Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And Easy On Me

Eloise Geraets
Accelerated English I
Period 5
5/15/23
Romeo and Juliet Analysis Even though Romeo and Juliet and “Easy On Me” might not seem similar, their overall importance has a deeper value than one might realize. Both of the artistic pieces share themes of dissatisfaction, losing hope, and the moral value of consequences. First, the most prominent moral in both Romeo and Juliet and “Easy On Me” is the feeling of dissatisfaction. Many people have come across such a feeling when striving to do one’s best and receiving an outcome that isn’t up to the set standards. A direct comparison to this is during Act One, Scene One, of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo has found a lover that appears to be the prettiest and most perfect woman in the town of

When people lose hope they often let their feelings get a hold of them and are unable to make moral decisions that will ultimately benefit their life in the future. This compared to Romeo and Juliet because when Romeo was sad about Juliet's passing, he was quick to purchase poison and drink it next to her bed; soon to find out that she wasn’t dead. If Romeo were to have not lost hope early on he would have been able to live out a life with his true lover. “What if it be a poison which the friar subtly hath ministered to have me dead…how if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me” (Shakespeare 1122). This quote also provides evidence of losing hope, due to the fact that Juliet is nervous about taking a sleeping potion to not have to marry Paris and get to live with Romeo forever. She worries that if the pill wears off too soon she would suffocate in her tomb or if Friar had given her the wrong potion. All of her feelings are leading to a common theme of losing hope and feeling lost in

Consequences take action when a decision is made that could negatively impact someone else or yourself. Consequences are difficult to understand sometimes as we can be stuck in our ways and believe that there is only one correct way to solve a problem. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo has committed a crime that caused him banishment. “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death”; for exile hath more terror in his look, much more than death. Do not say “banishment”” (Shakespeare 1099). Romeo felt that exile would be a better punishment than banishment for he is forced to live without Juliet. His consequence only affected him, but many times the result of an action can be much worse for other