Too often in life, blame causes a person to become blinded by reality and leaves them paralyzed to understanding their mistakes before it is too late. Playing the “blame game” distracts a person into believing that his or her actions aren’t the reason for an unwanted outcome. Often times, rashness is at the root of the issue, and the main factor in blame. Because people do not take the time to fully think through situations, poor choices are made that can lead to severe consequences. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the haste and thoughtless decisions made by Romeo Montague are the reasons as to why the two young lovers end their lives in attempt to live together for eternity. Just hours before Romeo entered the Capulet’s mascaraed,
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Young Romeo felt depressed and felt that he had nothing worth living for anymore. That immediately changed the second he saw Juliet Capulet across the ballroom. Without even exchanging a single word, his heart started bounding and he the world stopped as he stared at this girl. Romeo immediately described her as “the cheek of night/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear-/ Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear:/ So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, / As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows” (1.5.44-48). Romeo began to profess his love to a girl who he had not yet met, show his immaturity and haste towards love. His irrationality continues to develop as he sees Juliet up in the terrace outside her room. Being a young girl, Juliet is completely love struck by the romantic comments and gestures, leading her to “fall in love” with him. After only …show more content…
After being sentenced to exile from Verona, he decides that death would have been a better punishment than exile. As Friar Lawrence tries to convince to stop being an ungrateful person, Romeo complains “As if that name/ Shot from the deadly level of a gun, / Did murder her, as the name’s cursed hand/ Murdered her kinsman. O tell me. Friar, tell me, / In what vile part of this anatomy/ Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack/ The hateful mansion” (3.3.102-108). Romeo had just married a girl that he met for
Young Romeo felt depressed and felt that he had nothing worth living for anymore. That immediately changed the second he saw Juliet Capulet across the ballroom. Without even exchanging a single word, his heart started bounding and he the world stopped as he stared at this girl. Romeo immediately described her as “the cheek of night/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear-/ Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear:/ So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, / As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows” (1.5.44-48). Romeo began to profess his love to a girl who he had not yet met, show his immaturity and haste towards love. His irrationality continues to develop as he sees Juliet up in the terrace outside her room. Being a young girl, Juliet is completely love struck by the romantic comments and gestures, leading her to “fall in love” with him. After only …show more content…
After being sentenced to exile from Verona, he decides that death would have been a better punishment than exile. As Friar Lawrence tries to convince to stop being an ungrateful person, Romeo complains “As if that name/ Shot from the deadly level of a gun, / Did murder her, as the name’s cursed hand/ Murdered her kinsman. O tell me. Friar, tell me, / In what vile part of this anatomy/ Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack/ The hateful mansion” (3.3.102-108). Romeo had just married a girl that he met for