An emotion driven young man acts impulsively, resulting in his demise. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there is an emotional and impulsive young man named Romeo. Expect him to act very impulsively as he is in love with a girl named Juliet after being heart broken by Rosaline. This essay will discuss Romeo’s actions and how other people were affected by them. Romeo is controlled by his strong emotions that make him act impulsively. Romeo acts impulsively towards Juliet because of his strong feelings of love. Romeo wants Juliet to love him as strongly as he loves her “Th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine” (2.2.127). Romeo loves Juliet very emotionally and with his whole heart. Romeo wants to marry Juliet very badly so he asks for permission “On the fair daughter of rich …show more content…
Romeo wants to be approved to marry Juliet because he loves her very badly. Romeo is strongly in love with Juliet, causing him to act impulsively towards her and do anything he can to be with her. Romeo doesn't change throughout the story as he acts emotionally and impulsively no matter what outcome there is. He acts impulsively towards Juliet throughout the story as he lets his strong emotions take control of himself. Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet is dead “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.119-120). He drinks the poison to try to be with Juliet. Romeo’s choice to kill himself affected other people. Juliet stabs herself because Romeo killed himself “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die” (5.3.169-170). Juliet killed Romeo with a rusty dagger. Romeo’s impulsive decisions caused Juliet to take her own life. This essay talked about how Romeo let his emotions take control of him, ending up with him making impulsive decisions and
Romeo’s series of rapid decisions begins when his love struck character is shown immediately upon meeting Juliet. After attending the Capulet party, Romeo notices Juliet and says, “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear - / Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear” (Shakespeare 1.5.43-46). Romeo’s reaction demonstrates how he is transfixed on Juliet when he first sets eyes on her. He believes that he never fell in love until this very moment, not knowing his feelings are lustful. This causes him to want to marry her, not taking into account the many consequences that might occur. Furthermore, this act that Romeo does, illustrates how Romeo is a sensitive, easily infatuated character that loves hard. Thinking that Juliet is the one for him, Romeo makes a reckless decision to marry Juliet. He then goes to the Friar
Have you ever been in love at a young age? Was it filled with loyalty, blind love, and impulsive behavior? Well, that is the story of Romeo and Juliet, and their love for each other didn’t end well. Shakespeare uses blind love, impulsive behavior, and loyalty to critique young love by showing the outcomes of it. Romeo was impulsive when falling in love with Juliet because he didn’t even know anything about her and wanted to marry her already.
A simple decision can prove more fatal than death. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, characters have evidently not solved their conflicts very wisely because their decisions are based on their impassivity. One of the main characters in particular, Romeo Montague, seems to rely on his impulsiveness to resolve his conflicts. Throughout the play, Romeo makes very hasty decisions, which result in unnecessary negative consequences. Three conflicts that Romeo solves recklessly are: his struggle with love; the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues; and the forcefulness of love. To start, Romeo’s struggle with love is introduced.
Shortly after, Juliet awakens and discovers Romeo’s dead body, so she commits suicide with his blade instead of fleeing the scene. Only knowing each other for under a week, Romeo and Juliet’s decision to kill themselves for the other is the most impulsive in the entire play. As stated by the TED Talk: ”Insight Into the Teenage Brain”, the teenage brain is very responsive to its environment (Galvan). This parallels to Romeo and Juliet well because with Juliet, she over-responds to the environment of her dead husband and proceeds to kill herself instead of making the logical choice of running away. Romeo responds to Juliet’s “death” in almost the same way beforehand causing her actual death.
Romeo thought getting married and live a happily ever after was gonna turn out alright but he soon learns how harsh the world can be. This shapes his relationship with Juliet because they weren’t thinking how this was going to effect the rest of their short lives. Friar Lawrence said “Till holy church incorporate two in one” (2.6.37). Romeo had to lie to his family/friends about where he was going.
The theme of young love can be chaotic and destructive recurs throughout of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. To demonstrate, Romeo’s passion for Juliet overwhelms him and compels him to perform insane acts out of love. In like manner, Juliet’s devotion to Romeo triggers her own senseless behavior. Romeo’s infatuation for Juliet impels his reckless actions. First of all, Romeo would rather perish than endure without Juliet in his life.
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Romeo exhibits behaviour that could be interpreted as impulsive. He easily and shamelessly dates women, mourning when he is rejected. His unrequited love with Rosaline sends Romeo into a depression, only to be lifted by Juliet, whom he falls in love with instantaneously. This causes skepticism of Romeo’s love, and he is even questioned by Friar Lawrence, who claims that love is not as lenient as to allow Romeo to use women so frequently. Furthermore, Romeo is not in love with Juliet, but rather in lust, and his infatuation with her will ebb away, despite expressing his fondness of Juliet, and even promising to marry her, because his reason for being with her relies on Juliet’s appearance, her lack of experience, and his avidity to have a significant other.
Romeo’s emotional and rash persona causes the story of Romeo and Juliet to become a tragedy. Romeo did things without looking at the implications that would come along with his actions. Romeo decided to continue his relationship with Juliet even after he figures out she’s a Capulet, which means both of their parents wouldn’t be accepting and they had to keep their relationship a secrete. Furthermore, Romeo doesn’t stop to think about the implications killing Tybalt would have on his life and the people around him. Lastly, Romeo acts in a rash manner not hearing other viewpoints or explaining what he’s doing and why he’s doing it.
He's drawn to Juliet by her external appearance, his admiration of her seems to lack depth or consideration for her character beyond her physical appearance. Furthermore, Romeo expresses disbelief that he has ever experienced love before seeing Juliet. His immediate dismissal of his previous feelings displays his impulsiveness; he is quick to declare that his love for Juliet surpasses his love for Rosaline, despite only seeing her for a brief moment. The impulsive shift in his feelings reflects the immaturity of Romeo's emotions and his inability to differentiate between genuine love and infatuation. Secondly, the inability of Romeo and Juliet to find rational solutions to their conflicts reflects the theme of immaturity in navigating complex situations.
E: At the end of the lovers tale, Romeo is deeply distraught over his lover, Juliet’s, death and would do anything to be with her. So, Romeo does what any rational person in love during the Renaissance Italy time period would do; He drinks poison, killing himself. A: Romeo is a young irrational boy. He makes quick decisions and doesn’t think of the consequences those decisions will have. When Romeo decides to kill himself over a girl, it is no surprise. His freewill once again led to him making a mistake. This time the mistake is fatal to him (5.3.120-121). E: Juliet wakes up just moments after Romeo kills himself. She is terribly depressed by waking up to her husband dying. She grabs Romeo’s dagger and her life with it. A: Romeo wasn’t the only one to be affected by free will. Juliet followed in her husband’s footsteps and killed herself to be with him (5.3.168-171). L: Romeo and Juliet are very much alike in terms of making irrational decisions and they showed this by killing themselves to be
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. The story of the young lovers unfolds in the middle of the fighting of two families that hated each other for generations. It almost seems that the fate of their love is beyond their controll, however the choices they make throughout the play from their own freewill eventually will lead to their death. Romeo’s decisions are the catalyst for the tragedy.
Romeo is even more of a sensitive person when it comes to things involving Juliet. For example, when Romeo says to Juliet, “A thousand times the worse, to want thy light! Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, towards school with heavy looks.” (2.2.155-156), and this shows Romeo is very sensitive because all Romeo wants to do is make Juliet happy. Since Romeo isn’t used to having a girl love him back because of his history with Rosaline, he gets very excited to discover she loves him back. Romeo acts very impulsive when making decisions involving Juliet. Romeo says to Juliet, “Th’ exchange of thys love’s faithful vow for mine.” (2.2.127). This shows Romeo is impulsive because Romeo consistently makes impulsive decisions without thinking first. One of his major impulsive decisions was when he decided to marry Juliet after less than 12 hours of knowing her. Romeo isn’t the best decision maker, as he doesn’t think before he makes life changing
Romeo’s love for Juliet led to him making an impulsive decision as
The meddling parents, nurse, and friar made a huge impact on their decision to kill themselves so they could be together without any issues. But not only did the parents and other family figures take a part in their deaths so did their impulsiveness decision’s. Romeo and Juliet had a bad habit of reacting quickly without thinking before they did anything and that lead them to their graves. One of the most prominent themes throughout
Both protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, each have a set of tragic flaws. Romeo’s tragic flaw is his impetuous nature. His impetuosity can be expressed in many occasions when he makes rash decisions. The first example of this nature is his hasty desicion to quickly change the girl he loves in a few seconds. We start out the play with Romeo in love with Rosaline, a girl who will soon be joining the convent. As soon as Romeo lays eyes on fair, beautiful, adolescent Juliet, Rosaline is a story of the past. Another example of his impulsiveness is his rushing into marriage with Juliet. They had only met less than twenty four hours before they pledge love to one another before God. One conclusive example of Romeo’s hastyness is his ability to kill himself in a flash. After hearing from Balthasar that his fair Juliet was dead, he bought poison and rode off to see her. As soon as he sees her, he notices how she looks so alive, so much like she did a few days before. Romeo never put the two and two together. Quickly, he drinks the poison only to have Juliet awaken a few seconds later. Romeo’s rash descisions ended up killing him. Juliet also had a tragic flaw, loyalty. Juliet’s unwavering loyalty to Romeo, led to her tragic end. One example of this loyalty to Romeo is set throughout the entire play. Romeo was a Montague sworn enemy to Juliet’s family the Capulets. Juliet didn’t see Romeo as a Montague