“Wise men say only fools rush in”, Elvis Presley’s lyric in “Can’t help falling in love”. “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” These quotes are from modern life and Romeo and Juliet. They both say the wise go slow and fools rush into love. When a person rushes into love, it means they don not take the time to think if their feelings are love or like. Rushing into love is not smart at all. When people take their time in a relationship, it is a good choice because they can learn more about the person to make sure the person is a good match for them. In Romeo and Juliet they were too young and immature, and in modern life it is a smart choice to wait and learn about a person. Romeo and Juliet rushed into their relationship not knowing …show more content…
Back in their day it was more common to marry young but it does not make it right. They got married without other people knowing, including the important people like their parents. They faced consequences because they thought they were in love when truly they only had feelings for each other. Romeo and juliet were young and impatient. In modern life normally people wait for love until they are older. It gives them a chance to experience new things and learn life lessons without love affecting their decisions. In modern life people think about the consequences like broken hearts or decisions affecting their future because of one person. People in modern life are smarter and more patient when it comes to love. Elvis Presley and Friar Lawrence's words both explain people in modern life, they take their time. Though Romeo and Juliet do not listen and they rush instead of being wise and slow.Waiting for love and learning about a person is the smartest thing to do. When people take their time and learn about a person, they will know if the person is a good match for them. Romeo and JUliet rushed into love so they were not together for long. IN modern life people normally do not marry so young, sop relationships last longer. Not rushing into love will be a smart choice and there will be a better chance of a long
"Do you particularly like the man?’ He muttered, at his own image; ‘why should you particularly like a man who resembles you? There is nothing in you to like…" (Dickens 103). Romeo Montague is no less desultory, but youth is his excuse, while alcohol and lifelong disappointment are Carton’s. Shakespeare has Friar Lawrence state [about Romeo’s multiple infatuations], "Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" (1.3.67-68). Having not experienced life yet, Romeo does not yet understand the nature of love. He still sees it as a physical reaction, rather than emotional, "For beauty, starved with her severity / cuts beauty off from all prosperity" (1.1.227-228). Juliet is so immature and unskilled in the ways of love, that she shares her youthful desperation with her nurse, "Go ask his name; if he is married / my grave is like to be my wedding bed" (1.
...l concept, many consequences can arise as a result of it. Their display of self-destructive and reckless behavior endorses the idea that young lovers are not yet mature enough to handle the ramifications that appear as a result of a complicated relationship. Their willingness to rush into major events, such as marriage and even death, further shows how passion can cloud one’s judgement and control one’s thoughts and actions. Though written a long time ago, the message that Shakespeare conveys in Romeo and Juliet about young, passionate love applies to modern society as well, where great consequences arise from people acting on emotional impulse as opposed to calm reasoning.
Lust or Love: An Essay Analyzing the Relationship of Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
However, in Juliet’s case, she hears that on “early next Thursday morn, / the gallant, young, and noble gentleman, / the County Paris” will marry Juliet, and she will, therefore, become a jovial and merry wife (Shakespeare 3:5:12-14). Younger adults usually tend to rush to do it all thinking they need to be the best, and sooner than later they will be the person “[standing] on sudden haste” (2:3:93). They will have a better chance of doing it properly if they move “wisely and slow, [since] they stumble that run fast” (2:3:94). As you can see, when the adolescents hear these comments they rush into decisions without thinking about all the other possible outcomes, Juliet and Romeo rushed into everything, not taking time to think about it. However, haste is an urgent feeling with such intensity, as it causes several conflicts, including the matrimony, and suicides of Romeo and Juliet, along with the losses of Tybalt and Lady Montague. Meanwhile, immaturity is the leading
Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Romeo and Juliet" is a love tragedy based on different kinds of loves. Romeo and Juliet become married in a forbidden relationship over the high tension brawl between their rival families which Shakespeare clearly shows in the play. Despite the family brawls, the pair decides to let their "perfect" love defeat all. Peoples ideas have changed in the space of 400 years, for example back then some loves featured in this play would produce different reactions to the audience, than today. Shakespeare opens the play with the chorus who speaks a sonnet, where love imagery is found; "Two Star-crossed lovers" =
Romeo and Juliet was first published around 1595. At this time in England the family was one of the most central and pivotal figures of social order. Children were expected to honor and obey their parents and seek their assistance in any decisions made. Especially in choices made concerning marriage. At this time children were finally able to take a more active role in choosing their husband/wife, but parents were essentially given the final decision (Amussen 94). Romeo and Juliet took it upon themselves to make such an important decision and hardly even considered their parents in the process. During the first half of the 17th century the average age for a woman to marry was 26 and for a man, 28 (Amussen 86). Shakespeare’s central characters are barely entering their teen years. As a son coming of age, and more importantly the singular male heir for the Montague family, Romeo should be entering University to prepare himself for handling the family fortune, not marrying in secret. This is merely the beginning of his show of irresponsibility towards his family and ultimately the role he is meant to play in society.
However, no one is able to on account of the fact that the audience is so focused on how rash and unwise they are. Within the first few hours of knowing Romeo, Juliet bemoans the fact that her “only love, sprung from [her]only hate.” First off, she barely met the guy and she’s already saying that he’s her only love. It doesn’t make sense. Then, at the beginning of the play, Romeo is in love with another woman, and then all of a sudden he’s in love with Juliet, whom he’s barely met? What is up with that? You can not forget someone and fall for someone else that fast. The friar says it best when he says “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.” And again the friar says wise words when he comments to Romeo as he’s leaving that Romeo should be wise and slow, because “ they stumble that run fast.” He’s clearly telling Romeo to not marry so soon, to think this
I chose this quote Mainly because Romeo says that he is in love with the daughter of Capulet which is Juliet. Of course that's what makes Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo wasn't Montague's only son, and Juliet Capulet’s only daughter there would be no point in Romeo and Juliet. You can't find love in two hours, so this shows me that they're looking just for looks. Basically Romeo shallow, he thinks he's in love just by looks. Don't get me wrong sometimes people find your soulmate like that, but it is very unlikely. I know the whole love-at-first-sight but that's nonsense, you may think so but people are not always what they seem to be. Behind every person there is a monster (2.3.57-58).
Romeo shows that he is reckless with his obsession of the idea of love. Romeo Montague was just around the age of manhood when he met Rosaline. ‘She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair’/ ‘to merit bliss by making me despair.’/ ‘She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow’/ ‘Do I live dead that live to tell it now’ - (Act 1, Scene 1 L. 215-218). He goes on about her beauty and how shameful it is that someone as beautiful as she will stay a virgin for life. Ironically enough, he meets Juliet a few hours later and describes her as this ‘Did my heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight!’/ ‘For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night’ - (Act 1, Scene 5 L. 49-50). He’s so needy for love that his affections can get replaced in a matter of hours with and pretty girl to look at. Also, it’s very obvious that through his words that Romeo is a fickle fellow bases his love on how somebody looks. His shallowness can be seen through his age by his meager knowledge and lack ...
Romeo and Juliet choose their own actions through their judgments, which were caused by their belief of everlasting love. Due to their unsound and absurd attitudes, both characters are dazed by love in a puerile manner. The relationship they created was actually built on lust and desperation. Firstly, Romeo is the first character whom shows immature love in the story as a whole. Once Capulet’s party is over, Romeo’s attitude leads him to jump over the wall to Juliet’s house and exclaim to her,” And what love can do, that dares love attempt./Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me”(2.2.68-9). The effect of love caused Romeo to not pay attention to the consequences of jumping over the wall and talking to the daughter of his enemy. The flaw is that he is beginning to think that his love is as hard as nails. It is illogical for Romeo to think this...
the play is not solely about love but also a lot of hatred is involved
Does love really make one grow up quickly? One may ask this question a lot. In this love struck and heartbreaking drama, where two teenagers fall in love and face many tragedies. One is from the house of Capulet and one from the house of Montague. The famous play is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. The drama is best known for its tale of Romeo and Juliet's love and how it ended in a death for both of the emotional teens. Romeo, who quickly falls in love with the young maiden Juliet. In this drama both Romeo and Juliet start out as immature young adults and are still trying to find their way in the world. Later on in the play they start maturing into young adults.
Romeo’s numerous rash decisions demonstrates his great impulsiveness. Romeo at first grieves over his unreciprocated love for Rosaline, but after he sees Juliet; he forgets about Rosaline entirely. His hastiness leads him to make decisions that are not intelligent or to his benefit. Shortly after meeting Juliet, he asks her to “exchange [her] faithful vow” for his ( 2.2.132). Romeo’s recklessness is evident that he does not think before he makes important decisions; prompting him to propose to Juliet just hours after their first meeting. Yet the morning before, Romeo was suffering from depression because he could never have his Rosaline. After what seems like a lifetime of loving Rosaline and promising to never love anyone but her, Romeo sees Juliet and instantaneously all his thoughts of Rosaline vanish. Romeo becomes infatuated with Juliet, with whom he exchanges less then fifty words before “falling in love.” The next morning he begs Friar L...
How come Romeo loves someone else first, then in a instance he falls in love with someone else. Romeo was searching for Rosaline at the ballroom, when suddenly he gazes interested on Juliet’s beautiful face. Why would you marry someone you just met?! Your supposed to date and get to know each other before getting married. You could have the wrong person. Maybe, the person you married is rude, has a bad attitude, a rude personality, etc. In the year 1590’s, it really did not matter if you got married in a really young age, but it's still strange.
Have you ever been in love before? Many would say that love is hard to come by, and even harder to maintain, while some would say the opposite. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, he explores similar concepts related to love and infatuation. Although the reader never directly hears from Shakespeare, one could infer that his own thoughts are similarly mirrored in his characters, with the play serving as a warning tale of sorts, and the various roles echoing different dangers when it comes to love, which of there are many. More specifically, Romeo Montague and his actions in the play are very intentional, as they help explain Shakespeare’s intentions and his own personal thoughts on the topic of love and its hazards, as well