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Romeo And Juliet Impulsive Love Essay

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William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, explores the theme of impulsive love as a powerful emotion that leads to tragic consequences. Firstly, this theme is portrayed when Juliet hastily decides to drink the poison given by Friar Lawrence, so she could escape to Mantua with Romeo, showing Juliet's deep love and the sacrifice she is willing to make to live with Romeo. This is a perfect example of the literary device of irony, since Juliet's deep love for Romeo causes her to pursue a self-destructive course of action. The second point foreshadows the idea that Romeo's impulsive nature regarding love will lead to negative consequences. When Romeo kills Tybalt without hesitation, as a result of Tybalt's killing of Mercutio, one of Romeo's
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