In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, he demonstrates the consequences of one person’s impulsive behaviour. The setting of the play is in Verona, Italy. In Verona, there are two opposing families, the Capulets and Montagues, the two families have an ancient feud. Romeo Montague is the son of Montague and Lady Montague and is involved in the feud due to his name, but he is not concerned about the feud, it does not appeal to him. Juliet Capulet is the daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet, and is the cousin of Tybalt. She is also involved in the feud but shows no interest. Mercutio is a relative of the County Paris and the Prince of Verona, Escalus and is a close friend of Romeo. Through the characters of Romeo, Juliet, and Mercutio, William Shakespeare demonstrates that one’s impulsive behaviour causes suffering to one’s self. Romeo acts without thinking about the consequences or the future because he is rash and is stubborn. He has many people that influence him like Friar Laurence and his parents. They are all impulsive and like Romeo make decisions immediately without considering the dire consequences. He is He is a very good friend of Romeo’s. Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a duel, but he refuses to fight. Tybalt starts to tease him, still he refuses to defend himself. Mercutio is enrages due to Romeo not standing up for his name, and chooses to defend his friend against Tybalt. In the streets of Verona Mercutio says, “O calm, dishonourable, vile submission ! / Alla stoccata carries it away. / Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?”(III.i.72-74). This shows Mercutio’s displeasure of his Tybalt pestering his friend, Romeo. He is then killed by Tybalt: “This gentleman, the Prince’s near ally, / My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt”(III.i.109-111). This proves that Mercutio suffers due to his own rash decisions. He has chosen, like Romeo, and Juliet, to be impulsive, and refuse assistance from
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.
Romeo senses tensions are high with Tybalt, so he states, “I do protest I never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise.” (Lines 65-66 Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is trying to diffuse the situation because he realizes that Tybalt is his love's cousin. Mercutio is surprised by Romeo’s behavior, so he decides to fight Tybalt himself. Mercutio’s decision to fight Tybalt leads to his own death. Romeo is angered by the death of Mercutio and states, “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain" back again/ That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul.” (Lines 123-124 of Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is indicating that Tybalt is the villain now, because he slayed Mercutio. Romeo forgets about his attempt to befriend the Capulets and slays Tybalt. Romeo, murderer of Tybalt, solely focuses on Juliet and states “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death"/For exile hath more terror in his look.” (Lines 12-13 of Act Three, Scene Three). Romeo does not care about Tybalt’s life, but only cares for the way it affects his relationship with Juliet. Romeo’s mother dies out of grief because of his banishment. Romeo’s recklessness in loving Juliet has led to the death of three
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the ignorance and susceptibility of men to making impulsive decisions without considering the consequences.
Romeo was very loyal to his friends and family, and it is possible that Mercutio thought that Romeo would help him fight off Tybalt (since he was unaware of Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage that somewhat united Romeo and Tybalt). However, this argument is easily deemed invalid. Romeo was not in the town square when the fight had first began, so Mercutio expecting his help in the fight would be a far-fetched idea. A person who is not present cannot help or hinder the situation at hand. In addition, Romeo tried to break up the fight when he said, “Gentlemen, for shame forbear this outrage! Tybalt! Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets. Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio!” (Shakespeare 121). Romeo tried to stop the fight and therefore gave Mercutio more time before death, albeit minimal. The blame cannot be placed on Romeo since he did all that he could to stop the fight from
The story takes place in Verona, where they live two families are rivals, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo, sole heir of the Montagues, coming in uninvited to dance mask Capulet, which meets Juliet, only daughter of the Capulets; both fall in love at first sight. Knowing that their parents never allow their union, they marry in secret, with the help of Friar Laurence. The day of the ceremony, Tybalt insults Romeo, nevertheless the latter refuses to fight. But Mercutio, the best friend of the young Montague, engages death duel with Tybalt. Romeo and Tybalt tries to separate fail to mortally wound Mercutio. Romeo, Tybalt challenges and then avenges his friend killing his adversary. The Prince of Verona, outraged by the events, Romeo sentence
Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare. The plot is based on an Italian tale but Shakespeare makes it more dramatic by developing specific characters, such as the Nurse and Mercutio. The plot is set in Verona in the sixteenth century. The Montagues and the Capulets are two distinguished families in Verona; however, they see each other as enemies. They are fighting all the time. Romeo and Juliet, who respectively are Montague and Capulet, fall in love at their first sight. In the end, two star-crossed lovers are dead. The Montagues and the Capulets reconciled by their children’s death and end the feud which has lasted generations.
His statement means he doesn’t want to cause Tybalt any harm but would rather leave the scene. Mercutio steps in for Romeo, Romeo comes between them, and Tybalt’s sword stabs Mercutio when Romeo was holding Mercutio back. As Mercutio lays wounded and waiting for a surgeon, he blames Romeo for his injury saying,
Romeo is angry and in need of revenge, which creates an intense fight between Tybalt and Romeo. Romeo wins this battle, killing Tybalt. He leaves in a hurry, only to discover that he would be banished from Verona. The death of Tybalt is absolutely devastating for Juliet. Her cousin was murdered by her husband.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is set in Verona where two families, Montague and Capulet, have a long feud between them. This conflict causes a dilemma for the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet that are secretly married, and they take their lives to be together. Romeo, a Montague, is a teenage boy that in the beginning of the play, loves Rosaline and he is depressed because she doesn’t love him back. After talking to Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, he goes to a Capulet’s party and falls in love with the daughter of Lord Capulet, Juliet, and they secretly get married. By the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s quality of being naïve and kills himself after him being heartbroken over Juliet’s supposed death. His quality
Impulsive behavior is something that people can do or say that can affect them for a short time or for the rest of their life. When doing without thinking about consequences, people tend to make big or small decisions that can affect their lifetime dramatically. A example of this occurring through the text is the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare where Romeo Montague Demonstrates urgent impulsiveness.
During the teenage years of the brain “…the part of the brain that requires a person to make responsible decisions, understand consequences, and process problem solving is under heavy construction, and much of the time dysfunctional” (Wolner). Teenage brains think on impulsivity because of this Romeo and Juliet committed suicide on acts of impulsivity that would have been solved if they thought rationally. Romeo led off of impulsivity because of his love for Juliet. Juliet on the other hand had bad adult inference in her life, which did lead to her acting on impulsivity.
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.
Mercutio also caused Romeo to be banished from Verona. Mercutio got into a fight with Tybalt and ended up dead. His death enraged Romeo enough to make him kill Tybalt for revenge. When the Prince saw what happened, he sent Romeo into exile. Romeo's banishment to Mantua made it near impossible for Romeo and Juliet to see each other.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a play about an ongoing feud between two families, the Montagues and Capulets. The story takes place during the Renaissance in Verona, Italy. Towards the beginning of the play, Romeo, a Montague attends a Capulet’s party in disguise. Tybalt is infuriated when he hears Romeo’s voice and realizes that a Montague has snuck into the party. He goes to talk to Capulet about the situation, but Capulet tells Tybalt to remain calm and treat Romeo with respect. This passage shows how concerned Capulet is with appearances and how his family name is portrayed to others.
The average person doesn’t meet someone, profess their love for them, and ask her hand in marriage all in one night… but Romeo does. In Shakespeare’s calamity of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the idiot that does all of this. I blame Romeo for the death of these star-crossed lovers, along with the other four characters. If it wasn’t for his impetuous nature, none of this would have happened. Romeo’s relationship with Juliet could be more thought out and more planned. Although the play ended with his death included, without him Juliet and others would have kept their lives.