Essay On Emotions In Romeo And Juliet

Emotions are used everyday, and affect your life. Sometimes it can be very difficult to figure out what emotion someone is feeling, but in Romeo and Juliet it is shown clearly what emotions the characters are feeling. Romeo and Juliet experience some emotions in the play like Love, Excitement, and fear. These emotions show throughout the play through the characters actions and words.

The phrase “Love at first sight” is often used in movies and plays, but did Romeo and Juliet truly fall in love at first sight? Falling in love can cause you to make impulse decisions because you just want what is best for the other person and do not think for yourself. The first interaction that Romeo and Juliet have is at the ball, while at the ball the two

Everyone shows emotions differently, but typically excitement is shown the same way throughout the play of Romeo and Juliet. One way that excitement is shown is through Paris, when Lord Capulet allows him to marry his daughter. The Capulet family wants Juliet to get married to Paris, but little do they know that Romeo and Juliet were already married, they wanted the Friar to marry Paris to Juliet. Since they were already married it is against god’s rules for the Friar to marry Juliet to Romeo and then marry Paris to her. While they were nearing the wedding day Paris exclaimed, “My lord, I would that Thursday were to-morrow” (III.iv. 30). This shows that Paris is very eager to get married to Juliet because he has been waiting and waiting for this opportunity to come and now that it has finally come he just wants to go ahead and get married as soon as possible. This implies that because they are moving the wedding closer and making a day Lord Capulet wants to tell Juliet that she is getting married to Paris as soon as possible because she does not know. Another example of excitement was when Romeo asked the nurse to ask Juliet if she would like to marry him. The nurse heard the news about Romeo wanting to marry Juliet, and she quickly returned to Juliet. After the nurse tells Juliet what Romeo said. The nurse tells Juliet to “Go: I’ll to dinner; hie you to the cell.” (II.VI.79) Juliet replies with “Hie to

Fear is a common emotion for everyone, fight or flight is often connected to fear. Before Romeo goes to the capulet ball he has a dream about dying if he goes. At first Romeo is scared to go, but his friends convince him to go anyway. Romeo says “I fear, too early; for my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars…by some vile forfeit of untimely death.” (I.V.113-118) Romeo ends up going to the ball, while he's there he meets Juliet. Since Romeo decides to go to the ball, this triggered his fight in fight or flight. Not only does Romeo feel fear but so does Juliet. Juliet feels fearful when she is about to drink the potion that friar Laurence gave her to appear dead. After her mother wishes her goodnight, Juliet then says “What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?” (IV.III.22-23) Juliet first fears that the potion will not work at all, if the potion does not work she will kill herself. A second fear she has is that Friar Laurence poisoned her because he already married her and Romeo. Those are just some of the many fears that she thought about before she drank the