Romeo and juliet grow as they experience rites of passage. which of the two seems to have acquired greater maturity? explain.

Throughout the play, there is fluctuation of maturity and immaturity with Romeo and Juliet.

Explanation:

In the beginning, Juliet behaves very mature, agreeing to marry Paris even when she had no interest, however when she gets to know about Romeo with few hours together, the true age of Juliet is revealed and claims to fall in love with Romeo which is very immature of her.

The age of both Romeo and Juliet plays the immature role of both. Romeo who is simply emotional towards love shows the very stage of immaturity. Throughout the play, there is fluctuation of maturity and immaturity with Romeo and Juliet. They behave as a matured person when Juliet turns mature when she dies, she becomes a tragic heroine, the transition of Romeo is when he comes off his age and accidentally kills.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job