“Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.”- Janette Oak. Having patience is hard, especially when things aren’t going your way. People are unwilling to wait when they have a certain goal, and realize that it is going to take more than they initially thought to reach it. In addition, abrupt decisions are made when people realize that they have other options to reach their goal. Simply, impatience is nothing but just a lack of patience. When people are too eager to wait, they make rash decisions that they will regret later in life. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, impatience is most to blame for the tragic ending, while secrecy and disobedience are significant contributory causes. Even though there are many supporting causes,
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Furthermore, the first example of this was when everyone was convinced Juliet was dead. Capulet was in distress and didn’t know what to do the until the Friar pointed out, “She’s not well married that lives married long,/But she’s best married that dies married young” (Shakespeare IV.v.80-81). The Friar tries to calm down Capulet by telling him that it was better that Juliet married well and died young, than be married for a long time. While he tells him this, he is keeping the secret that Juliet isn’t actually dead, but in fact in a deep sleep. This secret that the Friar try’s to keep, ends up killing more people, than it initially was meant to save. Another instance of a secret being kept was when the Friar was hiding Romeo in his cell. When the Friar learns of Romeo’s fate, he announces, “Romeo, come forth, thou fearful man./Affliction is enamour’d of thy parts,/and thou art wedded to calamity” (Shakespeare III.iii.1-3). The Friar calls upon Romeo to tell him what the Prince decided. Romeo knows it’s not good because the Friar tells Romeo, in other words, that he is married to disaster. He goes on to tell Romeo that he is banished from Verona. Romeo knows that if he is caught in Verona he will be killed. This causes Romeo to start having suicidal thoughts about how life isn’t worth living without Juliet. …show more content…
The first example of this can be found when Juliet was talking to Romeo about their love. “Deny thy father and refuse thy name!/or if thou wilt not, be but sworn by my love,/and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare II.ii.37-39). Juliet is trying to get Romeo to change his name. In this scene Juliet tells Romeo that if he doesn’t deny his name, he just has to swear that he is in love with her, and she will change her name. This is one of the first signs of Juliet rebelling against her household, and name, which eventually leads to bigger acts of disobedience. The second example of this was when Capulet told Juliet that was going to marry Paris. Juliet does not like the idea at all saying to herself, “If all else fail, myself have power to die” (Shakespeare III.v.258). Juliet says this line to herself after her parents commanded her to marry Paris. She is acting stubborn and says she would rather die, than listen to her dad, and enter into a loveless relationship with Paris. She sees death as a backup plan if her plan doesn’t work out the way she wants it to. It is these thoughts of death, as an alternative, that leads Juliet to eventually use them when her plan doesn’t work out. The final example can be found when Romeo and Balthasar are heading toward the
Furthermore, the first example of this was when everyone was convinced Juliet was dead. Capulet was in distress and didn’t know what to do the until the Friar pointed out, “She’s not well married that lives married long,/But she’s best married that dies married young” (Shakespeare IV.v.80-81). The Friar tries to calm down Capulet by telling him that it was better that Juliet married well and died young, than be married for a long time. While he tells him this, he is keeping the secret that Juliet isn’t actually dead, but in fact in a deep sleep. This secret that the Friar try’s to keep, ends up killing more people, than it initially was meant to save. Another instance of a secret being kept was when the Friar was hiding Romeo in his cell. When the Friar learns of Romeo’s fate, he announces, “Romeo, come forth, thou fearful man./Affliction is enamour’d of thy parts,/and thou art wedded to calamity” (Shakespeare III.iii.1-3). The Friar calls upon Romeo to tell him what the Prince decided. Romeo knows it’s not good because the Friar tells Romeo, in other words, that he is married to disaster. He goes on to tell Romeo that he is banished from Verona. Romeo knows that if he is caught in Verona he will be killed. This causes Romeo to start having suicidal thoughts about how life isn’t worth living without Juliet. …show more content…
The first example of this can be found when Juliet was talking to Romeo about their love. “Deny thy father and refuse thy name!/or if thou wilt not, be but sworn by my love,/and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare II.ii.37-39). Juliet is trying to get Romeo to change his name. In this scene Juliet tells Romeo that if he doesn’t deny his name, he just has to swear that he is in love with her, and she will change her name. This is one of the first signs of Juliet rebelling against her household, and name, which eventually leads to bigger acts of disobedience. The second example of this was when Capulet told Juliet that was going to marry Paris. Juliet does not like the idea at all saying to herself, “If all else fail, myself have power to die” (Shakespeare III.v.258). Juliet says this line to herself after her parents commanded her to marry Paris. She is acting stubborn and says she would rather die, than listen to her dad, and enter into a loveless relationship with Paris. She sees death as a backup plan if her plan doesn’t work out the way she wants it to. It is these thoughts of death, as an alternative, that leads Juliet to eventually use them when her plan doesn’t work out. The final example can be found when Romeo and Balthasar are heading toward the