Romeo And Juliet Selfish Quotes

All humans have a natural tendency to put themselves before everybody else. In all novels, from a sci-fi action novel to an autobiography, including at least one instance or scenario where a person commits an act that can be deemed as self-centered. However, most of the time when these selfish acts are committed, the character often regrets them and feels even worse about his decision and the people around him. In the book Romeo and Juliet, Romeo selfishly takes his own life, only to immediately see Juliet rise and he regrets his decision in his last few seconds of living. Consequentially, he hurts others as Juliet also commits suicide after seeing Romeo dead, which consequently causes sadness to both houses. In the book A Separate Peace, …show more content…
He is selfish not physically, but mentally. He takes no time to consider his loved ones and everyone around him who will be affected by his actions. The Friar says to Romeo: “I scolded you for obsessing about her, not for loving her, my student,” which complements the point that Romeo puts himself and his own obsessions and emotions first without thinking about anyone or anything else. Romeo bears ignorance to his the Friar’s advice and goes to commit suicide anyways. Because of this decision, it leads to Juliet also taking her own life, and causes grief among the houses. Romeo also feels regret in his own soul in the last seconds of his life, seeing that Juliet’s death was indeed a ploy. The teenage mentality of Romeo that without Juliet the world will be terrible ultimately gets the better of him, and if he had thought his decision out more practically and thoroughly, then perhaps they both could have survived, and maybe lived a long happy life together; however, due to Romeo’s selfishness, lives have been unnecessarily taken, and months of grief has been had ultimately due to Romeo’s …show more content…
This was done by Gene due to his own selfish reasons. Due to Finny being good at sports and being a very popular kid, Finny to him was more competition than a friend at the time, instead of Gene congratulating him on his successes. This ultimately leads Finny to fall once again, further injuring himself, which then leads to his eventual death at the infirmary. On top of this, throughout the novel after this event, Gene has to fight both his own mind and guilt, and he has to fight the possibility of others finding out about the incident. Similarly to Romeo, these actions are driven without prior thought, and Gene does not consider the consequences that he ends up suffering the rest of the book. Finny’s death once again also causes grief to both his friends and family, but ultimately, it is Gene who is hurt the most, as even when he is a grown man, it shows that he still has terrible guilt about the incident when he goes to the school once again specifically to visit the sights where Finny’s falls