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Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet 'And Shelter From The Storm'

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The many issues explored in “Romeo and Juliet” from William Shakespeare play and in the nonfiction article “ Shelter From The Storm ” continues to affect people in modern society because decisions made in haste have negative consequences.

In “Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio tells Tybalt “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! [Draws his sword] Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk”(Shakespeare 2)?At this point in the play, Mercutio taunts Tybalt and they both get riled up for a fight, Romeo tries to break it up but Mercutio insists and starts the first hit and gets stabbed by Tybalt. This relates to the idea that the many issues explored in the selections continue to affect people in modern society because decisions make in haste have negative consequences as seen in the play because Mercutio ignored Tybalt’s skills and their Strife and went in overly confident only to get stabbed and fall down the stairs to his death caused by the severity of the wound.While Romeo and Mercutio belongs to a family called the Montagues and Tybalt belongs to the Capulet .These two families have hatred toward each other, and even though Romeo Tried keeping the peace, Tybalt and Mercutio let's their strife and aversion get the best of them. …show more content…

In her anxiety, she ran for shelter, worried about surviving a tornado, she decided the steel construction of a chest freezer would hopefully do the trick(Jantz 1). At this point in the article, Theresa thought she was in danger of a tornado, ran for shelter and hid in a steel construction of a chest freezer.This relates to the idea that the many issues explored the selections continue to affect people in modern society because the decision made in haste have negative consequences, Theresa hid in a freezer and didn't realize there was no true danger and acted upon a feeling rather than facts and proper

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