Romeo and Juliet - Foolishness and Impatients (Themes)

The love that develops between the two matures both of them as Juliet becomes much more independent and Romeo’s eyes seem to be opened again, no longer wanting to be sorrow. Their strong love however also results in hasty actions. Never having felt such strong feelings before, Romeo and Juliet take impetuous decisions. Small actions such as Romeo turning back after the feast to see Juliet once more can be explained through the blindness of love or Romeo’s lack of experience of true love. Both of them however take hasty decisions such as the one of their marriage.

She wholeheartedly disagrees and expresses that she would rather kill herself than marry Paris. Friar comes up with the plan to fake her death which would happen when she drank a potion. The liquid would make her fall into a deep death like sleep that would would falsely make her parents believe she was dead, therefore she wouldn't have to marry Paris. All of the plans Friar Lawrence created were almost perfect. They all had the ability to work out perfectly, but sadly in every one there was a flaw.

Directions: Use your Romeo and Juliet theme tracker as well as the passages you read from the text to write a essay where you explain how a theme develops throughout the play. The story includes many themes, so choose the one theme that you best understand and can support with three strong quotes from the text. Be sure to include where the theme emerges (first appears) and how it is refined or shaped (developed) by details as the play progresses.

“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.

“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.

Even when Romeo is urged by Balthazar to be patient, and wait for more information before rushing back to Verona when he hears of Juliet’s death, Romeo does not heed his warning. “Balthazar: I do beseech you, sir, have patience: Your looks are pale and wild, and do import some misadventure.” (Pg 468 28-29) This subject of Romeo being cautioned to slow down by multiple characters is a recurrent theme throughout the play. Another prime example can be found in Friar Lawrence's ominous words as Romeo convinces him to officiate his and Juliet’s wedding: “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” (Pg 468

“Then I’ll brief. [Finding Romeo’s dagger] O, happy dagger. This is thy sheath. [Stabs herself] there rust, and let me die.[Dies].” (Act 5 scene 3 page 82). Throughout, Romeo and Juliet take their relationship a little too fast, and they tend to make bad decisions. In the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, he ignites the idea that people should have more patience than haste. He exposes this by, having Romeo kill himself for Juliet and having Juliet kill herself for Romeo dying for her.

Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately

Romeo and Juliet are notorious for their impetuousness. They rush into love extremely quickly, and do not think their relationship through. We see this in their

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.

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.

Romeo and Juliet rush through all the troubles that arise and do not take time to think through their actions. Friar Laurence’s quotation, “wisely and slowly; they stumble that run fast” (2.3.94-95), is spoken to Romeo after he inquired about a marriage between himself and Juliet. The Friar emphasizes that the more time spent thinking, the wiser you will become. Romeo needs to slow down and thoroughly examine his life before committing himself to one woman. Romeo’s tendency to fashion his choices in a hasty manner, will cause him to endure great complications.

The tragedy that happens in Romeo and Juliet is inevitable because of the many different themes of love, hate, character and destiny. These themes are essential to the play in order to be an interesting play. For example with love you have hatred, with love you would have character and with love you will also get destiny. All of the themes link to the main point love.