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Romeo And Juliet Emotions Essay

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Shakespeare introduces logic vs. emotion to the audience and wants them to understand how some people are impulsive and go after what their hearts desire instead of thinking about the consequences that come with it. In Romeo and Juliet act three, Mercutio, confused by Romeo’s refusal to fight due to his love for Juliet, unknowingly steps in and is killed, which then leaves Romeo seeking revenge for Mercutio by killing Tybalt. Romeo: “Now, Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again that late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. Tybalt: Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, shalt he hence. Narrator: They fight the. Tybalt falls” (Shakespeare 146 & 148). …show more content…

Although Romeo is married to Juliet and is now part of her family, he is driven by rage when he sees her cousin Tybalt kill Mercutio, leading him to kill Tybalt in retaliation. Shakespeare highlights the idea that Romeo and Juliet can not live without one another and that they would do anything to be together, even take their own lives. Juliet: “What’s here for me? A cup, closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. — O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss your lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with restorative. Kisses Romeo. Thy lips are

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