Emotions In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

Emotionally Motivated Actions

Robert Kiyosaki, a successful American businessman, once stated “Learn to use your emotions to think, not to think with your emotions”. In the play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, we learn how the deep emotions we are feeling will alter how to think and act, as the quote Robert Kiyosaki, mentions how we should use our emotions to think instead of thinking with our emotions. In the play, anger, desperation, and compassion contribute to the demise of Romeo, Tybalt, and Mercutio because of the events that occur during the play.

In the play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the reader learns that the emotions of Tybalt towards Montague determine Tybalt's immediate

To start, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, involved lovers destined to be together, but the death of Mercutio and Tybalt led to the lovers splitting up as Lord Capulet arranged for Juliet to marry Paris. For example, when Mercutio and Benvolio discuss the letter to duel Romeo received, Mercutio exclaims, “ A challenge in my life” (Shakespeare 2.4.8). Shakespeare’s use of “ challenge, on my life”, shows Mercutio's compassion for Romeo as he already took up the duel without evening hearing any more of the letter because “on my life” is what follows after he read the part about the challenge to duel Romeo in the letter. The reader can infer the use of “on my life” describes how he is already ready to fight Tybalt and his determination to fight Tybalt in Romeo’s place. Furthermore, in Act 3, it can be noted that Mercutio is motivated by his compassion for Romeo. As Romeo avoids the fight with Tybalt as he refuses to fight Tybalt as they are now related, as Mercutio thinks Romeo is too afraid and Mercutio exclaims, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk” (Shakespeare 3.1.68-70). Shakespeare’s use of “you ratcatcher, will you walk” shows that Mercutio has now taken the place of Romeo in fighting Tybalt as “will you walk” is what follows after the fight. The

To start, the 2 lovers separated through a series of events that led one lover to arrange a marriage and decide to fake her own death to be with her exiled lover. For example, when Romeo hears about Juliet’s death from Balthasar, he rushes to find the town Apocrathy to buy poison from him and says “Whose sale is present death in Mantua Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it to him” O, this same thought did but forerun my need, And this need man must sell it to me” (Shakespeare 5.1.51-54). Shakespeare's use of “And this need man must sell it to me” shows how desperate Romeo was to get the poison because “must sell it to me” is used to show desperation and reflects how Romeo is grieving over the “death” of Juliet. The reader can infer that the use of “must sell it to me” is used to describe the cries of desperation from Romeo. This is relevant to today’s society as some people will be so desperate for something, they will resort to violence just like the reaction of people getting products during Black Friday. To conclude, the reader learns how Romeo’s actions are influenced by his