Choices And Destinies In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Angel Alonso

Miss Escarcega

English 1

22 May 2023 Argumentative Essay: Choices & Destinies

In the play written by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet states in the text “He shall be endured. what, goddam boy! I say, he shall. Go to. Am I the master here, or you? Go to. You’ll not endure him! God shall mend my soul, you’ll make a mutiny among my guests.” In this scene Tybalt, the nephew of the Capulets, is advising his uncle there is a problem at the party, and it being an enemy (Romeo Montague) present. Though Tybalt wants to be honorable and fight the enemy without looking back twice, his uncle advises him not to do anything irrational as to how it will ruin the party and cause havoc in front of many others. While others can

For example, in Act 1 Scene 5, lines 51-55, Tybalt states “This, by his voice, should be a Montague.Fetch me my rapier, boy. What, dares the slave. Come hither, covered with an antic face, To flee and scorn at our solemnity?” Tybalt then senses there is an intruder at the ball. He looks around and sees it is someone from the opposing family the montagues which he then comes to the conclusion it is thus Romeo. He then instantly tells his uncle Lord Capulet he needs to act quicking to where Tybalt is in an irrational state to attack Romeo. This shows how because of Tybalt's anger getting in the way he is thinking of without knowing the consequences of his actions. Thus comes Lord Capulet to where he then talks to Romeo and puts him in place to settle down to if he does act irrationally then there can be problems afterwards. This is then showing how with the input of Lord Capulet it prevented Tybalt from making a fool out of himself and causing

In Act 1 Scene 5, Shakespeare reveals Romeo and Juliet's relationship dangers as their families are enemies of one another which can cause massive casualties in their relationship. As Juliet says in the scene when she's talking to Romeo, she says if her guards find him they will kill him surely because of how he's trespassing along with being included in the "enemies" family. Though Romeo doesn't care, he explains to Juliet how they can make their love work by being together secretly. Romeo and Juliet both revealed facts on how their relationship can cause awful events but yet still ignore it so they can be together due to being "in love" Therefore you can see without any input from anyone else besides themselves, Romeo and Juliet are pushing themselves too far ahead without thinking twice and or carefully. This can then lead to horrible consequences and can cause a feud between the two’s families and