Romeo And Juliet Emotions

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet tells the story of love and hate, joy and woe, the story of Juliet and her Romeo. The tragedy takes place in Verona, Italy, where two rival families, the Capulets and Montagues, rule. The tale centers on the star-crossed lovers, Romeo, the youngest son of house Montague, and Juliet, the youngest daughter of house Capulet. The two find love at first sight and convince the local friar, Friar Lawrence, to marry them. The tragic events that ensue, teach valuable lessons about emotions eclipsing the ability to reason. The play’s tense moments, particularly after Romeo kills Tybalt and later himself, reveal the dangers of emotions overcoming logic; this suggests that when faced with challenges, the natural response

The desperate Romeo runs to the church where Friar Lawrence resides. The friar attempts to comfort the distressed Montague. Despite Friar Lawrence's best efforts, Romeo becomes more agitated, draws a dagger, and says: -O, tell me, friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy Doth my name lodge? Tell me that I may sack the hateful mansion,” (3.3.114-117). Romeo describes the part of himself where “his name lodges” as “vile.” This implies that he is feeling self-loathing. The description of his name as “lodging” in himself and that he will “sack the hateful mansion,” personifies his name. It makes the name seem as if it lives in a house, a house he wishes to destroy. Also, the implication that his name is the issue may be referring back to Juliet's famous line “Romeo, O, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo.” Romeo’s desperation at this moment impacts not only himself and his decision making, but also that of Friar Lawrence. Romeo’s threat of self-mutilation forces Friar Lawrence into a difficult position. This is evident later in the play when the plan Friar Lawrence presents is poorly thought out and inevitably

Later in the play, Friar Lawrence's faulty plan is put into action. Juliet drinks an anesthetic that convinces the members of her family that she has died. The family is in mourning and delivers her to the Capulet burial vault. Romeo, like the Capulets, was deceived by the anesthesia. Romeo, in his lamentation of Juliet's death, makes his way to the vault, intent on suicide. He meets Paris, Juliet's reluctant fiancee, whom he kills. Just before Romeo ends his own life as he did Tybalt and Paris, he says: -O my love, my wife, Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and cheeks, And death’s pale flag is not advanced there, (5.3.91-95). Shakespeare uses language like “conquered,” “flag,” and “advanced,” to represent death as war. A battle ultimately won by the reaper. As Romeo describes Juliet and the beauty of her face, he recognizes signs of life, he sees the crimson in her lips and cheeks, a sign of blood flow to the face. If Juliet was in fact dead, her face would be pale gray, not a shade of