Effects Of Anger In Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous tragic plays written between 1594 and 1595. Romeo and Juliet is a play that portraits the force of authority and power in the face of love and happiness. Many Critics classify this play as a true tragedy because of the way it is created. Aristotle defines tragedy as " an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; … with incidents arousing pity and fear" (Else‏ 224). People often read Romeo and Juliet as just a romantic play, but to be more accurate this play is a real romantic tragedy. While Romeo and Juliet's tale is the most romantic love story in the world, their love stands against them as an enemy that causes their own destruction

As a matter of fact, everyone gets angry, and it does not matter whether this anger is good or bad but what does really matter is that why people get angry and how they response to such horrible feeling. Thus, In order to know how to deal with anger as a natural emotion, you have to know its reasons, its symptoms, and its consequences as well. Anger often springs from one specific idea, situation or domain, and then it is expressed through another situation. Anger is neither good nor bad because it is simply a natural reaction to many things that occur in daily life, so what makes anger good or bad is only what we add to it. "Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice" (Butcher 32). In this sense one can state that Shakespeare writes his masterpiece Romeo and Juliet just to show the reader anger as a passive aggressive nature. Image of Anger as passive aggressive force is portrayed by the Capulets and the Montagues who proclaim their hatred to each other throughout the play. Shakespeare confirms that out of love, one can destroy his/her lover, and out of anger as well, one can determine his/her destiny. That is exactly what happened in Romeo and Juliet when the two feuding families unwillingly determine the destiny of their children's love affair that ends up with nothing but the death of Romeo and