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Comparing The Tortoise In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In the tortoise and the hare, the hare decided to run as fast as he could to get to the finish line, he wore himself out, took a nap and ended up losing the race to the slow old tortoise. Romeo and Juliet we like the hare and decided to go through with their plan to quickly, they didn’t stop slow down to think about what could happen. In the end death beats them in the race causing them to slow down and think. In the play Romeo and Juliet decide to get married but the Friar and the nurse think they are moving too fast. They think that they know each other so well but they hardly know each other. The friar and the nurse are trying to convince them that they don’t know each other and that they should wait until they know more about each other. They are foolish young people who don’t know better. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo decides he wants to ask Juliet to marry him. He asks Friar Lawrence to help him, Friar Lawrence thinks that Romeo is moving too quickly, he reacts by trying to convince him this by exclaiming, “Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste To season love that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears”(Shakespeare Act 2 scene 3 69-74, )In this quote Friar Lawrence trying to …show more content…

In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet decide to get married as soon as possible. They are going to quickly, like on a test, they are likely to miss something or make a big mistake. When taking a test a teacher is most likely going to tell you to look back to make sure you didn’t miss anything, like on a test the friar and the nurse thought that they need to have patience and look back to make sure there isn’t a problem they missed. Taking a test is like life, if you just glance at the problems you have at hand you might miss

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