In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, he demonstrates the consequences of one person’s impulsive behaviour. The setting of the play is in Verona, Italy. In Verona, there are two opposing families, the Capulets and Montagues, the two families have an ancient feud. Romeo Montague is the son of Montague and Lady Montague and is involved in the feud due to his name, but he is not concerned about the feud, it does not appeal to him. Juliet Capulet is the daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet, and is the cousin of Tybalt. She is also involved in the feud but shows no interest. Mercutio is a relative of the County Paris and the Prince of Verona, Escalus and is a close friend of Romeo. Through the characters of Romeo, Juliet, and Mercutio, William Shakespeare demonstrates that one’s impulsive behaviour causes suffering to one’s self. Romeo acts without thinking about the consequences or the future because he is rash and is stubborn. He has many people that influence him like Friar Laurence and his parents. They are all impulsive and like Romeo make decisions immediately without considering the dire consequences. He is He is a very good friend of Romeo’s. Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a duel, but he refuses to fight. Tybalt starts to tease him, still he refuses to defend himself. Mercutio is enrages due to Romeo not standing up for his name, and chooses to defend his friend against Tybalt. In the streets of Verona Mercutio says, “O calm, dishonourable, vile submission ! / Alla stoccata carries it away. / Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?”(III.i.72-74). This shows Mercutio’s displeasure of his Tybalt pestering his friend, Romeo. He is then killed by Tybalt: “This gentleman, the Prince’s near ally, / My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt”(III.i.109-111). This proves that Mercutio suffers due to his own rash decisions. He has chosen, like Romeo, and Juliet, to be impulsive, and refuse assistance from
Romeo senses tensions are high with Tybalt, so he states, “I do protest I never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise.” (Lines 65-66 Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is trying to diffuse the situation because he realizes that Tybalt is his love's cousin. Mercutio is surprised by Romeo’s behavior, so he decides to fight Tybalt himself. Mercutio’s decision to fight Tybalt leads to his own death. Romeo is angered by the death of Mercutio and states, “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain" back again/ That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul.” (Lines 123-124 of Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is indicating that Tybalt is the villain now, because he slayed Mercutio. Romeo forgets about his attempt to befriend the Capulets and slays Tybalt. Romeo, murderer of Tybalt, solely focuses on Juliet and states “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death"/For exile hath more terror in his look.” (Lines 12-13 of Act Three, Scene Three). Romeo does not care about Tybalt’s life, but only cares for the way it affects his relationship with Juliet. Romeo’s mother dies out of grief because of his banishment. Romeo’s recklessness in loving Juliet has led to the death of three
When Tybalt did not fight him after that, Mercutio continued to provoke him by saying, “Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be about your ears, ere it be out,” (Shakespeare 121). For no reason other than the fact that Tybalt is a Capulet, Mercutio threatens him. He told Tybalt that he must pull out his sword and fight if he doesn’t want to be an easy target. By continuously provoking it, Mercutio is responsible for the fight that caused his death.
His statement means he doesn’t want to cause Tybalt any harm but would rather leave the scene. Mercutio steps in for Romeo, Romeo comes between them, and Tybalt’s sword stabs Mercutio when Romeo was holding Mercutio back. As Mercutio lays wounded and waiting for a surgeon, he blames Romeo for his injury saying,
Impulsive behavior is something that people can do or say that can affect them for a short time or for the rest of their life. When doing without thinking about consequences, people tend to make big or small decisions that can affect their lifetime dramatically. A example of this occurring through the text is the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare where Romeo Montague Demonstrates urgent impulsiveness.
During the teenage years of the brain “…the part of the brain that requires a person to make responsible decisions, understand consequences, and process problem solving is under heavy construction, and much of the time dysfunctional” (Wolner). Teenage brains think on impulsivity because of this Romeo and Juliet committed suicide on acts of impulsivity that would have been solved if they thought rationally. Romeo led off of impulsivity because of his love for Juliet. Juliet on the other hand had bad adult inference in her life, which did lead to her acting on impulsivity.
Mercutio, though a minor character, had and enormous impact on the outcome of the play. Before the Capulet Ball, Romeo had been debating whether to go or not. Mercutio persuaded him to go by giving a big speech to him about a dream he had. This makes him partially responsible because the Ball is where Romeo first met Juliet. Mercutio also caused Romeo to be banished from Verona. Mercutio got in a fight with Tybalt and ended up dead. His death enraged Romeo enough to make him kill Tybalt in revenge. When the Prince saw what happened, he sent Romeo into exile. Romeo's banishment to Mantua made it near impossible for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. Mercutio was to blame, though only partially for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the ignorance and susceptibility of men to making impulsive decisions without considering the consequences.
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is about Romeo, a Montague, who falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet, and they cannot be together because their families have a long-lasting family feud. Before everyone reads Romeo and Juliet, they think that Romeo and Juliet are in love from the beginning of the story. However, Romeo is sad and heartbroken because his lady Rosaline did not want to progress their relationship. While Romeo is sad, his friend Mercutio grows in strength and happiness. As in other literary works, a foil compares and contrasts two characters. One foil in this story is the more Romeo is seen sad, the more Mercutio is seen joyful. In the beginning of the story, Mercutio tries to cheer Romeo up from being heartbroken over Rosaline.
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, two very young people fall in love but cannot be with each other because of the feud in between their families. The feud ends when Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves because of heartbreak over the other. The minor characters Mercutio, Tybalt, and Friar Lawrence serve as foils to Romeo, to help support the theme of patience.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a play about an ongoing feud between two families, the Montagues and Capulets. The story takes place during the Renaissance in Verona, Italy. Towards the beginning of the play, Romeo, a Montague attends a Capulet’s party in disguise. Tybalt is infuriated when he hears Romeo’s voice and realizes that a Montague has snuck into the party. He goes to talk to Capulet about the situation, but Capulet tells Tybalt to remain calm and treat Romeo with respect. This passage shows how concerned Capulet is with appearances and how his family name is portrayed to others.
After catching Romeo at a party he was not supposed to be at, Tybalt had it out for Romeo. Just after Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, Tybalt comes looking for him wanting to fight. Romeo does not want to fight because he now loves Tybalt since he is family to him, but neither Tybalt or anyone else knows this reason. Quickly, Mercutio steps in and tells Tybalt that he will fight him in honour of Romeo. Sadly, this led to the death of Mercutio.
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately lead them along a series of unfortunate mishaps.
The play, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare had ended in a tragedy that was presented in such a way that it had shocked the audience. In summary, Romeo and Juliet, the Star cross 'd lovers, were heavily impacted by their long history family feud. The family feud then lead to Romeo and Juliet and other important characters in the play to keep secrets from each other. Thus, creating multiple problems in the play that resulted in Romeo and Juliet 's death. In the end, Romeo and Juliet were not the only people to cause their misfortune, but fate along with many characters in the play. The people that truly consider to have the greatest effect in this tragic ending were the two families involved in the feud, Capulet and Montague, Friar Lawrence,
The average person doesn’t meet someone, profess their love for them, and ask her hand in marriage all in one night… but Romeo does. In Shakespeare’s calamity of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the idiot that does all of this. I blame Romeo for the death of these star-crossed lovers, along with the other four characters. If it wasn’t for his impetuous nature, none of this would have happened. Romeo’s relationship with Juliet could be more thought out and more planned. Although the play ended with his death included, without him Juliet and others would have kept their lives.
Romeo is characterised as a person who is impulsive which is a major weakness of this central character. He hides away from his friends in the orchard to declare his love for Juliet, even though he knows how dangerous it is. He also promises to marry her, which happened too quickly. He is also impulsive when he revenges Mercutio’s death and kills Tybalt, which led to banishment from Verona. Romeo is also characterised as a person who loves Juliet dearly and that is another weakness shown by this central character. Romeo stands in the darkness of the garden below Juliet, and shows his love for her “It is my lady. O, it is my love!” (II, ii, 11). This quote evidently and quiet straightforwardly shows Romeo’s love for Juliet. But t...