Slaves To Passion In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Slaves to Passion In our lives sometimes we do not think rationally, and we allow our emotions to control and our passions to rule us. We need to self determine the point we will allow them to control us, and how much control we will give them. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, we see many examples of ruling passions. We see both sides to this; Romeo, who is very emotionally driven, and Juliet, who is more logic driven. Is it acceptable to allow ourselves to be controlled by our passions? Does this make us less culpable? To what extent should we let our passions control us?
In the novel, Romeo and Juliet are two very different characters. Both with different values and motivations. Over the course of the novel, we see Romeo does not always make the smartest decisions. An example of this is when he buys the poison from the apothecary. Romeo does not think about the consequences, because he is so struck with grief. However, when Juliet heard of Romeo’s banishment, she thought irrationally at first, but Juliet thought through what had happened

For example, if you came face to face with a tiger, it it good to have a strong emotional response of fear. However, we must use our emotional response for good. An example of a good emotional response is setting traps for the tiger, so you won’t be in as much danger. A bad emotional response would be trying to fight the tiger. It may seem like simple logic to us, but being in these situations, how clear would it truly be? This is what is happening in Romeo and Juliet, we think we would know what to do if we were in Romeo’s and Juliet’s place but would we really be that different? Could we overcome our emotions and think logically if we were in their places? Would we let our passions consume and rule us? We must think about these things, since Shakespeare writes about the human condition. He believes his characters are a reflection of how people truly are, but is this how we