Love is one of the most important feelings on Earth. In some way, everyone has felt it: for their family, friends, or significant other. Recklessness and the consequences of one’s own actions is one of the most prevalent themes in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s writing demonstrates how far people are willing to go for love through Romeo and Juliet’s progressively reckless and rash decisions. Romeo risks it all for the ones he loves, which leads to his demise. Firstly, when Romeo meets Juliet, he falls in love. Only a day after Romeo declares Juliet the love of his life, he is driven to her balcony preaching, “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out.” (Act 2.2) This is …show more content…
After Romeo’s refusal to fight Tybalt, Mercutio interferes, which then leads to his demise at the hands of Tybalt. Benvolio cries, “O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead! That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds, Which too untimely here did scorn the earth.” (Act 3.1) Romeo blames his love for Juliet on Mercutio’s death, and seeks revenge. However, not once does Romeo take into account how his actions would affect Juliet, highlighting his impulsive nature. Moreover, another example of Romeo’s impulsive actions is the murder of Tybalt. With a new reason to kill Tybalt, Romeo declares, “Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him," (3.1) before fighting Tybalt and slaying him. Tybalt’s murder is an example of how far Romeo’s recklessness cn go, especially for the ones he cares …show more content…
Romeo obtains the poison through an apothecary who refuses to sell until Romeo convinces him that he’s too poor to deny service, proclaiming, “Then be not poor, but break it and take this.” To which the apothecary replies, “My poverty, but not my will, consents.” The text displays how Romeo is reckless and refuses to listen when he’s told no, instead paying off the apothecary to get the poison using his need for money against him. Near the end of the play, Romeo fights Paris and slays him, then finally downs the poison as Juliet awakens and states, “O churl, drunk all and left no friendly drop to help me after. ” The text shows how everything could have been avoided if Romeo hadn’t drunk the poison or if Juliet didn’t make such a risky decision and fake her death with the potion. Consequently, Juliet also ends her life so she could be with her true love in the afterlife, tragically putting an end to the