Haste Sacrifice In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Often times, many believe that the future is beyond their direct control. However, it is human nature to seek reason in past events, whether they cause happiness or pain. The “why” often harasses a person’s mind, especially when tragedy occurs. This being said, individuals search for a concrete reason that explains the occurrence of death, sadness, and pain. Although many personal actions affect the future outcome of an event, how the actions are carried out play the major role. Regarding this, William Shakespeare, a classic playwright, utilizes literature to communicate the main cause of disaster. For example, in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the characters of Romeo, Friar Lawrence, and Lord Capulet demonstrate that haste is most responsible

for tragedy.
For example, in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the character of Romeo Montague demonstrates that haste is most responsible for tragedy. In particular, after meeting Juliet, Romeo visits Friar Lawrence’s cell and mentions to the friar, “My heart’s dear love is set/On the fair daughter of rich Capulet [...] this I pray,/That thou consent to marry us today” (2.3.61-68). Here, Romeo requests that the friar marry him and Juliet immediately, despite meeting her the previous night. In addition, haste when marrying Juliet causes Romeo to ignore the fiery conflict between the Montagues and Capulets. Furthermore, the conflict causes banishment which adds a catastrophic obstacle. In greater detail, Romeo fights and kills a Capulet after wistfully deciding to marrying Juliet. More importantly, this expels Romeo from Verona, which prohibits him from visiting his heartbroken wife. To add on, haste disables Romeo’s ability to consider that marrying during a feud would cause issues; a possible issue includes banishment. Additionally, if Romeo attempted to create peace between the Capulets before quickly marrying Juliet, he would have still been able to visit his wife. This is true, regarding the fact that haste is what causes Romeo’s banishment and its consequences. Obviously then, the tragic hardship of banishment is caused by Romeo’s decision of immediate marriage. Acknowledging this, Romeo demonstrates that haste is most responsible for his tragedy when he marries Juliet.
Additionally, in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the character of Friar Lawrence demonstrates that haste is most responsible for tragedy.

In greater detail, when Juliet desperately visits Friar Lawrence in his cell, he immediately advises, “Tomorrow night [...] take thou this vial [...] No warmth, no [breath] shall testify thou livest. [...] Thou [shalt] be born to that same ancient vault/Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie [...] Romeo by my letters shall know are drift [...] [giving Juliet the vial]” (4.1.93-124). Basically on impulse, Friar Lawrence directs Juliet to take a potion, which will allow her to mimic death and flee an arranged marriage. Continuing this, he explains that after Juliet’s parents place her in the family tomb, she will be able to escape with Romeo (her husband). However, Romeo never receives a letter notifying him of Friar Lawrence’s plan. With this in mind, Romeo finds Juliet and thinks she is dead; from heartache he kills himself. This tragedy was the outcome of Friar Lawrence’s plan, which he hastily puts together the moment Juliet explains her predicament. Furthermore, if Friar Lawrence took the time to consider possible flaws and their consequence in his plan, Romeo would have never thought Juliet was dead. Nonetheless, haste prevents Friar Lawrence from analyzing his plan, which causes Romeo to commit suicide. Considering this, Friar Lawrence conveys that haste is the paramount cause of tragedy when he urgently advises

Juliet.
Furthermore, in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the character of Lord Capulet demonstrates that haste is most responsible for tragedy. In particular, when his daughter Juliet states that she does not want to marry Paris, the groom he arranges for her in the house of the Capulets, Lord Capulet commands, “Go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church [...] Get to thee church o’ Thursday,” (3.5.159-167). Evidently, despite hearing Juliet’s rejection towards his proposal, Lord Capulet urgently schedules the arranged wedding for Thursday of that week. As previously explained, Juliet then desperately accepts Friar Lawrence’s thoughtless and flawed plan. Additionally, when Juliet discovers that Romeo is dead after she follows the plan, she kills herself. Lord Capulet’s urgency when arranging the marriage causes Juliet to act out of desperation, hence accepting the flawed plan and her death. Considering this, Juliet’s desperation is caused by Lord Capulet’s haste. For instance, if Lord Capulet did not schedule the wedding with haste, his daughter could have thoughtfully made her own plan. Interpreting this, Lord Capulet’s haste causes Juliet to desperately accept a flawed plan, a decision that correlates to multiple deaths. Concluding this, the character of Lord Capulet demonstrates that haste is most accountable for tragedy.
Admittedly, in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the characters of Romeo, Friar Lawrence, and Lord Capulet demonstrate that haste is most responsible for tragedy through their urgent actions of marriage, planning, and scheduling. In light of this, the way actions are executed, whether through haste or patience, influence an individual’s fortune. Due to the fact that humans control their mind, they also control their performance of actions. Knowing this, humans control their own destiny, and fate is nonexistent.