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
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 in 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.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story with many colorful characters. People often mistake this tragedy to be a romantic fairy tale, which is not the case at all. Six people end up dead. One of the biggest arguments regarding Romeo and Juliet is who is the miscreant that caused the calamity in the first place. There are many suspects, but in regards to the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris there is one man who stands out. Lord Capulet is guilty of the crime. If it weren’t for his selfish, immature, and abusive attitude, Juliet would have never had to fake her death.
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
“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a play about two lovers from different families that have an internal feud between them. It ends in both lovers, Romeo and Juliet, committing suicide as they could not openly live with each other. An important idea in this play is that of the impetuosity of youth and the rash decisions that young people may make. This idea is continuously brought up throughout the play and is explored through the concepts of overreacting and being blinded by anger, desperation in forbidden love and taking your life for love.
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.”
The suicides of Romeo and Juliet reflect their hasty and impulsive decisions as well as the dishonesty of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse. Romeo’s haste in drinking the venomous poison, Friar’s cowardice in handling the consequences as well as the Nurse’s choice of standing against the relationship of Romeo and Juliet contribute equally to their fatal end. Therefore, dishonesty and haste can result in undesirable circumstances to any individual.
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.
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.
Actions are caused by ones personal choices, thus actions indeed speak louder than words. In today's society, people make a variety of decisions throughout their everyday lives. These decisions often lead to different outcomes and sometimes, they may cause a person to suffer consequences from his/her choices. Some people believe that everything happens for a reason; that everything happens because of fate. Others beg to differ as they consider that their decisions drive what fate has for them in the future and so they think that they are in control of their own destiny. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers betrayed their own family in order to be with each other. Given that both Romeo and Juliet are both young, they made endless sacrifices and decisions just for them to be together without considering the consequences. All of their sacrifices resulted in vain as their tragic conclusion was their own death. Although fate played a significant role in the star-crossed lovers' downfall, Romeo and Juliet paid the consequences of their dreadful decisions due to their reckless rebellion which eventually led to their catastrophic ending.
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately lead them along a series of unfortunate mishaps.
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.
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.
“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)
64- 66). This evidence shows that even after Lord Capulet acted like a child threatening Juliet and treating her in such a horrible non-loving way that her death is what caused his end of childhood moment while realizing how much he loved and cared about Juliet. Lord Capulet was happy with Juliet for appearing to marry Paris as he requested and couldn’t believe she was dead. Lord Capulet at the end of the day was a father who loved his daughter but allowed his emotions to take control of himself but didn't realize his mistake until Juliet was already dead. It would be hard for any parent to have organized a wedding for the child only to turn that preparation into funeral