One of Shakespeare’s motifs from the story Romeo and Juliet is rushing. A way that Shakespeare uses rushing is when Juliet is waiting on Romeo to come. She wants to see him so very bad because she misses him. She says as an aside, “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, / Take him and cut him out in little stars” (Shakespeare, 3.2.21-2). She yearns for Romeo. Shakespeare uses rushing in this context because she’s being impatient because she wants to see him, which results in everyone needing to rush for her. Another way rushing is used in the story is when Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead even though she really wasn’t. The example of rushing comes in when Romeo tells the person he’s with, “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars! / Thou
To think or not to think; that is the question. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Frair warns Romeo, “wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast”. Many people tend to not slow down to think through their decisions, adopting the “You Only Live Once” motto. “Living in the moment” or moving too fast could be potentially dangerous. Romeo and Juliet moved too he fast and they ended up dead. If you move too fast in modern life you could get in serious trouble and in some cases, lose your life as so it happened to Romeo and Juliet.
“Wisely and slow” – a snare. They stumble that run fast” (2.3.95-96). A quote from Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, who is telling Romeo to slow down and think before he rushes into anything. This advice is meaningful, but not one person in the play seems to adhere to it. Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris, Lady Capulet being emotionally distant, and Friar Laurence giving Juliet the poison all directly impacted their deaths In the beginning of the play, Lord Capulet is shown as a great father, but that all changes in Scene five.
He isolates himself from the merrymaking both socially and physically in his refusal to dance and banter with Mercutio. Upon request by Mercutio to dance, Romeo replies by saying ‘I have a soul of lead’, connotations of lead being heavy, therefore disabling him to move, but also poisonous. This idea sustains the theory that Rosaline has deprived and made him suffer, to the degree of poison, also supporting Romeo’s melodramatic nature. Romeo spends his time, not pursuing Rosaline, but despairing ‘under love's heavy burden I do sink’. Once again, Romeo’s over metaphoric and dramatic nature describes how he is being weighed down by the symbolic weight of being out of love. It begs the question, is Romeo simply in love with the sadness of being out of it.
“The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste”. Haste is a major theme shown throughout William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Many of the characters were impetuous in their actions and as a result, the consequences were tragic. The play itself unfolds throughout 4 short days. Lord Capulet was too eager in his desire for Juliet’s marriage to Paris, which ultimately led to her betrayal. Romeo’s rash decision to fall in love with Juliet soon became fatal. Juliet’s impulsive decision to avoid marriage ended her own life.
Rushing and taking impulsive actions can be goo sometimes, but mostly can lead to a downfall. I Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, readers enter he city of Verona and observe two lover struggle to keep there love alive. In William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet, the lover’s own decisions to rush marriage, family member deaths, and dying for each other revel how impulsive choices lead to their untimely death.
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, an abundance of internal conflict weaves through the plot line of the story. For example, Romeo travels to Friar Lawrence’s cell to pronounce his love for Juliet, a Montague. In addition, he asks the Friar to marry them. Friar Lawrence, skeptical, weighs the consequences in his head because the decision could change the fate of everyone in Verona. He expresses to Romeo that “They stumble who run fast” (2.3.101), however he agrees to perform the ceremony “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn [their] households' rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99). In these lines, the Friar has internal conflict for he does not want the situation to go awry. Shakespeare uses this unsureness
Illustrate the way in which characters in Romeo and Juliet act in haste and show how this behavior contributes to tragedy.
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives the many” - Phaedrus. This was the case with Juliet Capulet. She may appear to the crowd as a radiant damsel, but it was what was inside of her that produced the outcome of Romeo and Juliet. The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet is based on two young lovers from feuding families that despise each other. Only a few days after they meet they get married, separated, and then they both ending up committing suicide because they couldn’t see each other. Throughout the story Juliet exhibits a multitude of trates. Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is a character that displays impulsiveness, foolhardiness, and tenacity.
Occasionally everyone makes atrocious decisions, and usually, these choices do not cause an enormous negative impact on their future. In the classic Romeo and Juliet, the outcome of the characters’ demise is a result of their fast pace-decisions, their ignorance/assumptions, and their lack of ability in accepting responsibility.
The world moves so fast, but the haste in people’s decisions lead to dreadful consequences. These haste decisions have become the downfall of the world. This is shown in the play “Romeo & Juliet”, where two star-crossed lovers are forced to keep their love a secret from their families. Also forcing them to get married in secret then to never live together. Shakespeare shows the audience how making hasty decisions may lead to dire consequences through Juliet’s decision to marry Romeo, Juliet’s choice to drink the potion given to her by Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s decision to kill herself with Romeo’s dagger.
“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error”(Moliere). This quote mirrors a theme in William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. This play is about two lovers from opposing families which make a series of reckless decisions which lead to the death of many people including themselves. In William Shakespeare’s play, he conveys through the motif of hasty decisions that, while the quick decisions which are caused by emotions may seem appealing, ultimately these decisions have repercussions and lead to violence of others. Lust, hatred, and sadness are all emotions which have immense consequences when they guide one’s decisions.
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet fall in love when they are forbidden to be together. Romeo and Juliet then almost immediately get married which sets the plot for the rest of the play. This forbidden love and hasteful relationship ultimately leads to the demise of both Romeo and Juliet as well as many others throughout the play. The motif of haste in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is developed by the act of foreshadowing and the use of imagery to convey how hasteful actions can lead to one's demise.
The hasty decisions from Romeo and Juliet result in their tragedy. For example, they decide to get married so quickly. When Romeo is talking to the Friar about marrying Juliet and him, the Friar states, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.”(2.3.94). The Friar is explaining that slow, thought out decisions will be successful,
In Romeo and Juliet and in life, hasty decisions can heavily affect the outcome of the story and your life. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, hasty decisions heavily affect the tragic outcome of the play. One of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet is a play about two star-crossed lovers who will go through anything to be with each other. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare reveals how hasty decisions can lead to catastrophe through events such as Romeo’s exile, Tybalt’s death, and the two star-crossed lover’s death.
In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, main character Romeo is proven desperate when Rosaline does not sleep with Romeo, and he falls into a deep depression. This happens in Act 1, when Romeo says “Ay me! Sad hours seem so long. Was that my father that went hence so fast?” (1.1.118-119). The main speaker is Romeo, directing his statement at Benvolio.