Impetuous decisions have serious consequences. Allowing passion and emotion to dominate gives one the opportunity to affect the decisions one makes. A love with the influential abilities to alter opinions and decisions must be one that allows no room for rationality. In William Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s blinding love for each other clouds all reason. Therefore, they create their own “fate” of destruction. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the impulsiveness and recklessness caused by the passion between both characters are their demise, along with Romeo’s unwillingness to take charge of his destiny.…
“What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee…” In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, a story about two feuding families and the main couples of the families children fall in love each other, and then they die tragic deaths because they fell like they can’t be together. There are characters that show that Tybalt was the spark through their words and actions, and they include Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt himself. Ultimately, Tybalt was the spark the flames of the families feud.…
Hate is a leading theme in Romeo and Juliet, influencing the outcome of the play. Hate is shown in numerous occasions, between…
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is one of the only characters who takes time to think over her decisions. In addition to this, she sticks to the choices she makes despite anyone else’s input. This is shown through Juliet’s thoughts when her mother speaks ill of her one true love, Romeo. When her mother regards Romeo as a “villain” for murdering Juliet’s cousin, Juliet says “Villain and he be many miles asunder. - God pardon him! I do, with all my heart” (3.5.85-86). In this quote, Juliet is expressing how she forgives Romeo for what he had done and that she does not think of him as a villain. Her saying this shows her fidelity and devotion to Romeo. Her lover for him is so strong that she is willing to forgive him for…
Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is about Romeo, a passionate young man that tends to act hastily and rashly. Friar Lawerence advises him to behave more moderately to avoid danger and mistakes. Yet Romeo does not listen. There are many times throughout the play where Romeo could have avoided a bad situation if he had only listened to the Friar. Romeo falls in love with Juliet Capulet, a member of the rivaling family, and Romeo decides to marry her within 24 hours of meeting her without consulting with anyone. This is not the first time Romeo has fallen in love so quickly. Before Juliet, he was in love with a girl name Rosaline but he quickly changes his mind when he meets Juliet. Romeo's hastiness and emotional unstability will affect him negatively and lead to his demise.…
A love as great as thine can not be grasped even by Deaths icy hand!…
“Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford / No better term than this: thou art a villain” (III.i.57-58) Of this rivalry Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, was the main turbulence as here he is bluntly calling Romeo a villain with no true reasoning other than he bears the name of Montague. This childish name-calling escalates into murder as the result is both Tybalt and a friend of Romeo’s demise. As all deaths are part in Shakespeare’s choreography these rivalry results were not accidental, but purposeful to lead to the lovers’…
Youth must often suffer for parents' mistakes and the children involved in the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", suffer greatly for them. The parents of the Capulet and Montague families channeled energy into a very destructive, tragic outcome. Being too late to correct this negative behavior of hatred, disregard of feelings, and manipulation results in the most tragic events of all and the worst fear of any parent: the death of their child.…
Elizabeth Gilbert, an author once stated "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. Elizabeth Gilbert. This quote speaks a message about life, how a person’s emotions have complete control of your actions and vice versa. Most people continue to wonder why these emotions happen in the first place and how simple emotions may lead to huge decision making. In the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, it explains the journey of two star-crossed lovers and their difficulties that are created by strong emotions, such as their passion and desperation.…
Fortune, destiny, chance and the stars, there are many references to a larger power out of the character’s control. Although many of Shakespeare's mentions are one line, they come after powerful and relevant scenes and add depth to the character’s emotions and leave a greater impact. However they do not excuse the fact that the character is responsible for what they have wrought. For example Romeo after he had killed Tybalt yells, “O’ I am Fortune's fool!”(3.1-142) Here it is not fate that's pulling the lovers apart it is Romeo's foolishness. Romeo killing Tybalt after interfering with the Capulet and Mercutio fight was Romeo’s choice. It was out of his control that Tybalt sought him out, but his death is on Romeo’s head. The last scene of…
This play is a tale of two lovers, tied together by death due to ancient family hostility. Throughout the play, this couple, madly in love, made every effort to see each other. The love-struck pair secretly wed and planned to escape Verona together. Despite their families’ many quarrels, true love prevailed; they died in each other’s embraces and the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet, a sweetly painful drama, Shakespeare uses metaphors, oxymorons, and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions.…
Capulet in the Classic Shakespearean play of Romeo and Juliet displays a mixture of qualities rather than conveying a sense of consistency of action.…
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” (brainyquote). These are some well known words spoken by the great leader Mahatma Gandhi. This quote directly ties in with the theme of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play takes place during the Middle Ages in beautiful Verona. Here, a long term feud, which no one remembers the cause of, has been going on between the Capulets and Montagues. They are the families of the main characters. There is a lot of hate and violence present between the two sides. However, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, the two main characters of the play, fall deeply in love with each other. Romeo and Juliet is a story of their love and death, and the long fight between their families. While…
Hate impacts society more than love because hate can affect people directly and indirectly.In Romeo and Juliet early on we learn that two families hate each other the montagues and capulets Romeo is a montague and Juliet is a capulet. Their families ancient grudge causes a downward spiral of death and sadness throughout the whole story and everybody is affected in a negative way because of the families grudge. In the story a young couple falls madly in love but their love is denied by multiple obstacles leading back to their families grudge.…
“I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown/But to rejoice in splendor of mine own” (I.II.100-101). In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo, a heartbroken man, desperately tries to find a way out of his depression. Benvolio encourages Romeo to attend a party in which he meets his star-crossed lover, Juliet. Due to Benvolio’s encouragement, Romeo was doomed to both his and Juliet’s tragic end. If it were not for Benvolio’s words and actions of encouraging Romeo to go to the Capulet’s and meet another woman, these devastating events would have never occurred.…