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Explore the character of romeo in romeo and juliet
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Who Caused the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Tragedies occur everyday and can happen to anyone. Some tragedies are just accidents, but others are caused by impulsive actions that can lead to death. One example of impetuous decisions causing a tragedy is Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Many characters are to blame for the tragedy,but Romeo and Juliet have more cause than others because of their lack of patience and tendency to make quick, impulsive decisions. Romeo consistently makes his decisions on what he feels at that moment and doesn’t think through the consequences. Before Romeo kills Tybalt he says “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct (Shakespeare 3.1.122)”. When Romeo says”fire-eyed fury” he allows his emotions and anger to take over his actions. In this scene, Romeo’s actions create a pattern that occur throughout the entire play. He rushes the marriage when he speaks to Friar Lawrence; ”I pray/ that thou consent to marry us today (Shakespeare 2.3.63-64)”. Romeo rushes the marriage due to him acting on his feelings for Juliet. Romeo chooses to act on his feelings instead of thinking through what a marriage between a …show more content…
Capulet and Montague might cause. Much of the tragedy can be blamed on Romeo, but Juliet is also guilty. Juliet makes impetuous decisions that leads to her own death.
Juliet tells Friar Lawrence about how desperate she is to not marry Paris;”bid me leap rather than marry Paris (Shakespeare 4.1.77)”. In desperation, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for guidance, but she threatens him with her life and forces a sudden decision by Friar Lawrence to make a flawed plan to temporarily save her. Juliet is unable to see Romeo so rather than marry Paris, Juliet wants to die. Juliet can not control her feelings when she finds that Romeo is dead so she says “O happy dagger!/This is thy sheath...let me die (Shakespeare 5.3.169-170)”. Juliet chooses to end her life without giving thought to how much grief it may cause her family. Her rash suicide is the last event of the tragedy and breaks her parents hearts. Juliet causes her own death by her choices and
actions. Romeo and Juliet share the guilt of their own deaths because of their decisions. This is important because many young people die from their poor choices and impulsive actions. In the final analysis, Romeo and Juliet can represent any two lovers that fall in love, but the choices they make at such a young age can affect their lives forever.
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
...se he believes Juliet to dead, drinks poison to take his own life as a last resort. What Romeo is unaware of is that Juliet is very much alive, so it is very ironic when he says, “Death, that has sucked the honey of thy breath,/ Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:/ Thou art not conquered; beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,/ And death’s pale flag is not advanced there” (V iii 101-105). This is fate in the works in the play. When Juliet sees that her love has not rescued her and rather is dead, she kills herself with a dagger found in the proximity. “O happy dagger/ This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die” (V iii 182-183).
Failing to uphold his end of the plan, causing the plan to fail and resulting with both Romeo and Juliet dying. Friar Laurence admits to being responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence made a huge mistake that he could have avoided himself, if only he had thought out his plan better. He trusted Juliet an unstable fourteen-year-old with a potion to make her appear dead just so she would not have to marry Paris. Resulting in the death of herself, Friar Lawrence had even said, "If…thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest." He should have been more careful, Friar Laurence's idea for Juliet was very risky and because of his own ignorance has ended up in tragedy. He also admits that he left the tomb and left Juliet there. The Friar knew that Juliet had previously threatened to kill herself, yet he still abandoned her with Romeo's knife. If the Friar truly cared about her safety, he would have forced her to come with him or stayed to prevent her from making any irresponsible
In other parts of the play Juliet is quite rash and acts thoughtlessly and very quickly. One example of this is when she wakes up in the tomb and finds out that Romeo is dead. She refuses to listen to Friar Lawrence's pleas, to leave the tomb and come with him to a nunnery. Instead she tells him "Go, get thee hence, for I will not away" (V.iii.165). She tries to poison herself but there is no poison left. When she hears the watch coming, she grabs Romeo's dagger and fatally stabs herself. Juliet is so upset she loses her ability to think rationally and tries to poison herself. Instead of listening to the friar, in desperation, she kills herself with the dagger.
Romeo as an Irrational and Impulsive Young Man "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1592. The. It is set in Verona, where a bitter feud between two rivals. families, the Montague's and Capulet's. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are the children of the two rivals, who meet and fall in love.
Then Juliet awakes in the tomb and finds Romeo dead next to her. Friar Lawrence rushes into the tomb to find both Paris and Romeo dead along with Juliet sobbing over Romeo. He insists of Juliet coming with him to leave because the watch is coming, but she is too depressed to move. Friar Lawrence leaves Juliet alone in the tomb while knowing about her state of mind. “I dare not stay longer,” (Shakespeare 869). Knowing the love of Juliet's life is dead right in front of her, he still abandons her. She then also kills herself with Romeo's dagger to be with him.
With all the conflict arising between Juliet’s family, Friar Lawrence creates a plan that unfortunately does not succeed. His plan for Juliet is to tell her father she will marry Paris, then go to bed with no one, not even the nurse. After, she will drink a potion to make her seem dead for forty two hours and then have a messenger tell Romeo about it. He will have her put in a vault to wait for Friar to bring her out so she and Romeo can elope. The plan was perfect until tragedy occurs, Benvolio sees Juliet dead and immediately tells Romeo about it.
Romeo and Juliet had many incidents where they did not think of their actions’ consequences on themselves or the people around them. “The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite.” (Rom.II.vi.11-13) Friar Lawrence makes a reference that loving too fast compares to the sweetest honey and justifies that if you love too fast things will turn out dissatisfactory. Friar Lawrence is interpreting that too much honey is delicious but gives you a stomach ache. He attempts to explain that marrying Juliet hurriedly is like too much flavorful honey and that if they slow down their marriage it will work out more agreeable. Romeo and Juliet rush into their love faster than they can handle, and they do not think of the consequences. “Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company.” (Rom.III.i.89-90) Romeo’s emotions towards Mercutio’s death drove him to kill Tybalt. Romeo let his emotions take over his common sense. Romeo did not think of these consequences as he killed Tybalt, but he loved Mercutio. The anger caused him to act quickly without thinking. This unwise choice caused Romeo to be banished, and made it harder for him to see Juliet. “Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Rom.V.iii.129-131) Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet died, but the readers know that she is not dead and will wake up in due time. The dramatic effect of him seeing Juliet dead caused him to act suddenly and kill himself. What is ironic though, is that the readers know that Juliet is not actually dead and if he had been patient, they could have lived happy together. Romeo should have thought before his suicide over a fairly new relationship. Romeo could have
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, these two protagonists were too blinded by others decisions and love to act with intelligence which ultimately leads to their deaths. These characters lived in a world where their love had to be kept secret or it would have been broken, which is why the characters looked to wiser peers for help. The deep feelings each lover had for one another was influenced by their family and three people who made destructive choices. Which leads the characters being most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are Friar Lawrence, County Paris, and Lord Capulet
have had an equal amount of both. You can get an idea of how flawed
A variety of things have the possibility of leading up to a tragedy, and it does not exclude the people whom one may know personally. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, two characters whose names are Romeo and Juliet both succumb to the state of depression due to the actions of somebody they have known and trusted. The characters’ intense adoration for each other in the end has inevitably lead them to the worst possible fate; suicide. Friar Laurence, a man known to be trusted by both Romeo and Juliet, is the person to blame for their tragedy because of how he impetuously agreed to wed Romeo and Juliet, devised a plan that would end up taking the lives of the important characters, and ran away from Juliet instead
Picture having to sneak around to be in a relationship with someone you barely know and that your family hates. That isn’t a very well thought out plan is it? In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the character Romeo Montague makes some bad choices, which end up having negative repercussions. Romeo is very emotional and doesn’t really think through his actions, but more acts on a snap decision. If not for Romeo’s fast-paced emotional rollercoaster and ‘quick-to-act’ attitude, more characters throughout the tragedy may not have died. There are many characters that could be blamed for this tragedy, but Romeo has had the most impact and is the one to blame.
One of the things that make humans human is our flaws but flaws are by no means a good thing it stumps growth in humanity as a whole and hurts individuals. Flaws makes even the best of people lose their good judgment. In Romeo and Juliet (RJ) a tragedy by William Shakespeare the main two characters Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide because of their unfortunate mistakes. Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths are the effect of their own human flaws, not fate or other high powers. On the contrary, it could be said that their lives and deaths were destined.
He overreacts to situations because he does not think carefully before acting. His father observed, “Many a morning hath he (Romeo) there been seen, with tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs” (1.1. 122-124). Romeo falls in and out of love easily without even knowing the other person very well. His infatuation with Rosaline quickly ended the moment he saw Juliet at a party. He asked a servant “What lady is that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” (1.5. 40-41). Romeo continued, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” (1.5. 50-51). He married Juliet almost immediately, without any thought to the consequences that were sure to follow from both families.
When the friar hears of this, he devises a plan so that the two lovers can be together. The major climax of the play comes when the friar gives Juliet a potion that will make it seem as though she has died, when in fact she is alive the whole time. While in Mantua, Romeo mistakenly hears that Juliet has actually died and he goes to lay by her side. Just as he takes a vile poison and dies, Juliet awakens to find her love lying dead at her side. She cannot fathom living in a world without Romeo, so she takes his sword and ends her own life.