragedy of the story, he has a grand total of four lines in the original work. But dang are those four lines important.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: Because he stopped to get some company for the trip delivering Friar Lawrence's letter, he was locked up for fear of contracting the plague, and wasn't able to deliver the letter explaining that Juliet was alive to Romeo.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Because he stopped to get some company for the trip delivering Friar Lawrence's letter, he was locked up for fear of contracting the plague, and wasn't able to deliver the letter explaining that Juliet was alive to Romeo.


{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}