Romeo And Juliet Impulsive Quotes

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William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, aged 18, with whom he had twins Hamnet and Judith and Samantha. He was baptised on 26th April 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616. Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. In-between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as a writer and was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and often called England's national poet. His works, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems.I will be analysing how Shakespeare presents the consequences of impulsive behaviour of Romeo and the Friar. In Romeo's initial meet with Juliet, he instantly fell in love with her. He fell for Juliet before he really met her and actually got to understand her. Once he saw Juliet, he forgot his love with Rosaline straight away, which reveals his fickle nature. Both 'relationships' he harboured were based on aesthetics alone, as he fell infatuated with them before he talked to them. Upon first seeing …show more content…

When Romeo’s servant tells Romeo that Juliet is “dead'', Romeo impulsively rushes to be with Juliet, but before he leaves he writes a letter to offer to Lord Montague, explaining the situation. He remarked, “..Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift/ To enter in the thoughts of desperate men! / I do remember and apothecary”. Romeo recapped on what he first thought of the Friar and remembers that the apothecary is a desperate poor man, he would take the risk that in Mantua death is the penalty for selling poison. If Romeo didn't impetuously plan to poison himself, he might have received the message from the Friar indicating to them that Juliet isn't dead. Also If he had just gone to the tomb with no intention of suicide, he might have seen Juliet awaken. However, as a result of his impulsion, none of these things

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