In life, you can unknowingly make hasty decisions towards somebody you love without the intent of hurting them in the time ahead. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers' immaturity and their sudden urge to get married causes hasty decision making which ultimately leads to their death. Both lovers disregard the unchallenged truth on how they only have known each other for an hour, but they manage to get married to each other with the help of Friar Lawrence. Starting at an exclusive Capulet party, Romeo’s intentions were not to meet Juliet. He specifically came to the Capulet party for Rosaline, his petrarchan lover. Instead of completing his goal of talking to Rosaline, he unintentionally lays his eyes on Juliet. This …show more content…
When and where and how we met, we wooed, and made an exchange of vows. “I’ll tell thee as we pass, but this, I pray that thou consent to marry us today.”( II. III. 61-69) Romeo desperately asks Friar Lawrence for his blessing to marry them. Both of the young lovers do not have a clue what is beyond them. They do not have the knowledge of making important decisions like marriage so quickly, which can affect them negatively in the long future ahead. The lovers' innocent mindsets teach readers how it is never wise to make quick and unmeaningful decisions. Jumping into new situations takes time, and patience. Without patience, a person goes insane and overestimates themselves. Their quick, hasty decisions gave their minds an illusion that made them believe that they had been in love for a long time. Romeo made a mistake, though. He killed Juliet’s dear cousin Tybalt out of rage and anger to seek revenge because he had killed Romeo’s best friend Mercutio. The news spread like wildfire around the streets of Verona, Romeo was sentenced to be banished from the town. Juliet was feeling disheartened by the news of her cousin's
Hasty decisions are something people struggle with, whether it be in Shakespeare’s time or present day. They can affect lives in different ways, many of which are negative. For teens today, a hasty decision might be having fun with their friends instead of doing their homework. For Romeo and Juliet, it was getting married within a day of meeting each other. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, hasty decisions create big mistakes and issues and are made many times in the play. This includes
The world moves so briskly, but the urgency in people’s decisions leads to ghastly consequences. One could say hasty decisions have become the downfall of today’s world. This is shown in the play Romeo & Juliet, where two star-crossed lovers are forced to keep their love a secret from their families. While trying to hide their love from their family, they chose to marry in secret but never has the chance to live together. The families reconciled in spite of the tragedy experienced from both sides
Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet. The significant passion of love and history-induced loathing between the Capulets and Montagues compels Romeo and Juliet, as well as other characters, to make prompt decisions that should have been more thought out. Acting in haste can lead to disastrous consequences that cannot only impact the person making the decision, but can also affect many people at the same time; these consequences include complication of lives, further inappropriate decisions, broken hearts
love of Romeo and Juliet, that expeditiously grows into a tragedy: Anger glows red into hastily mistakes, choices are never our own, and patience is merely absent. This is what creates a dilemma between oneself, families and foes. The play “Romeo and Juliet”, told by Shakespeare, portrays a message to readers that being patient will lead to one's fate. However, thinking hastily will bring one to bad fate and unpredictable outcomes. This can be brought into my life with Romeo’s hasty decisions and Juliet’s
Often in life, people are told to think twice before they do something, as hasty decisions could have terrible repercussions. This advice is forgotten by Romeo Montague, one of the main characters in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. Many times throughout the play, Romeo acts impulsively and irrationally, without thinking of the consequences of his actions. His irresponsibility and hasty decisions result in several unfortunate situations. It is obvious to the reader that much of the misfortune
Throughout the play, Romeo makes very hasty decisions, a number of that lead to unnecessary consequences. Heretofore, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet Ball with Benvolio and to cover their identity they each wore masks. Capulet allows them to enter the ball, not knowing they are from the Montague family, because he thinks it 'll be amusing for his guests,and because he remembers when he young doing similar things in pursuit of ladies. Benvolio wanted Romeo to go, therefore he could see that there were
Hasty is to Romeo and Juliet as actions are to outcomes. The theme haste is defined in several points in the play, Romeo and Juliet, by Sir William Shakespeare. Through the characters, one can see the harm of these people’s impulsive actions that led up to the event of Romeo and Juliet’s suicides. The characters impulsive decisions led to complications in the play. The hastiness of the characters is seen directly through Lord Capulet, Juliet, and Romeo. Particularly, Lord Capulet is a prime example
Romeo and Juliet has frequently been described as a story that has many hasty decisions in it. The story of Romeo and Juliet is about two loving young people. They fall in love at first sight at a party. But there’s a problem. Their families hate each other. But they don’t care. They get married secretly. Then Romeo gets into a fight and gets banished from the great city of Verona. Juliet fakes her death so she doesn’t have to marry a man named Paris. Then Romeo kills himself because he thinks she
consequence.” Levesque’s words emphasize how it's our decisions that determine our fate; we create our own future by our own freewill. We can change our future by the choices we make every single day, and forge our own destiny. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, the star crossed lovers’ rash and hasty decision making emphasizes that every decision we make has a consequence; we cannot be immature and reckless with our choices. Romeo and Juliet’s all consuming love for one another and
feelings and quick decisions can lead to both good and bad outcomes, revealing important lessons about the nature of people. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet portrays the intricate romance between two children of the warring Capulets and Montagues, among numerous challenges. Throughout the play, Shakespeare develops the theme of youthful love, which becomes uncontrolled, leading to tragedy. Among the many characters that contributed to the tragic series of unfortunate events, Romeo Montague holds the
writer in the English language, and often called England’s national poet. Several of his works became extremely well known, thoroughly studied, and enjoyed all over the world. One of Shakespeare’s most prominent plays is titled The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In this tragedy, the concept that is discussed and portrayed through the characters is love, as they are recognized as being “in love”. The general umbrella of love encompasses various kinds of love such as romantic love, the love of a parent
Lawrence in choosing to marry Romeo and Juliet without the knowledge or permission of their parents, results in undesirable after effects. Secondly, the sudden cessation of support from Juliet’s Nurse, to continue the relationship of Romeo and Juliet causes harm to Juliet’s feelings as a young lover and contributes to their fatality. Finally, Romeo’s haste to marry Juliet to prove his intentions, accounts for a future filled with even more hasty decisions. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the
determined by ones self. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, fate is a very prevalent theme that has a mass effect on the outcomes of the play. Fate is foreshadowed through the characters consistently throughout the play showing the reader that destiny is not in the hands of the character, but instead in the hands of fate. The timing of certain actions in the play will impact the results of said actions hence showing fates prevalence. Fate is present when Romeo meets the nameless servant.
way Romeo and Juliet feel for each other. Romeo and Juliet both give up their family names, and commit suicide so they can be together forever. Friar Lawrence also truly loves Romeo and therefore he continues to warn him about his hasty love decisions and agrees to marry him to Juliet. True love does exist in the play Romeo and Juliet by the well-known writer William Shakespeare and is demonstrated by the characters Romeo, Juliet and Friar Lawrence. First, Juliet possess true love for Romeo and therefore
Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, one of the most memorable messages is the hastiness of all the characters, and the adversity they all end up in. Romeo and Juliet’s abrupt meeting leads to their hurried wedding, to other wedding plans from Juliet’s parents, and soon after, contributes to both Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths. William Shakespeare’s story is, ultimately, a play about the hastiness of youth as well as the elders and it all starts and ends with the two main characters. Romeo, son of Montague