Romeo And Juliet Fatal Flaws Essay

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Timing can decide new paths to one's life, in some cases you may come across a flaw that can turn your whole life upside down. This is what we see in Shakespeare's play, Romeo & Juliet. We see their lives being flipped in the wrong direction, in many cases throughout out the play bringing them to fatal flaws. They had no immunity to what was to come, it was fate to decide. It could just be making it to some event or someone seconds or minutes late and losing a job or something else. Then there's the fatal flaws, someone is having a heart attack, don't get them help soon enough and they'll die. This is what we call tragic timing, the off timing that results in a tragedy. The first fatal flaw we see is a letter not being delivered on time, what's in this letter? Something that means life or death if not read. “In the mean time, against thou shalt awake, Shall Romeo by …show more content…

So heart broken he didn't want to live without her, this was a big part to show that timing is everything and can be tragic. “What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end: O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? I will kiss thy lips; Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, To make die with a restorative.” [] this was what Juliet said after Romeo had done something that couldn't be undone and would tear their relationship apart. How he drank a poison that he had bought in hopes to be dead beside his wife. The potion that made Juliet look dead had been wearing off, right as she raised her hand to Romeo's face he drank the potion. This was the absolute unluckiest timing ever, and it was tragic it was one of the biggest fatal flaws we'll see throughout this book. They had all these plans put together and they were flawed bringing death to the both of them. If Juliet woke up a second earlier she would've made it a happily ever after for the

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