“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.
Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet ultimately ended her life by making decisions too rapidly. Paris, a suitor for Juliet wished for their wedding to be as soon as possible. At first, Lord Capulet advised Paris to wait,
Juliet and her father definitely had different ideas about her future relationships in this play. Back in that time period, the father of the family was the one who made important decisions for their children, which included who his daughter was allowed to get married to, even if they opposed their preference. So, in the play, Lord Capulet gives his approval to a man named Paris to marry his daughter because he had a promising future and was very prosperous and could provide Juliet with anything she might require. Although she had this option of spouse, she chose
Juliet is Lord Capulet’s only daughter and only child, making him really strict about who she marries. At first, Lord Capulet gave Juliet the choice of whether she wanted to marry Paris or not. Lord Capulet thought that Paris would be a great man for his only daughter to marry because of his social status, his wealth, and his relation to the Prince. Later in the play, without regard to Juliet’s feelings Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris and when Juliet disagreed, he yelled at her,“Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,/Or never after look me in the face” (3.5 160-162). Lord Capulet hates the Montagues, Juliet could not have told him that she was already married to his enemy’s son. Lord Capulet in this quote gave Juliet an ultimatum: either she marries Paris or he disowns her. Because Lord Capulet said this and made the decision that Juliet will marry Paris, Juliet went to the Friar to find a solution. The solution that ended up with her in the tomb where she killed herself. Tybalt was Lord Capulet’s nephew, his death made Lord Capulet emotional and caused his outburst at Juliet. Before being in grief, Lord Capulet thought that Juliet was too young to be married. Nonetheless his emotions and rash decisions led to his daughter’s death. After Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment, Juliet was extremely depressed and would not stop crying. Thinking that it was only because of Tybalt’s death that Juliet is so upset, Lord Capulet changed the wedding date: “I’ll have this knot knit up [Wednesday] morning” (4.2 21-22). Friar Lawrence scheduled the plan to happen on Thursday, but since the wedding was moved up a day, it was ruined. Romeo did not receive the letter explaining the plan in time because there was not enough time to deliver it. Instead, Romeo was told that Juliet was dead from Balthasar. Because Romeo could not live without
In Shakespeare’s classic play “Romeo and Juliet” the character named Friar was a round character that made his character change. The Friar also had a terrible weakness that were his greedy tendencies and also battled with fate itself.
Lord capulet, who was juliet’s father was very unsupporting.After the death of Tybalt lord Capulet thought something happy should occur in this family. Lord Capulet and his wife, Lady Capulet, promised Paris Juliet’s hand in marriage. Lord Capulet wanted to disown on Juliet when she had told that she had no intention in marrying Paris. For example, “Hang thee...hilding!”. (3.5, 180-189). Lord Capulet was being very unsupportive of his daughter's desires. If he had not forced Juliet to marry Paris, then Juliet would not have had to find a way out of the marriage. In the end when Romeo and Juliet are found dead, Lady MOntague is also dead, because of her son Romeo. Lord Capulet could have prevented the death of Romeo, Juliet and Lady
All teenagers have stupid ideas, especially in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In the play, two star crossed lovers meet, but there is a long standing family feud between the two. Romeo and Juliet eventually meet and fall in love despite the families hating each other. Fate and folly are major contributing factors, but it is feud that is most to blame for the star crossed lovers death.
Juliet is a strong character in this book. She has the aspects of independence, determination, and love. Juliet represents these qualities in everything she does throughout the book. She shows very good character in the words she says. These next four paragraphs will go into more detail of these characteristics.
To begin, rage motivates people surrounded by certain characters to act in negative ways due to the impulsivity of their actions. For example, after the feverish battle between Mercutio and Tybalt, Mercutio unfortunately ends up dead in Romeo’s arms. Romeo then berates Tybalt profusely and states, “For Mercutio’s soul/ Is but a little way above our heads/ Staying for thine to keep him company/ Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” (III.i.119-122). This demonstrates Romeo’s overwhelming sadness over his friend’s death, but he is also shown to have so much rage that he wants to cause harm to Tybalt.
The parents sadly watch their children being carried into the family tomb. The play, by William Shakespeare, displays the relationships of Romeo and Juliet. This drama takes place in Verona, Italy, where the Capulets and Montagues are feuding. Poor relationships, deceit, and poor advice leads to tragedy. The teenagers relationships with their families are soon tested.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play about the lives of two teenagers. Romeo and Juliet meet, speak, fall in love and quickly decide to marry. The marriage remains a secret because there families are locked in a feud. As the play progresses Romeo and Juliet as well as the other characters keep secrets that impact others. These lies, which are often actions made in rashness, carry terrible consequences.
“Wisely and slow – they stumble that run fast” a wise priest warns one passionate lover, Romeo as he stumbles to share the news of the accepted marriage. Unfortunately for the characters, none of them seem to take these wise words in consideration. Passionate love and passionate hate propel the characters to immediate, and irrational actions. A perfect example of impatience in this play is when Romeo comes to the conclusion that his lover Juliet is lifeless. He hastily takes his life without stopping to think of the consequences. If he had been patient, and rational he and his love could have been together on earth. But because of his drastic measures, when Juliet awoke seeing Romeo partly
Romeo and Juliet Haste Rushing into things isn’t always the best thing to do especially when it is violence or love. William Shakespeare gives excellent examples of this haste leads to mistakes that may be irreversible in his play “Romeo and Juliet”. Characters in the story are very haste when making life choices, Romeo and Juliet rushed their marriage, Mercutio gave no thought to fight Tybalt and the Capulets want Juliet to marry Paris as soon as possible. Romeo meets Juliet Sunday night at the Capulet's Masquerade.
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.
Juliet’s parents’ lack of knowledge of their daughter’s love life contributes to her death. In Act 3 Scene 5 Lady Capulet walks in on Juliet crying and assumes the tears are for her deceased cousin Tybalt. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony while Lady Capulet and Juliet speak about Romeo. Juliet says to her mother “Indeed, I shall never be satisfied / With Romeo, till I behold him –dead” The reader knows, while Lady Capulet is unaware, that Juliet is speaking about him in a loving way rather than wishing him dead. Also in this scene Lady and Lord Capulet tell Juliet that they have arranged for her to marry Paris. When Juliet refuses her father yells at her and accuses her of being ungrateful. The Capulets are not aware that Juliet is already married therefore are not understanding of her wishes to
too fast and that they should probably slow down but she is still going to go with it. They should of slowed down and let their families know about what they wanted to do. They could have united the two families which would have erased the fight were Romeo kills Tybalt and would have prevented the young couple from doing foolish things like having a fake death and committing suicide which bring me to my next point. Romeo and Juliet commit a lot of foolish acts but none as bad as these.
In the story, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses Haste to illustrate the quick and impulsive decisions the characters make which trigger the tragic events. At one point in the story Romeo and Juliet agree to get married and ask Friar Laurence to marry them and that's when in Act 2, scene 6 Friar Laurence says “ These violent delights have violent ends and their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in taste confounds the appetite: Therefore Love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow”(23). Here we see Friar Laurence warning Romeo and Juliet about what there love can transform into and what can be the tragic consequences. The