Romeo's patience By Joaquin Arias “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” - Mahatma Gandhi. In Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, the two lovers go through death, hatred, and moments of love. It's stated at the beginning that they die, but watching how they die is very painful. Romeo is the person who deserves to die the most, he doesn't listen to people or information that is trusted and he is impulsive/radical in how he acts. Romeo should be punished because he marries Juliet even though they are "enemies", he kills Tybalt, Juliet's cousin who would have died anyway and kills himself before talking to the friar, who Romeo knows has a plan. Romeo being radical can be shown through his marriage with Juliet. Because Juliet and …show more content…
Tybalt (killing Mercutio) would have died even if Romeo didn't kill him because of the Prince's new law. "Not Romeo, Prince, he was Mercutio’s friend. His fault concludes but what the law should end, The life of Tybalt." (2.5.189-191) Romeo's father (Montague), tries to defend him by saying the law would kill Tybalt anyway, making Romeo banished not dead, which does help Romeo, but Romeo runs to the Friar and says he would rather kill himself. In Romeo's mind, all he wanted to do was avenge Mercutio's death but he ended up making it worse for himself. Romeo, in the first place, knew this law and should have waited for Tybalt to die but his arrogance and impulsivity cause him to be banished. Even being banished is not so bad, but the thought of being patient and waiting for Juliet to be able to come to him in another city is too much to bear. Finally, he has some reason and listens to the Friar who says he has a plan to get Juliet to him. Romeo's actions almost cause him to kill himself showing him being impulsive. The fact that in trying to save his friend he almost kills two people is yet another reason for him to be held