Imagine an intense attraction to its single person—somebody that you could never live without; somebody that you would trust with your life. Love causes you to take risks that you have never even conceived; make sacrifices you had hardly imagined. While this intense love exists in our tangible world, it also applies to Romeo and Juliet. This enduring story tells the tale of passionate love in all of its valour leading to a quick demise. Although told hundreds of years ago, modern audiences still heed the implications of this play and love’s consequences when unregulated. The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare teaches how intense love and reckless decisions lead to harmful conclusions. Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous scene ever, …show more content…
She even proclaims that she will run away from her family to be with him; Romeo asserts the same. Although Romeo and Juliet had only known each other for a day, they ardently love each other. Moreover, this has driven Romeo to run away to be with Juliet. It has also caused them both not only to contemplate but also to confess their serious deliberations of fleeing from their families. Reckless decisions always stem from impetuous thoughts as Romeo and Juliet’s irresponsible considerations have already shown. Their intense love on only day one can only grow more …show more content…
In actuality, fate had nothing to do with this scene since only Romeo formulated his own decisions. This quote shows Romeo searching for an excuse to blame something other than himself for his decision. The Prince sentenced Romeo to banishment because of the simple action in this scene. Banishment caused Juliet to run away from her family and drink a temporary poison later in the play. If Romeo had been contemplating his decisions more clearly, he would have allowed the Prince to handle Tybalt’s situation on his own. Nevertheless, a study done by the NIH concluded that “...impulsive individuals are more engaged by the potential rewards available in the choice options than with evaluating the consequences of their decisions.” Romeo must have thought, in the heat of the moment, that avenging Mercutio would provide him with immediate satisfaction and failed to consider the Prince’s sentence to banishment or even