How far would you let love take you? In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, two lovers go to extreme measures for each other. The two young lovers' actions lead to death for both characters, ending their families feud. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare creates convincing portraits of young people by emphasizing their rashness and impulsiveness, their love of merriment, and their strong bonds of loyalty.
Shakespeare shows the qualities of rashness and impulsiveness in Romeo and Mercutio. Mercutio, a character in the play, shows his Rashness and impulsiveness with his humor. Mercutio's humor is an example of rashness and impulsiveness because he makes puns which he does not think about how his words would make people feel before he says it. Mercutio has shown these traits in other ways other than humor. When Romeo tries to stop Mercutio from fighting he doesn't listen and his action ends with him getting killed “Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up”(Shakespeare 961). Rashness and impulsiveness plays a role in Romeo as well. Romeo shows rashness and impulsiveness when he dies for Juliet, not thinking about how it could affect his family. Rashness and impulsiveness plays a role in just about every character in Romeo and Juliet by the characters'
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When the characters joke and have fun moments are examples of merriment. Puns are an example of the characters' love of merriment because it expresses fun and happy times There are many puns and other moments in the play that show love of merriment. When the characters make fun of the nurse, is one moment where this trait is shown “An old hare hoar”(Shakespeare 949). Another moment in the play that shows merriment is when the characters at the beginning joke around about being colliers.”No, for then we should be colliers”(Shakespeare 902). Moments when the characters are expressing their humor also reveal another trait which is