All tragedy in the world could perhaps be avoided if there was less haste and more patience. If instead of rushing to war over a single offense, and patience and tact were employed—lives could be saved. “Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error,” wrote the famous French playwright Molière, one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. The French playwright was well known for his comedies in the same way that Shakespeare is known for his tragedies. One of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet is oft called a tragedy of haste. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love at first sight despite their families longstanding feud in the city of Verona. Their hurried love affair leads to the death of members of both families and the two lovers themselves.
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By committing fake suicide after her engagement, her self-serving nature is shown. Juliet does not consider about how her fake suicide would make her mother, her father or even the Nurse feel. Her only purpose was to avoid the marriage and escape her responsibilities. Both Romeo and Juliet show their self-centered thought process when they commit suicide after each other. After Romeo receives word of Juliet’s death, he kills himself with a lack of concern for others. Similar to Juliet planning her fake death, he does not consider his family who already is mourning the death of Mercutio and Romeo’s own banishment. He is not even aware of his mother’s death due to grief over his banishment. He is so caught up in himself and his woes and the grief that would be wrought by his death. Romeo takes the only route he believes is available. After Juliet wakes from her sleep and discovers her lover dead, she takes the most selfish option possible— she commits suicide. However much grief the Montagues are enduring, the Capulets have to mourn the death of their daughter twice. By her narcissistic action of killing herself, she reveals her deceitful nature to her parents and, again, shows no consideration for the feelings of her family members. The two lovers show immense narcissism even with their
By committing fake suicide after her engagement, her self-serving nature is shown. Juliet does not consider about how her fake suicide would make her mother, her father or even the Nurse feel. Her only purpose was to avoid the marriage and escape her responsibilities. Both Romeo and Juliet show their self-centered thought process when they commit suicide after each other. After Romeo receives word of Juliet’s death, he kills himself with a lack of concern for others. Similar to Juliet planning her fake death, he does not consider his family who already is mourning the death of Mercutio and Romeo’s own banishment. He is not even aware of his mother’s death due to grief over his banishment. He is so caught up in himself and his woes and the grief that would be wrought by his death. Romeo takes the only route he believes is available. After Juliet wakes from her sleep and discovers her lover dead, she takes the most selfish option possible— she commits suicide. However much grief the Montagues are enduring, the Capulets have to mourn the death of their daughter twice. By her narcissistic action of killing herself, she reveals her deceitful nature to her parents and, again, shows no consideration for the feelings of her family members. The two lovers show immense narcissism even with their