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The Themes Of Haste In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet many themes are incorporated into the sonnet. These themes consist of things such as love’s power, the power of fate, the danger of haste, and the collision of opposites. Shakespeare emphasized these themes in many ways throughout the entirety of the sonnet to show the importance of each. Therefore, even today many know the sonnet and there are many versions portrayed throughout the world.
To begin I believe the most important theme portrayed in the sonnet to be the danger of haste. Some may not agree with this statement; however, it is a theme that is shown in every act throughout the sonnet. Since it is a recurring theme portrayed throughout the entirety of the sonnet many acts committed in haste, the first being Romeo’s and Juliet’s haste to be wed. The first night they saw one another at Capulet’s balls it was assumed by both that they had fallen in love at first sight and neither would think this may just be based their pure chemistry and physical attraction to one another. …show more content…

Romeo does this without any hesitation while we see hesitation in Juliet for the first them thus far. She shows this hesitation before portraying her vows of love by saying “Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night. It is too rash, too unadvis’d, too sudden.” However, Juliet then continues to portray her vows of love to Romeo and ends by saying if he is serious about proposing marriage he shall send word to her the next morning. The scene would then lead to many acts committed by both Romeo and Juliet in pure haste until they both would commit their

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