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The Impulsive Decisions In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is a story about doomed love. It is a story based after two teenagers that fall in love, but there is one problem. Lady and Lord Capulet hate the male teenager’s family. The Capulets and the Montagues have hated each other for century’s. This situation has prevented Romeo and Juliet from being together. The meddling parents, nurse, and friar made a huge impact on their decision to kill themselves so they could be together without any issues. But not only did the parents and other family figures take a part in their deaths so did their impulsiveness decision’s. Romeo and Juliet had a bad habit of reacting quickly without thinking before they did anything and that lead them to their graves. One of the most prominent themes throughout …show more content…

This is the type of love where it seems as if nothing or nobody will break them apart, they are invincible. Even though the families hate each other and constantly fight, Romeo and Juliet don’t let that get in the way of their love. When this play was wrote, it was written in the Elizabethan time which took place between the years of 1558 and the 1600’s, it was not unusual for families to have an arranged marriage. But in this play Shakespeare mixes things up and instead of Juliet marrying Paris, Romeo and Juliet end up together do to Romeo’s love being way beyond the love Paris had for Juliet. There is still arranged marriages today but it definitely not as common as they were back in the Elizabethan times. In modern days, most people get to choose who they love and …show more content…

This kind of love was like a puppy love. The reason I call it puppy love is because Romeo loves her but Rosaline does not love him back. But the love that Romeo portrays to have for Rosaline is very shallow and nobody in the town thinks that it will last very long. Romeo and Rosaline have went their separate ways, this is why Romeo is very upset and sad at the beginning of the play. In the beginning of the play he still talks about how perfect Rosaline is and how he will never forget her, but this is just explaining how he is not with her but still greatly loves her. This love you see a lot in modern day. This is the kind of love that just happens, but not everybody can be happy

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