Examples Of Deceitful In Romeo And Juliet

Being Deceitful Lead to Deaths

Being deceitful is kind of like saying a little white lie, and lots of people are being deceitful nowadays. Some people do not think twice when they are being deceitful, so they end up in bad situations. An example of this is in Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by Shakespeare. There are scenes where it showed Romeo and Juliet being deceitful, which led to terrible results, or in their case, their death. For example, Juliet was being deceitful to her parents when she asked permission to have confession, Romeo was being deceitful to Tybalt when he insulted Romeo, the second time Juliet was being deceitful was when she told the nurse about going to Friar Laurence for confession. I will be explaining how Romeo and Juliet were being deceitful, and how it led to their deaths. Then I will pick out quotations from the book, Romeo and Juliet, and use them to prove that being deceitful can lead to poor results and deaths.

Juliet was deceitful when she answered “I have” (Shakespeare, 1997, p.61) to the nurse when she asked if Juliet had asked permission from her parents to have confession. This is an act of deceit because although her parents know about her having confession they don’t however know about her getting married. Her deception towards her parents led to her and Romeo’s death because the purpose of Juliet’s deceit to her parents was so her and Romeo can get married, and their secret marriage is the one that was making their decisions harder to make, like when Romeo having to deny the fight with Tybalt which resulted in having two lives taken and Romeo’s banishment, which in turn made Juliet fake her death that led to Romeo’s own death. So that’s why Juliet’s deception towards her parents led to her and Romeo’s