Examples Of Irrationality In Romeo And Juliet

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Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare reveals how love causes people to act irrationally. Irrationality means to act without reason and that one’s actions are not chosen and validated by a thought process. There are some examples of how Romeo and Juliet act on irrationality. For example, Juliet, standing on her balcony, promises and declares to Romeo that she will marry him and lay “all my fortune at thy foot. I’ll lay / And follow thee my (lord) throughout the world” ( 2.2.154-155). Juliet is want to follow Romeo to any extents, no matter where they lead up to. This means that she will not question Romeo at all. It is foolish to trust and agree to a man that she met only a few days ago, for foolishness means the lack of

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