Such a force like true love can affect the actions that one takes to remain together, even in death. Actions like these are emotionally driven, since love brainwashes one to follow each other into dangerous actions. Because of lovers’ willingness, destiny leads one no choice but to keep following. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, both partners took great measures for one another, giving no thought to what will happen next; this affected the course of actions, because fate led them to an inevitable outcome, which was death. If both Romeo and Juliet were not so willing to die for each other, nature would not drive them to a condition where their only answer was death. Throughout references to emotionally driven actions in The Tragedy of Romeo …show more content…
Prior to Juliet killing herself for love, Romeo was placed in the same situation. By choosing the most lethal poison in order for him to die, it illustrates his desperation and haste to perish along with Juliet. Playing a vital role in this situation, fate led the two lovers to the point where a desperate and quick actions were meant to be taken, or else they would be separated for life. As Romeo prepares to die with Juliet in his arms, he thinks to himself, “ Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on/ the dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! / Here’s to my love.. O true apothecary, / Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Shakespeare V iii 117-120). Because of all of the tragic events destiny caused to happen, Romeo had no reason to still live; therefore, he chose the deadliest poison as a symbol for his willingness. Thinking fate wanted them to split apart, Romeo’s stubborn and hasteful personality led him to his real fate—staying with Juliet. Before Romeo chose to commit this treacherous act of suicide, “His mind reverts to the sea that had come, as if unsummoned, when he had first declared his love...only this time the image draws together violent desperation and decisive control” (Brown 12). Comparing to Juliet, Romeo also chooses the course of dying for his love. By repeating what was said the first time he declared his love to Juliet, there is an ongoing theme of the love never being lost along with their …show more content…
By stating all of these exaggerated actions they would do, fate caused nature to make all of their requests actually happen. After Juliet cries to Friar to get out of Paris’ marriage, she states all of the measures she would take if she was not with Romeo. She proposed to “...bid [her] go into a new-made grave/… and [she] will do it without fear or doubt, / to live an unstained wife to my sweet love” (Shakespeare II i 85-90). This affected fate to follow of her requests, and allow her to end up with Romeo to be an ‘unstained wife.’ Juliet’s desperation also depicts her reliance on fate to lead her to Romeo and willingness to follow its path wherever it leads her. Similar to Juliet, when Romeo receives the message of the deadly Juliet, he reacts very quickly to decide to harm himself. After his servant tells him the tragic news, he exclaims, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. /Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift/ To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!/ I do remember an apothecary...” (Shakespeare V i 37-40). Both lovers do not think about their actions before they react, which affects many aspects of fate; “Thus the coincidences and calamities continue to mount at a rapid pace, with the greatest haste so that he may lie beside her” ( Bloom ). The briskness of both lovers’ actions show their strong desperation to stay together even if it means going through dangerous
Once Romeo got the news that Juliet was ‘dead’ he was devastated and went to get apothecary poisonous potion to kill himself instantly, instead of waiting for Friar Lawrence to get there. In the Play Shakespeare stated that “Come, bitter poison, come, unsavory guide! You desperate pilot, let’s crash this sea-weary ship into the rocks! Here’s to my love! ROMEO drinks the poison. Oh, that pharmacist was honest! His drugs work quickly. So I die with a kiss.” (Act 5, Scene 2, Line 120-125) . Romeo drinks the potion and It immediately kills him. Romeo drinks it because he thinks that Juliet is dead but she’s just faking it. He kills himself just before she wakes up from her ‘death’. Romeo thinks that drinking this potion will increase his love for Juliet, but it does nothing for him but make him die for a girl he barely even
By hearing this Romeo had lost hope and felt that there was nothing left as he had just "lost" his wife to death. He then presumed to go to the tomb in which she was buried and went to the apothecary to buy poison to kill himself because Juliet had died. " Here's to my love! [drinks] O true apothecary!
As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive.
Immediately after he heard that Juliet was “dead,” Romeo cried, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight./ Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift/ To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!/ I do remember an apothecary.” Feeling hopeless and desperate without Juliet, Romeo made the impulsive decision of buying a deleterious potion in order for him to die beside his lover. His hasty manners caused him to make an abrupt choice of committing suicide in the spur of the moment. Because Juliet woke up moments later only to find Romeo dead beside her, she too, felt that life was unbearable without her lover and ended up stabbing herself. Had Romeo patiently thought through his actions instead of violently acting on impulse, both he and Juliet could have lived. Therefore, their deaths was not a result of fate, for Romeo had hastily decided to poison himself before he could receive the message of the hoax and Juliet ultimately chose to stab herself once she woke up to see that Romeo had misunderstood the situation and killed himself beside
The character Romeo is displayed as a loving, kind hearted person and someone who is very emotional. This is shown when he is found crying in the forest at dawn because of Roseline, and he showed his courage when parting away from his friends and going to see Juliet at her house after the party;however, Romeo also has a change of heart later in the work, in which he expresses fury and hatred and makes many choices without thinking about the consequences. When Romeo finds out that his wife Juliet had died, he comes back in a fit of rage and goes to visit a chemist and persuades him to sell him a poison and he goes to visit Juliet (5,1, 61-78). This is an indication that he is expressing
Romeo and Juliet ended up the way they did due to fate. The fate was that Romeo and Juliet could never be together. The letter with the plan of Juliet's fake death, that never got to Romeo is an example of fate. This is fate due to the fact that there was nothing either, Romeo or Juliet could have done better to make sure the letter got delivered. " I couldn’t send it.
Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.”(Act 2, Scene 4) This means that Romeo knew he needed time for his heart to mend, but chose to ignore it, and rush into a relationship with Juliet. This was a very poor decision made by Romeo because he specifically knew that he was broken and not stable for a relationship. Thus leading the two towards the tragedy of their deaths. On the other hand, Romeo was not the only one who had the choice to alter the course of the two lovers. After Juliet found out about the plans to have Paris marry her. She acted out of impulse and through together a crazy plan that had many risky outcomes. Obviously, there were many better plans that Juliet could have taken instead of a fake death. As Romeo is leaving, Juliet fears that the next time she sees Romeo he will be dead. This shows that Juliet overlooked her gut feeling that told her the plan wouldn't work and would ultimately have both of them dead. In the long run, the most important decision in the whole play of Romeo and Juliet was Romeo’s choice of suicide.
O, true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” Romeo killed himself because he couldn’t control his emotions but if he would’ve waited just a tad bit longer he would’ve gotten to be with Juliet. Romeos actions killed his mother Act V scene 3 lines 210-211
Not only are the Friar's actions ironic (giving Juliet a potion that imitates death for her to live, only to have her die in the end) and foreshadow events to come, but he also makes a reference to fate as he goes to fetch Juliet from the tomb; he says, “[Juliet], come from that nest / Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep: / A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.” (Shakespeare V.iii.151-4) The Friar blames this tragedy on fate when he says “a greater power...hath thwarted our intents.” This meeting was obviously doomed from the start because of fate, and the irony and foreshadowing make it very clear. Critic Ruth Nevo claims that,“The powerful irony of [Romeo’s] death scene is that as he swallows his fatal potion he is in fact nearer the fulfillment of his heart’s desire than at any other moment in the course of the drama.” (Nevo 249). As Nevo states that Romeo “is in fact nearer the fulfillment of his heart’s desire than at any other moment in the course of the drama” it is basically suggested that Romeo would never had had the chance to be with Juliet. They have formed a literal asymptote with the line that is happiness together, separated only by fate. Also, the irony of Romeo's death scene, which is mentioned above, strengthens the claim that they would have
After Romeo drank the poison he said “Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.120) Juliet then woke up and killed herself because she saw that Romeo was dead. This very big tragedy happened because of the family
Fate is the cause of inevitable outcomes destined to happen. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are impacted by the effects of fate. However, human factors caused by free will profoundly affect the tragedy of their love. Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated lives made them destined to die due to fate. Although their death has been written by fate, Lord Capulet, Tybalt, and Friar Laurence have influenced their death in many ways.
When Romeo finds Juliet “dead” in the mausoleum, he is so miserable that he drinks the poison given from the apothecary, because he cannot live his life without his true one and one and only love, Juliet. “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Act V.iii, 129-131) After Juliet wakes up after the forty-two hours from the drink in the vial, she looks around and discovers Romeo’s dead body. “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.” (Act V.iii, 182-184). These are one of the most significant events that occurs in the play, which Romeo and Juliet made happen themselves.
Various people have different beliefs on the subject of fate. No matter what they are, fate is something that goes back almost to the beginning of time. When you are born your fate has already been chosen for you, from the person you will marry, to the person and/or thing that caused your death. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, An Aggrieved family feud, uncontrollable emotions, the role of fate and tragedy, play a big role in the sadly, short lives of the two teenage lovers. Although Shakespeare gave many possibilities to a various number of characters in this play to be responsible for this tragedy, one whom has read the play never actually got to put a name and face to such a disgraceful responsibility.
During the renowned balcony scene, while sharing his love for Juliet, Romeo declares “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,/For stony limits cannot hold love out,/And what love can do, that dares love attempt./Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me,” (2.2.71-74). Romeo feels he is being controlled by love, and goes as far to claim that love has taken over his body, and flown him over the walls. He claims that love has possessed him, and brought him to Juliet. Anyone who reads this passage will realize how irrational and borderline comical he sounds. His dependence on fate is precisely what Shakespeare wants the reader to see, for later in the play the result of Romeo’s unpredictable manner ends in catastrophe.
In such shock, Romeo immediately goes to an apothecary to get a poison. He says, “There is thy gold, worse poison to a man's soul” (Shakespeare 919). Romeo refers to the poison as gold, because he is certain that is his only way to end up with Juliet. Furthermore, Romeo travels to Juliet’s tomb where she is laying and takes the poison with him. When he reaches her he utters, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight (Shakespeare 917).