The Attainment Of Inner Satisfaction

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Ever person wants to attain self appeasement. Its the way they get it that differs. When an person wants to gain satisfaction, the actions they choose to take in order to acquire it can greatly impact others. Usually, the individual will do more harm rather than good. As an individual reaches satisfaction their actions towards associates change and frequently evolve into rash, conceited and egotistical acts. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare; the characters become egocentric as they hunger more and more for the outcome that will make them feel content. The characters portray realistic traits that express the philosophy that to gain self-fulfillment an individual's values change and with that, they transform into an unsympathetic and narcissistic person. As an matter of fact; to attain inner satisfaction individuals become very selfish, impetuous and ignorant of others.

A person can be motivated by other people to take action to manipulate their situation so it satisfies themselves.

When Romeo Montague professes his intense feelings for Juliet Capulet she cannot help but to doubt him. After all he is her family’s enemy and it is so sudden. Juliet makes Romeo prove his sincerity by marrying her. This satisfies Juliet as she has also fallen in love with romeo who is extremely happy that she wants him as her husband. However, this proves them both to be rather egocentric as they do not think of how they families would react if they discovered the lover's concealed marriage and nor do they care. To get married was an very rash decision on their behalf; especially since they just met.

In addition, after Mercutio is killed by Tybalt Capulet's hand, Romeo is motivated to get revenge for his beloved frien...

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As it has already been noted; when individuals take initiative to gain self appeasement they ignore others and focus entirely on fulfilling their own satisfaction. Every individual differs on how they plan to acquire it. Some choose violence as an prime method while others will make bad judgements. These actions tell much about an person's values and morals, however they do not determine what type of nature an individual has. Good people can do bad things, like Friar Lawrence. Although some people can be motivated enough to ignore their morals in order to do whatever is required of them to gain inner satisfaction. Every person is selfish, but it varies on how selfish each person is. Furthermore, each person reacts to situations differently, but every person has the opportunity as well as the power to place the odds in their favor.

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