Benjamin Franklin advised, “Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste”. No story can convey Franklin’s message more distinctly than William 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 and lives destroyed. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare presents us with the idea that …show more content…
A thoughtless choice can define and lead up to severe consequences. There is a possibility of witnessing or being involved in such a choice. Capulet, for example, was very persistent in Juliet marrying Paris; however, when Juliet “died”, he was filled with instant regret. He says, “O child, O child! My soul, and not my child! / Dead art thou! Alack, my child is dead / And with my child my joys are buried” (4.5.62-64). He expresses that he will no longer be joyful and that his soul and heart is in pain. If Capulet had not been busy with Paris, it could have allowed him to spend time with his daughter before her “death”. A tragic misfortune can leave many scarred for life. If a rash act has occurred, the aftermath may not happen straight away, but eventually, it does, and it cannot be escaped. One of the many tragic consequences, as known from Tybalt’s hasty decisions, is death. For the Capulet family, they were unlucky enough to experience the emotional trauma three times: the death of Tybalt, the fake death of Juliet, and the real death of Juliet. The Montagues, however, experienced two deaths- Mercutio’s and Romeo’s. The deaths of the two rivals’ children occurred from ill-considered choices that now leave the Montagues and Capulets damaged for the rest of their lives. After their deaths, Capulet says that Romeo and Juliet were, “Poor sacrifices of [their] enmity!” (5.3.303). Capulet has understood that if it were not for their silly rivalries that were decades old, their children would still be alive, and the families would not have to go through the pain of losing their children. Another point that William Shakespeare conveys during Romeo and Juliet is that a few more seconds of thought and self-control can save the lives of many and leave no one with any damage to their
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 other women there who were even prettier than Rosaline, however this is where Romeo meets Juliet and quickly forgets about his initial true love whom he solely desired lust for and Romeo quickly changes his timeless love he felt with Rosaline to Juliet without any remorse. Romeo spontaneously decides he has fallen infatuated all over again, this reflects Romeo’s impulsive character. “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
Choices determine every outcome, A better way to put it is “What we do in life, echoes in eternity”, essentially every single decision one makes , no matter how minuscule, will always have an impact in one’s life. Fate isn’t real; Fate is a term commonly used by those that refuse to accept that they control their own future. Teenagers ever since the beginning of time were and still are expected to make poor choices due to their age. But once they learn to take responsibility for their actions they become adults. Both Romeo and Juliet make multiple decisions such as marrying, killing and suicide without stepping back and thinking about the consequences. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare all the choices made by the star crossed lovers have consequences. The two lovers blame fate for their misfortune. They refuse to believe that fate does not determine the end result, only they can do that.
The play shows that hasty and rash decisions can have fatal and tragic consequences for some characters in ‘Romeo and Juliet”
As a late author, experienced polymath, brilliant inventor, and politician, Benjamin Franklin often informed people to “take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.” Being one of the founding fathers of the United States, Franklin declared that haste will lead to missed opportunities and chaos. He also indicated that you should take time to think of every outcome, that may include thinking about other people’s fate or just your own. The adults and the young adolescents in this play are all at fault for the rivalry because of their hasty arguments and their immaturity. In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, the majority of the conflicts constructed have been by haste and immaturity created by the young adolescents and a sufficient amount of adults.
What goes on with love that makes people do crazy things? This gives us an example in Shakespeare's “Romeo And Juliet”. In Sarah Jayne Blakemore ted talk she talks about brains. This is an example of Romeo And Juliet because Romeo wants to kill himself and Juliet is like Romeo this is the reason we sow this video because Romeo and juliet have something in there mind about suicide and they just think about killing them self for each other. Ms. Blakemore's thesis on adolescent development sheds light on some of the nonsensical decision making in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, as characters certainly face the self consciousness, emotions and impulse control she describes.
Impetuous actions can dramatically alter the life of anybody in many ways. The lack of thinking things through and acting solely on one particular emotion can lead to unanticipated results. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows how impetuous actions combined with the need for lust can lead to a tragic end. It wasn't fate but rather Romeo and Juliet's hasty actions that brought their untimely deaths.
An act of dishonesty carried out by haste can result in very unlikely consequences to an individual’s life. Firstly, the dishonesty of Friar 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 dishonesty of Friar Lawrence and Nurse and the haste of Romeo and Juliet, results in the deaths of the young lovers.
The choices Romeo and Juliet make are poor, and eventually resulted in their death. Getting married, killing Tybalt, and thinking with hastyness were all poor choices that lead to both of their deaths. Once in a while making bad choices doesn’t affect someone as much, but making then many times regularly does affect one’s life. This teaches people that we must think our actions through before committing them.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the ignorance and susceptibility of men to making impulsive decisions without considering the consequences.
An example of Romeo’s rash decision is when he gets revenge and kills Tybalt. Romeo is in full anger and really is not thinking about what he is doing. He ends up defeating Tybalt, but his punishment is that he is banished from Verona and is forced to live in Mantua. Romeo now has to leave Juliet behind and live on his own. After Romeo kills Tybalt he says out loud, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (3.1.130). Romeo realizes that he has made a huge mistake and that now he is going to have to pay the consequences. He flees the scene and later realizes that he is banished. It shows how Romeo’s unthoughtfulness has caused him trouble. Juliet also, makes a rash decision in begging the Friar to help her be with Romeo or she’ll kill herself. She doesn’t think about how she could think of a different plan instead of threatening to kill herself. Juliet tells the Friar that he must help her or else. Juliet tells the Friar, “ Tell me not, friar, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it/I long to die.” (4.1.51-67). This reveals that Juliet is “dying” if she doesn’t have Romeo with her. All Juliet needed to do was calm down and think of a plan by herself. Of course, the biggest rash decision was the decision to kill themselves. If Friar John would have went by himself and brought Romeo the message, they would have lived together in Mantua. Instead Balthasar
Impatience kills In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, two very young people fall in love but cannot be with each other because of the feud between their families. The feud ends when Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves because of heartbreak over the other. The minor characters Mercutio, Tybalt, and Friar Lawrence serve as foils to Romeo, to help support the theme of patience. While Romeo is impatient and makes rash and hasty decisions, Friar Lawrence is careful and takes time to consider his actions. First Romeo thinks that he is in love with a nun named Rosaline, but a couple hours later he is asking the Friar to marry him to another girl she had just met.
“And with the continuance of their parents’ rage, which, but their children’s end, naught could remove…” (Shakespeare 377). This powerful quote from the Prologue brings a sense of realness to the argument of the two families, uncovering that the only way the Montague and Capulet strife would be buried is if their children died. Nothing would ever be able to remove their infinite grudge except for the end of their beloved children. “Deny thy father and refuse they name; Or, if thou will not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (Shakespeare 404)
This hasty action resulted in not only his death, but also the death of his love(r) Juliet. Therefore, through reading William Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet, the audience learns an important lesson — that impulsive behaviour will have negative consequences as seen through Romeo’s actions starting with him crashing the Capulet’s party with his friends, to his killing of Tybalt, and finally his haste in killing himself to reunite with Juliet, with each action leading to a different consequence for not only Romeo, but also those around him.
In Romeo and Juliet, both families the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other and blame one another for all the death and carnage that has happened in the story. After Romeo and Juliet are dead and their families find them the Prince tells both Lord Capulet and Lord Montague how there scourge has only laid hate and caused the death of both their loved ones. Lord Montague and Lord Capulet, both talk about what will happen next. "O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand.
Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet become embodiments of impulsiveness. Through their rash words and actions in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare sets forth that both are too hasty in their decisions, leading them into unfortunate events. As the plot unfolds, Romeo and Juliet’s futile love is torn apart by their family’s hate and animosity towards each other. Despite their constant struggle to let their love survive, it is doomed from the beginning of the tragedy. It is plain that lack of foresight and wisdom leads to disaster all around.