Shakespeare makes the death of Romeo and Juliet inevitable due to their tragic flaw of rashness and impulsivity. However Romeo and Juliet are not solely entitled to be the reason for their death Act V. Balthasar is a major contributor to the death of Romeo and his suitor. In Romeo and Juliet, a Shakespearean tragedy, two star crossed lovers meet their dreary end by means of suicide. Shakespeare wants to portray the idea that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own death. Romeo and Juliet are often rash and impulsive in their decision making. Whenever either of the two were presented with a problem, they never thought things through. A majority of the time, they either threatened to kill themselves or would follow through with whatever plan was presented to them. Shakespeare portrays the impulsiveness of the couple through Romeo when he states “In what vile part of this anatomy doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack the hateful mansion” (III.iii.106-8). In this quote, Romeo is asking the friar where in his body …show more content…
When Balthasar told Romeo of Juliet’s death, Romeo begins to overreact. Balthasar not only made the mistake of telling Romeo of Juliet’s death, but he did nothing to prevent Romeo from going to the apothecary and purchasing poison. Refusal to take action seems to be a character trait for Balthasar because he does it again at Capels’ monument. Balthasar made no attempt to prevent Romeo from entering the monument. Shakespeare even shows how much Balthasar does not care when Balthasar says “As I did sleep under this yew tree here…” (V.iii.137). Considering Romeo stopped at an apothecary, Balthasar should have known that something bad was going to happen. Balthasar, however, decided to take a nap while his master committed suicide. Balthasar could have done a better job when dealing with the situations presented to him, this, in turn, could have saved the couples
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers take their lives after their family feud reignites . A variety of decisions along with circumstance no one person could account for set the story of Romeo and Juliet up to be a tragedy. Many of the decisions in the play are made quickly and while emotions are running high, so frequently they result in bad outcomes. So, the rash and impulsive decisions made by men in Romeo and Juliet create the problems within the play.
However, they were both teenagers with no good role models to look up to. Everything was out of Juliet’s control, all the decisions were being made for her and she had no say in the matter. Her father told her, “An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for by my soul ne’er agnolage thee nor what is mine shall never do thee good” (III.v. 202-204). If she said no to her parents, she would be out in the streets. She didn’t have a choice, it was either death or, to her, something way worse than death, marrying someone while she was already married. Romeo was only a growing teenager trying to learn what's right in the world without a good role model to look up to. The book shows his confusion when he says, “Why then brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first create. O heavy lightness, serious vanity” (I, i, 176-178). He did not have a positive role model to influence his life. If Friar lawrence had led him to the right decisions things would not have turned out the way they did. So it is not Romeo’s and Juliet’s fault for their own deaths, it is Friar Lawrence who lead them toward their
From the very prologue of Romeo and Juliet, we are informed by Shakespeare that these two “star-cross’d lovers” are going to “take their life”. For the rest of the play, we are left to observe how they kill themselves and who or what leads them into doing so. However, placing the blame on one person or event would be impossible, as nobody was directly responsible for their demise. Instead, everything that could possibly have gone wrong did go wrong. Although both Romeo and Juliet end up thinking it was their own decision to kill themselves, there were many other factors that unwittingly forced them into the situation they eventually found themselves.
Even when his servant (?), Balthasar advised him to be patient and wait for more news to confirm as to whether Juliet had really died, saying, “[his] looks are pale and wild”, Romeo disregards it and does not heed his advice. He goes on to buy poison from an apothecary, and upon seeing Juliet “dead” in the tomb, does not think twice and kills himself. These show Romeo’s immaturity, as he could have reasoned more, and not commit suicide over thinking that his love was dead, which is unnecessary and based on impulse.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a book of fate and how everyone in the world affects the happenings of this world. The author of this extraordinary book is William Shakespeare. Although Romeo and Juliet killed themselves, there were many people responsible for their deaths. It is arguable that the parents of the two lovers, Friar Laurence, and Romeo and Juliet themselves were the most responsible, some could say that the other main characters like Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse, and Paris were involved as well. There were many people responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, although they took their own lives, they were not all to blame.
Lastly there is Balthasar that is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he got to Romeo before the letter carrier. Balthasar should’ve never came to Romeo because of him basically Romeo and Juliet would’ve actually ran away today. I understand why Balthasar probably told Romeo just because he was Romeo’s servant but if he just didn’t come Romeo would’ve gotten the letter. For example “Then she is well and nothing can be ill. Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument, and her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault… O, pardon me for bringing these ill news,” ( 5.1.17-22). This shows you how Balthasar informed Romeo on Juliet’s death.
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most tragic and depressing stories ever told. If you take the story from a different perspective and really think through some of the choices that were made leading up to their death you would see that Romeo and Juliet made some foolish decisions that caused their deaths. Foolishness is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he went to the Capulet party and kissed Juliet, after the party he went to Juliet’s balcony and talked to her until the morning, and he also took Juliet’s virginity.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet face many conflicts such as their families absolutely hating each other. If anyone in either of the families finds quite a few of them will die. Romeo is very sensitive and impulsive during this time in his life. Romeo is going through a lot and needs to make tough decisions. Juliet acts childish and stubborn during this section of her life. Juliet also needs to make some life changing decisions during this part of her life. Neither of them know what they’re doing, and all they know is that they love each other. You can characterize both the characters Romeo and Juliet as rash, since they don’t do a lot of thinking before making a lot of decisions. Romeo and Juliet don’t
The play Romeo and Juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. This love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. Many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over Free Will or Fate?
In the final scene, Romeo’s thoughts and actions are very rash when he decides to kill himself. When Romeo is told that Juliet has died, he immediately decides to kill himself. Romeo does not think of the pain and suffering that will come to his family and friends if he kills himself. Again, Romeo acts without thinking of the consequences of his actions. He has done without thought a sin that is not necessary and that could be avoided. Once again Romeo’s rashness brings causes problems and brings sadness to people that he loves.
In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, we meet the characters and how their actions led to a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet met, end up falling in love, and – since both cannot dream of living without the other – take their lives. While the play ends in a tragic death for both characters, it was their own reckless decisions; though others might believe that it was destiny that played a large role in the lovers’ downfall. However, the majority of the text evidence points to them making their own choices leading to their demise.
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The ‘star-crossed lovers’ take their own lives in the name of love. Was it their own faults that they killed themselves or someone else's? There are three main characters to blame for their deaths; Fate, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence. Starting out with Fate, with the most evidence in the death of Romeo and Juliet.
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, many characters meet their tragic end as a result of a plethora of factors, from old rivalries to new love. It is a tragic story of two lovers, destined to complete each other, but also to end a bitter feud through their deaths (Prologue.3-6). However, if the blame had to be ascribed to one person in particular, that person would be Romeo Montague. Throughout the play, Shakespeare showcases Romeo’s irrationality and poor decision making, leading to the gruesome deaths of his loved ones. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic slew of deaths because he is oblivious, quick to act, and too urgent in his relationship.
His impulsive behavior is displayed when he seeks vengeance that built after his friend was killed by his new cousin, Tybalt. In the story Romeo states, “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him”(3.1.191). In this statement to Tybalt, Romeo is implying that he intends to ensure that Tybalt is slain even if it means that he himself must perish. He succeeds in defeating Tybalt in a one on one confrontation. Once Tybalt is dead, the young lover is banished, and a domino effect ensues on the rest of the characters. His banishment leads to the end of both Juliet and his mother’s life as a result of being separated from his mother and a plot concocted between Juliet and the Friar. In addition, Romeo hastefully goes from loving one beauty to loving another. Despite the two being complete strangers they both wish to marry each other. When he informs Friar Lawrence of his change in heart the Friar states, “These violent delights have violent ends”(2.6.9). Friar Lawrence's says this to warn Romeo of the consequences of his wish to conduct the marriage so quickly. To prevent a cease in the relationship due to no real bond between the two ‘lovers’, the Friar tries to use language to prevent him from being rushed into love. This impulsive behavior Romeo indulged caused things to escalate quickly leading to the demise of himself and Juliet’s star-crossed love for each
Romeo and Juliet were both very quick with their decisions and didn’t think things through. Romeo and Juliet were willing to do whatever it took to be together forever. They did not want to live without each other. They lied to the Friar so he would have to marry them, but they also said they would kill themselves if he did not marry them. The Friar said, “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”