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Impact Of Emotions In Romeo And Juliet

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The Impact of Emotions
Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behavior that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet revolves around two teenagers who fall in love at first sight. However, Romeo belongs to the Montague family and Juliet belongs to the Capulet family and these families despise each other due to a generational family feud. Predominantly, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet demonstrates the influence of emotions that can occur while taking action. This is illustrated by Juliet’s dear cousin Tybalt and the love of her life Romeo.

To begin with, Tybalt is an angry and hot-headed individual, whose emotions influence …show more content…

Firstly, Romeo appears on her balcony and accepts Juliet’s marriage proposal. At the end of the interaction, Romeo asks Juliet for satisfaction. Romeo answers Juliet's query about his desires by saying, "Th'exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine" (2.2.127). Romeo's quick and impulsive nature is on display when he declares his love for Juliet just a few hours after first meeting her. As soon as Romeo falls in love with Juliet, he asks her to promise that she would love him as he does. They decide to get married later that night, which again shows their …show more content…

Romeo believes he cannot live without Juliet. His desire to marry Juliet is extremely strong therefore he decides to remain blind to reality. Before the marriage, Friar Lawrence tells Romeo and Juliet, “These violent delights have violent ends” (2.6.9). This foreshadows what their marriage will lead to in the future and the oxymorons also provide emphasis the risk the marriage comes along with. But, Romeo is too deep in love to care about any “violent ends” that the marriage may result in. His love is all he cares about so he marries Juliet regardless. Next, Romeo buys poison to kill himself as soon as he discovers the news of Juliet’s “death”. When Romeo discovers the news of Juliet's demise he bribes the apothecary to sell him poison and he states, “Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight” (5.1.43). Surely, Romeo’s emotion of sadness, hurt, and pain compels him to buy the poison and kill himself. Romeo is in complete devastation as well as shattered to hear the news which is why he plans to kill himself and lie with Juliet. As has been shown, Romeo behaves differently depending on how he is

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