Romeo and Juliet Draft

William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” contains many different representations of love, some of which are based entirely on looks, and others seem to be more in depth. Love based entirely on looks is called lust. In “Romeo and Juliet”, impulsiveness is a tragic flaw present in the characters Romeo, Juliet, Lord Capulet, and Friar Laurence. Romeo’s impulsiveness is found in his reaction after the Prince banished him. Juliet shows impulsiveness with her willingness to partake in Friar’s plan, and kill herself if everything fails. Lord Capulet’s reaction when Juliet objects to the wedding. Their impulsiveness leads up to the upcoming tragedy of the play. To begin with, Romeo’s newly banishment proves that impulsiveness is present in him. On page 68 Romeo says “...as that name’s cursed hand murdered her kinsman….tell me, that I may sack the hateful mansion. Draws his dagger.” (III.iii.109-113). After the Nurse arrived at Friar Laurence’s cell to fetch Romeo and tell him about Juliet, he feels even worse about killing Tybalt and being banished that he was ready to kill himself. Just before that, he was going on and on about how being banished is like death, “There is no world without Verona walls but purgatory, torture, and hell itself…..Then ‘banishment’ is death misterm’d.” (III.iii.18-24) In addition, Juliet’s willingness to partake in Friar’s plan and to kill herself if everything fails shows how impulsive she truly is. As Juliet states on pages 84 and 85 just before she takes the potion Friar gives her to prevent her from marrying Paris since she has already married Romeo, “Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning? No, No! This shall forbid it. Lie thou there. Lays down a dagger.” (IV.iii.21-24). Juliet was ready to permanently kill herself if this plan didn’t work. She is so in love with Romeo that being with anyone else would be a tragedy. The potion she takes will make her look dead for 42 hours and