What Is The Impact Of Emotions In Romeo And Juliet

Exploring the Impact of Emotions Through The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare, a worldwide English poet, playwright, and actor, once stated “Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time”. Shakespeare explains that playing with one's emotions can be dangerous and can lead to an uncertainty of that relationship. This powerful quote entails one can get carried away with their emotions and could lead to the fall out of the relationships one has. It has been said that humans tend to listen to their emotions more than logic when it comes to certain situations. This display of logic is true due to the many examples humans have within literature

Two emotions displayed by Juliet are fear and sadness throughout the play. These two emotions affect Juliet in many ways that hinder her relationship with the world, like how some people may feel in modern day society. The different emotions have a negative effect due to the ways they make an individual think irrationally. Juliet refuses to go along with her father’s plan to marry Paris. Juliet is terrified of being forced into a relationship she does not want, and her fear is palpable as she pleads to her father to reconsider. Juliet begs,“Good Father, I beseech you on my knees, / Hear me with patience but to speak a word” (III.V.58-59). Due to the backlash of her father, she is sent into a panic. This hinders her ability to think rationally and influences her to run to the Friar for help when her father and Nurse do not support her like she hoped. This portrays that Juliet is desperate for any form of help to not marry Paris and to see Romeo once more. Additionally, this panic that Juliet has guides her to make a very risky plan with the Friar due to not thinking about the consequences. This irrational behavior from Juliet causes her to accept this plan and leads to the uncertainty about her relationship with Romeo. Furthermore, when Juliet goes to the Friar to seek guidance since she now looks up to him as a parental figure, they both discuss a plan that will help Juliet run off with Romeo so they can be happily together. Juliet contemplates this plan due to the risk of the uncertainty of the situation. Juliet declares “Or my true heart with treacherous revolt / turn to another, this shall slay them both '' (IV.i.58-59). Juliet displays a fragile and vulnerable state when explaining how her heart is in “treacherous revolt”. Juliet's