“These violent delights have violent ends.” (Shakespeare). II.VI. 9). The syllable of the syllable. The quote said by the character Friar Lawrence perfectly encapsulates the essence of Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. This lesson given to Romeo by Friar Lawrence, reminds him that quick bursts of obsessive love will ultimately end in tragedy. Romeo will soon learn this the hard way, ultimately through his own actions, Friar Lawrences, and the Nurses actions. Let's first take a look at Romeo's actions. It is clear that Romeo's obsessive and unstable behavior is one of the biggest faults, shown clearly through his first appearance. The audience gets a glimpse of how quickly he can obsess and cling onto a new girl during Act II, Scene III, where the …show more content…
He’s a priest who has connections with other priests around Italy. When Friar finds Juliet's tomb, Romeo is already dead and Juliet is just waking up. He tells her “Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead, and Paris too.” (VI. III. 156. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. and then tells her to go with him to become a part of the sisterhood. Juliet, clearly upset and not in the right mind, tells him to get out of there and that she wasn't going anywhere, and he just leaves. No second thought. He just leaves this woman who he witnessed trying to kill herself when she couldn't figure out a way to be with her husband, who now lays dead in front of her, and just left her without a single thought. This death could have been easily preventable through just talking to her, through just staying there, but he left for his own cowardly reasons. Another character that follows Friar Lawrence's egocentric footsteps would be Juliet’s one and only, Nurse. The Nurse is seen throughout Romeo and Juliet as a sort of comic relief, coming in during or after serious