The Influence Of Snakes In Shakeseare's Romeo And Juliet

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Through these unfortunate lovers' tragic love story, William Shakeseare’s Romeo and Juliet expresses how the negative effects of an individual’s influence on characters such as Romeo and Juliet lead them towards a detrimental fate.

Lord Capulet is a sly snake that rattles its tail when anything (or anyone) tries to interfere with its plans. Lord Capulet can be related to a snake in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet because of his seeming lack of empathy towards Juliet. He is a very independent and impactful character in this play due to the fact that he is a leading power. Snakes are sneaky, quiet, and sly, but they are also dangerous and impulsive. Lord Capulet has a lot of these characteristics just like a snake. The party that Romeo unintentionally found out about was thrown by Lord Capulet, he also was the one to try and force marriage on Juliet with Paris. Along with forcefully trying to get Juliet to marry Paris, he rushed her and didn’t give her a chance to explain her reasons for not wanting to marry Paris. Even with all of Lord Capulets' faults, fate made all these decisions happen. It was the reason the illiterate servant who found Romeo, the first person …show more content…

Tybalt, more than anyone else, had a firm opinion. While snakes are sneaky and dangerous, rats are associated with having more smarts than a snake. Tybalt is passionate and strong-willed. No doubt he isn’t smart, but he isn’t the easiest to persuade. Due to his character traits, he doesn’t have good willpower, leading to him killing Mercutio. When Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo eventually got banished by the Prince, which further pushed Romeo and Juliet toward their fate. Having Tybalt be at the right place at the right time, again is due to the coincidences by fate. Since Tybalt is a part of the Capulet family, his actions, and his death led to an unfortunate situation for Romeo and his reputation. Further causing the death of Romeo and