Rude Will Vs. Grace In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
Rude Will vs. Grace
Essay
ENG 2D1
Ms. Jeon
Shazi Syed
Rude will can be described as emotional behavior, while grace is referred to as rational behavior, ironically these two elements bound together in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to create love. During the starting of the play, Juliet was a shy girl, always obedient and discreet she represents grace. Romeo on the other hand, was ignorant, foolish, rebellious, and irrational, he tends to show a spontaneous character and thus represents rude will. Once the balance between rude will versus grace is disrupted, the situation becomes dangerous, destructive, and unpredictable. In the play Romeo and Juliet, rude will versus grace illustrates the conflict between rational and irrational …show more content…
Romeo has a habit of falling in and out of love, he tends to have a lack of commitment to one person and exaggerate his feelings and impulses. When Romeo went to the Capulet's party and saw Juliet for the first time he immediately forgot about Rosaline and fell in love with Juliet as he stated, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night (1.5.59-61). He questioned himself if he had ever loved anyone before that night, and if so, then his eyes must have lied, because he had never seen anyone before that night. Earlier that same day Romeo had been sobbing over Rosaline and soon as he saw Juliet he had completely forgotten about his last love. This depicts Romeo's habit and character of falling in and out of love and having little commitment to one person since his depression over Rosaline was quickly shattered when he saw Juliet. Another part of Romeo's character is that he is illogical and decides too much on instinct instead of sense as he took vengeance on Tybalt for killing Mercutio , "Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again that lay thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above or heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I or both must go with him. Although Romeo's friend Mercutio was slain by Tybalt, it was no reason for Romeo to justify his reason for killing him out of vengeance. Thus, proving that Romeo killed Tybalt through his spontaneous character and not reason, Romeo's act jus further magnified his tendency to make irrational decisions and exaggerate his reactions and not thinking about the consequences. During the end of the play, in Act 5, scenes 1 -2 Balthasar thought Juliet was dead and informed Romeo. Without stopping to
Essay
ENG 2D1
Ms. Jeon
Shazi Syed
Rude will can be described as emotional behavior, while grace is referred to as rational behavior, ironically these two elements bound together in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to create love. During the starting of the play, Juliet was a shy girl, always obedient and discreet she represents grace. Romeo on the other hand, was ignorant, foolish, rebellious, and irrational, he tends to show a spontaneous character and thus represents rude will. Once the balance between rude will versus grace is disrupted, the situation becomes dangerous, destructive, and unpredictable. In the play Romeo and Juliet, rude will versus grace illustrates the conflict between rational and irrational …show more content…
Romeo has a habit of falling in and out of love, he tends to have a lack of commitment to one person and exaggerate his feelings and impulses. When Romeo went to the Capulet's party and saw Juliet for the first time he immediately forgot about Rosaline and fell in love with Juliet as he stated, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night (1.5.59-61). He questioned himself if he had ever loved anyone before that night, and if so, then his eyes must have lied, because he had never seen anyone before that night. Earlier that same day Romeo had been sobbing over Rosaline and soon as he saw Juliet he had completely forgotten about his last love. This depicts Romeo's habit and character of falling in and out of love and having little commitment to one person since his depression over Rosaline was quickly shattered when he saw Juliet. Another part of Romeo's character is that he is illogical and decides too much on instinct instead of sense as he took vengeance on Tybalt for killing Mercutio , "Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again that lay thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above or heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I or both must go with him. Although Romeo's friend Mercutio was slain by Tybalt, it was no reason for Romeo to justify his reason for killing him out of vengeance. Thus, proving that Romeo killed Tybalt through his spontaneous character and not reason, Romeo's act jus further magnified his tendency to make irrational decisions and exaggerate his reactions and not thinking about the consequences. During the end of the play, in Act 5, scenes 1 -2 Balthasar thought Juliet was dead and informed Romeo. Without stopping to