What does Romeo look like?

Young man around 18 years old with light brown hair. He is tall and towers over Friar Lawrence
Friar Lawrence
Friar Laurence is a friar who plays the part of a wise adviser to Romeo and Juliet, along with aiding in major plot developments. Alone, he foreshadows the later, tragic events of the play with his soliloquy about plants and their similarities to humans.
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. Romeo is handsome and has light blue eyes. He always seems to be thinking about something, either Juliet or at first Rosaline.
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How is Romeo described?

Romeo is a young, passionate and impulsive character. When we first meet him he is heartbroken because Rosaline does not return the love he has for her. However, things change as soon as he meets Juliet at the party.
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Is Romeo black?

Romeo is Black, but his father is not. In fact, the Montagues, Capulets, and royals of Verona have families that are more diverse than entire seasons of Girls. Juliet is white but her cousins, Rosaline and Livia, are Black. Prince Escalus is Black and so was his father.
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What is Romeo's background?

The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence. Forced into exile after slaying Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo commits suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death.
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How old was Romeo?

In Shakespeare's original story, Romeo is given the age of 16 years and Juliet is given the age of 13 years.
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Are Romeo and Juliet real?

The story is, indeed, based on the life of two real lovers who lived and died for each other in Verona, Italy in 1303. Shakespeare is known to have discovered this tragic love story in Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem entitled “The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet”.
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What race were Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays.
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Is Romeo creepy?

Romeo is also a little creepy

Nonetheless, he sneaks in and that's how he first meets his beloved. Basically, he's a total creeper. Also, it's a little bit creepy to hang out in the bushes outside your crush's house, which is exactly what Romeo is doing just before Juliet gives her famous balcony love speech.
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Does Romeo have blue eyes?

Romeo and Juliet have brown eyes, but have blue-eyed fathers. They decide to have four children.
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What color is Romeo in Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo is represented as a dynamic animated communicator. Romeo believed that his heart was set on Juliet's so he decided that marriage would be the best thing for them. The quote that showed Romeo's true color, orange, is found in act 2, scene 3, lines 57-64, page 1075.
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What is the color of Juliet's eyes?

Romeo has brown eyes and black hair. Juliet has blue eyes, and blonde hair.
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What is Romeo like before he meets Juliet?

Before he meets Juliet, Romeo is melancholy and depressed. He is pining for a girl named Rosaline who he claims to be in love with but his love is unreciprocated. After he meets Juliet, he immediately forgets about Rosaline and falls in love with Juliet.
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Who is stronger Romeo or Juliet?

Throughout the play, Shakespeare's depicted Juliet as a much stronger character than Romeo through her personality and actions displayed.
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Is Romeo a round or flat character?

Romeo and Juliet are round characters.
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Is Romeo a black man?

Even in a multiracial city, the most beautiful girl is still the embodiment of white femininity. Romeo, however, is portrayed as a young Black man, which adds a layer to the pushback against his union with Juliet.
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Is there a black Romeo and Juliet?

The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline. The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.
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Is there a black version of Romeo and Juliet?

Adaptations of William Shakespeare's story have been done time and time again, from the musical “West Side Story” to Braz Luhrmann's “Romeo + Juliet.” Now comes the newest Belgian adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, “Black”, directed by Adil Del Arbi and Billal Fallah, which premiered at SXSW.
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Is Juliet almost 14?

Juliet is thirteen, but the word “thirteen” never appears in Romeo and Juliet . Instead we are repeatedly told that she is not yet fourteen. The fact that Juliet's father is looking forward to a birthday she will never reach emphasizes that Juliet's life is cut very short.
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How old were Romeo and Juliet in the movie?

Because actors ostensibly need training and skill to navigate Shakespeare's words, most productions of Romeo and Juliet cast performers who are older than the characters as he wrote them: Juliet is 13 (“she hath not seen the change of fourteen years,” according to her father); Romeo's age is unspecified, but he's ...
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Was Juliet a real person?

Even though Juliet Capulet is a fictional character created by Shakespeare, millions worship her as a love goddess.
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How old was Romeo when Juliet died?

Romeo and Juliet were teenagers when they died in the play Romeo and Juliet, with Juliet being thirteen years old, nearly fourteen.
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Who Killed Romeo and Juliet?

Friar Laurence, The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet is the Romeo and Juliet story told from the perspective of Friar Laurence.
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How Romeo Juliet died?

Romeo takes his poison and dies, while Juliet awakens from her drugged coma. She learns what has happened from Friar Laurence, but she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself.
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