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In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo, the protagonist, presents the traits of being impulsive, emotional, and idealistic. In this play Romeo demonstrates his trait of being impulsive throughout act 1. On scene one, when Romeo appears for the first time, he is in grief for Rosaline, his beloved woman, doesn’t accept propose of his. As Montague asserts ‘And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night Black and portentous must this humor prove.
The Roman politician, Marcus Tullius Cicero once said: “Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.” (Brainyquote) There is no better example of the rashness of youth than the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is the only child of Montague who’s rival is Capulet who’s the only daughter is Juliet falls in love with Romeo. Romeo and Juliet's advantage commit suicide due to mistake Romeo made. Examples of the rash decisions of teenagers are when Romeo kills Tybalt without thinking about how it is against the law and when Juliet decide to marry Romeo only after 2 days.
Fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control. While this statement may be true, decisions made can affect how fate might play out. An example of this would be the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. They choose to stay together, but are destined to be ruined. In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses fate to convey how being too impulsive can create misunderstandings and horrible endings.
In William Shakespere’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the most irresponsible adult because of his lack of guidance as an adult and his reckless decisions led both Romeo and Juliet to act on their impulsivity. Friar Lawrence is the most irresponsible character because of his lack of guidance as an adult in Romeo and Juliet’s life. At an early morning, Romeo enters Friar Lawrence’s cell with glee. Surprised at how early it is, Friar Lawrence asks why Romeo is in glee.
Callie Butash and Grace Nealon Ms. Kallman EIH7 Romeo and Juliet Thematic Essay 4/26/23 Teenage love is a delicate, pure, and rash thing. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are two lovebirds who, once they met, became immensely infatuated with each other. Throughout the play, impulsive decisions were made by Romeo and Juliet based on their affection for each other. Various characters did not talk about events that truly happened or feelings that were truly there. The immaturity and miscommunication of the lovers and other people in their lives led to unfortunate events throughout the tragedy.
Since the existence of mankind there have been many romance stories that result in tragedy. Many of the outcomes in tragedies are influenced by various other characters and circumstances. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, many aspects contribute to the unnecessary suicide of the two star-crossed lovers. Not only do the characters display a lack of responsibility, but they are also impulsive and act upon assumption. The three characters who are guilty of causing the death of Romeo and Juliet is Tybalt because of his aggressive nature, Capulet for being unsupportive and Friar Lawrence for sealing Romeo and Juliet
Romeos Self Sabotage Romeo Montague, the tragic protagonist of William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is a character who, despite his good intentions, ultimately stands in his own way. Throughout the play, Romeo's impulsive nature, rash decisions, and inability to control his emotions lead to a series of tragic events that ultimately result in his own downfall. From the outset of the play, Romeo is characterized as a lovesick and emotional young man. He is deeply depressed and obsessed with the idea of love, and becomes infatuated with Rosaline, a woman who does not reciprocate his feelings. Romeo's cousin suggests going to a party to cheer him up and to look upon “all the admired beauties of Verona ''
According to the internet it at least takes a few weeks to fall in love with someone. Romeo and Juliet knew each other for 5 days, so how could they have been “in love”? There is no way Romeo and Juliet were in love when they had known each other in 5 days. Therefore, they never “fell in love”. Romeo and Juliet were two teenagers who were claimed to have fallen in love although they barely knew each other.
A Love Born Out of Hatred In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there are many events that end the lives of the lovers. As the play progresses, there are various occasions that spark the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. As all the drama starts with the feud between the Capulets and Montagues and their ancient hatred, the young teens’ lives are greatly impacted. While some may believe that Friar Lawrenceś authority is responsible for the deaths that occur in the play, it is in fact the chaos created by the Montagues and Capulets that leads to tragedy.
Romeo’s emotional nature, as well as his infatuation with women and their beauty, causes him to constantly switch from one love to another leading to him saying “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (Shakespeare 1.5.54-55) Romeo proved himself emotionally unstable, and his inability to make decisions and stick to them ultimately led to his banishment from Verona. When faced with another fiery and impulsive youth in Tybalt, Romeo initially wished not to fight him and allowed Mercutio to take action while he attempted to deescalate their situation by asking Benvolio to “Draw, beat down their weapons… the Prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets.”
Impulsiveness of Juliet Is Romeo and Juliet just a dramatic play or does it just depend on the character? In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare creates a play about the love at first sight between Romeo and Juliet and the tragic flaws throughout the play. Juliet meets Romeo at a Capulet ball, and since it is a Capulet ball, Montagues should not be there. Her cousin, Tybalt, recognizes the fact that a Montague is there, Romeo. They dismiss this and when Juliet and Romeo meet, they have a love at first sight moment.
Dialogue is used to emphasise the importance of Romeo’s quick-acting behaviours. And Luhrmann uses Shakespeares’ dialogue to strike this idea into viewers, Romeo says “I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” at the first sight of Juliet. This demonstrates Romeo is impulsive. He came to this party to meet his past love Rosaline, and now he is already set on loving another girl who has never even talked to. Romeos’ impulsive nature is an essential theme to Romeo and Juliet, without it they wouldn’t have fallen in love.
One reason Romeo was impulsive is because he fell in love with Juliet and married her only a day after meeting her. Romeo claimed to be in love with Juliet the first time that he saw her and immediately began obsessing over her. He kissed her and began talking about marrying her the night that they met.
Have you ever experienced remorse for a choice that you had made? That could be because you acted quickly and relied on your emotions to guide you, which is just what happened in the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet. Impulsiveness can leave a long lasting, or, in Romeo and Juliet’s case, a permanent consequences. Romeo and Juliet made the ultimate rash decision; they took their own lives out of love for each other. They didn’t really think much about it beforehand.
Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play, which was written by William Shakespeare in 1594. A lot of different actors have performed this play throughout the years. One the most important characters in the play has to be Romeo because if wouldn’t have come up to Juliet the play would have been really different. Romeo is romantic, impulsive, and brave.
