The Victory of Death “Eyes look your last. Arms take your last embrace. And, lips, O you, the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!” (Shakespeare, 139). Those powerful words were breathed from the mouth of Romeo as he arrived at his fateful doom of death sealed by his own hand. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, some people believe Romeo and Juliet were not truly responsible for their deaths, and some believe they were. In either case, everyone could agree that Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were tragic and brought about by various events. Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths because they did not control themselves well, were immature, and made the choice to kill themselves. …show more content…
Only hours after meeting each other, they agreed to be married. Upon Juliet’s request, Romeo visited the Friar and declared, “We met, we woo’d, we made an exchange of vows, I’ll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray, that thou consent to marry us to-day” (Shakespeare, 55). The Friar foolishly agreed to marry them and, thus, brought them one step closer to their fateful deaths. Their impulsiveness followed them and led Romeo and Juliet to succumb to their passions. Romeo and Juliet readily submitted to their passions the moment they met. They were quick to kiss, meet again, recite eloquent speeches to each other, and wed. Their passion for each other drove them toward their cruel deaths. They were married and put to death without truly thinking about what they did. They spoke, too, without thinking. Furthermore, they never once thought about the consequences of their actions towards those around them. They were, however, led astray by the Friar and Juliet’s nurse, who supported and encouraged them in their endeavors to wed. In the end, though, Romeo and Juliet were not able to control themselves, and it proved …show more content…
However, they did not always like or listen to the advice of those older and wiser than them. In Act 3 the nurse counseled Juliet with, “Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the County” (Shakespeare, 107). Juliet was appalled by that suggestion. A person she truly trusted was compelling her to forget about Romeo and renounce (“go back on”) her vow. She would never consider that advice. The loss of confidence in someone so close to her brought Juliet even closer to Romeo. Romeo and Juliet seemed to have been caught up in each other. Juliet was overwhelmed with feelings for Romeo when she uttered these words, “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep: the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite” (Shakespeare, 49). They were so consumed by each other that nothing else mattered to them. If they had realized there was a world around them that did not revolve around them, they may not have been led to such deaths. Romeo and Juliet made bad decisions and they should be held accountable for them. Romeo and Juliet made the choice to take their own
The Death of Romeo and Juliet and Who is to Blame Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which a young boy and girl fall in love and commit suicide. They come from 2 different families which have a deadly feud against one another. Romeo goes to a masked ball at the Capulet's household where he falls in love with Juliet. He then proposes to her after the party in secret at Juliet's balcony. Romeo then arranges a secret weeding with Friar Lawrence and Juliet tells the Nurse.
The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married, Romeo is banished from the city of Verona, causing an issue for their ideal fate together. Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Count Paris after she married Romeo, leaving Friar to structure a plan to avoid a second marriage for Juliet. Juliet takes a sleeping potion that makes her believably dead for forty-two hours – during this time, Romeo was to be told that she is still alive; however he was not, so he purchased illegal poison so that he did not have to live without Juliet. Juliet wakes up only to find her true love lying dead next to her, thinking it necessary to stab herself with a dagger. After the couple dies, there leaves one question; Who should be pardoned, and who should be punished? The Nurse should be pardoned, while Friar Laurence and Count Paris should be punished.
“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex...People are irrational” said physiologist, Hugh Mackay. As a matter of fact nothing was perfect for Romeo and Juliet. Their lives were messy. Their relationship was complex. And they certainly did act irrationally. Romeo and Juliet quickly fell in love at the beginning of the plot in the play, named after them, created by Shakespeare. To be able to escape from her home and be with her love, Juliet drank a potion that made her seem dead. Romeo, not knowing about the plan, took his life at the sight of her “dead” body. When Juliet woke up and saw Romeo dead, she ended up killing herself as well due to his death. Shakespeare portrays the message that being in love can cloud people’s
Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two lovers make their own personal choices that impact both their lives in a very tragic way. While the readers are hoping that Romeo and Juliet will end up together, their impulsive behaviors lead to death. Juliet's impulsive behavior to fake her own death without clarification that Romeo had received the friar's letter caused Romeo to kill himself.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet are doomed from the start, and the audience is completely aware of this from the prologue. Romeo makes all of his decisions on impulse without giving them much of a thought. Romeo has an impulsive disposition, which guides his actions throughout the play and eventually leads to him take his own life and leads for his wife, Juliet, to do the same.
Romeo and Juliet is a play that is a very well known love story of two star-crossed lovers that come from feuding families. The play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of two desperate lovers that come together and fall in love with each other despite their feuding families. Throughout the story there are many events that lead to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. The true question is not how they died but rather who is to blame for their death. There are three things at fault for their death which are fate, the Capulet family, and Friar Lawrence who is most responsible for this tragedy.
Just as the Friar says in the beginning of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94). this was a sign of foreshadowing for for the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate was a factor that had contributed to a tragic end, there was also personal choice involved, and ultimately, the story may have had a different ending if it weren’t for the flaws of the lovers and their inability to have a grip on reality in dire circumstances. Over the course of the play, the lovers from the conflicting households have not matured and remain rather static in development. Furthermore, in this tragedy, the only son of the montages remains rather childlike, Juliet still seems immature and their relationship over all seems more like a play act on lover rather then something mature and sustainable. Overall, from start to finish, Romeo and Juliet were living in the moment, being absurd and silly rather then focusing on the future and trying to work problems out effectively.
Romeo and Juliet choose their own actions through their judgments, which were caused by their belief of everlasting love. Due to their unsound and absurd attitudes, both characters are dazed by love in a puerile manner. The relationship they created was actually built on lust and desperation. Firstly, Romeo is the first character whom shows immature love in the story as a whole. Once Capulet’s party is over, Romeo’s attitude leads him to jump over the wall to Juliet’s house and exclaim to her,” And what love can do, that dares love attempt./Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me”(2.2.68-9). The effect of love caused Romeo to not pay attention to the consequences of jumping over the wall and talking to the daughter of his enemy. The flaw is that he is beginning to think that his love is as hard as nails. It is illogical for Romeo to think this...
Romeo and Juliet’s young love reflects their abruptness, rashness, and lack of maturity which leads to them getting suicide impulses throughout the story and causing Romeo and Juliet to ultimately suicide at the end of the story. Their love causes them to act very rashly and make unwise decisions, such as getting married and killing themselves. They are also too young to love because they are not mature enough. Their lack of maturity influences their decisions, leading to them finding abrupt solutions, such as suicide. After Balthasar told Romeo that Juliet died, he proclaimed, “I do beseech you, sir, have patience/Your looks are pale and wild do import/ Some misadventure” (5.1.27-29). Once Balthasar delivers the tragic news of Juliet’s death to Romeo, Romeo makes a rash decision of going back to Verona, not thinking about the consequences of his act, which would lead to more complications, such as him being...
They receive deceptive guidance and therefore they resort to deceit as a resolution. Romeo and Juliet are deceptive due to Friar Laurence’s plans. Friar Laurence took part in their secret marriage as he believes that this alliance could ‘…Turn [their] household’s rancour to pure love’. This marriage complicates Romeo and Juliet’s relationship and they compromise that deceit is the only resolution for their complications. Juliet is later forced to marry Paris so she asks the Nurse for a resolution, the Nurse indulges her in poor guidance and reply’s saying that Juliet is ‘…better in the second match’. The nurse helps Juliet to marry Romeo then encourages Juliet to marry Paris as well as Romeo, the Nurse then dismisses Juliet when she asks for a resolution for the situation; she provides poor guidance by doing so. The nurse provides Juliet with no advice so Juliet visits the Friar whose plan needs a ‘desperate… execution’. Guidance plays a massive role in Romeo and Juliet‘s relationship, the guidance that is provided to them is poor and further complicates their situations, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet occur due to the deceptive guidance they are provided with. The guidance that Romeo and Juliet are provided with is often deceitful, inconsistent and relies on luck, therefore is it unreliable and promotes them to be deceitful. The poor guidance eventually leads to their
But often in times, when we truly care about a person, we lose ourselves and get controlled by our emotions. It is fully dependent on each person, based on their character traits and how loving they are. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, the lovers were not star-crossed, but rather their love for one another resulted in their deaths. Their love for each caused them to take risks to each other, to see each other again. Love is such a strong theme in Romeo and Juliet, so strong that in fact, the two lovers in the story enter a state of true passion and love, resulting in the two of them unable to live without each other. As shown when Juliet is in her room after her fight with her family, she displays her hopelessness without Romeo, saying “I’ll to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die.”(3.5.252-253) This way of thought is also shown when Romeo begins to travel to Juliet’s grave to kill himself. He declares that “To Juliet’s grave, for there must I use thee.”(5.1.89) He has lost hope in everything in life and cannot function without Juliet as vice versa for Juliet. Thus, the story of Romeo and Juliet was not a story of how two people by fate met each other, but instead the love between the two and how love can truly affect a
In Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers who have star-crossed love, though they are enemies. The Montagues and Capulets have had animosity for one another for a while, but Romeo and Juliet choose to rebel from their parents' grudges and choose their love instead. Though Juliet has an arranged marriage, she marries Romeo with the help of Friar. Then, she lies to her dad and fakes her death. Once Romeo finds out she’s dead, he takes his life with poison and Juliet follows with a knife.
The lover’s immediate connection is established at the Capulet feast, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Through doing this, it shows that Romeo is reckless and continues even though he recognizes that they come from different families, “o dear, my life is my foe’s debt”. Throughout the play, it establishes that Juliet allows herself to behave impulsively and be persuaded by Romeo into a impetuous and thoughtless marriage, “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vowel for mine” Juliet expresses her concern that it is too soon to promise to love Romeo when they have only just met, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden / Too like the lightning” This simile is used to convey Juliet’s thought on their sudden love. Although Juliet has recognized how spontaneous they are acting, it does not prevent her from continuing her relationship with Romeo, proving that Juliet is just as impulsive as Romeo. Thus, Shakespeare has skillfully utilized the lovers to demonstrate that their own reckless actions is a reason for their untimely
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the fate of their lives is determined by the consequences of their actions. Firstly, a hasty marriage is usually not a great idea, especially for the young. Romeo and Juliet getting married on a whim later contributed to their tragic death. After Romeo and Juliet met the night before, they instantly got married the morning after. Secondly, there are dire consequences for murder.