Romeo and Juliet essay The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's most beloved and performed plays. There is a debate to be had about why the star crossed lovers reach their untimely ends and if and how it could have been prevented. The two prominent arguments are that the characters are controlled by fate, or the characters make their own decisions. Hasty decisions made by the main characters in the play such as their marriage proposal, marriage and the killing of Tybalt cause Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. At Romeo and Juliet’s second meeting at her balcony, the pair plan to get married.…
When you hear the word “responsibility” what comes to your head? When thinking about responsibility one may imagine someone with an obligation and a course of action to get that duty done. A responsible person is someone you can always count on when in need of truth or guidance even at the darkest of times. In the tragic play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the readers experience a forbidden love between two rivaling families, the Capulets, and the Montagues. Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers who will do anything for each other, even if it means dying.…
Have you ever made a decision that will impact society or the people around you? Maybe you have or maybe in the future, you will. Romeo, a Montague, falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet, even though the two families are enemies. When Mercutio and Tybalt die Romeo is banished from Verona and Juliet being Romeo’s wife goes to the Friar for help who gives her a death like potion. When she wakes up Romeo will be there to take her away but when Romeo finds out that Juliet has “died”, he drinks a poison at Juliet’s tomb.…
In this quote it tells that Romeo was very angry with Tybalt. It proves that strong emotions can lead to accidental violence because Romeo had killed Tybalt, and then after he regrets it because he just killed his wife’s…
Romeo and Juliet and its Story About Teenage Life We all know that teenagers make poor and rash decisions that generally don’t end well. Whether you are a teenager, were one, or will be one you will make the majority of these decisions in this time period. This is shown perfectly in the story of “Romeo and Juliet” as it is two teen lovers who eventually die because of their poor decision making. The first statement that supports the rashness of their decisions would be “A third reading of Shakespeare's tragic design holds that the lovers' own heedless passion leads to their double suicide.”…
If Romeo did not make such fast decisions he would not be dead. One example of Romeo’s fast decision making was one act one sceen one when he thought he was in love with Rosalyn after seeing her. He did not even get to know here to see is he actually liked her to make sure he actually liked her. Another example is in act one scene five when Romeo first seen Juliet.…
In Greek Mythology, the Fates were three sisters who had the power to control one 's destiny. Their names were Clotho, who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, who determines how long you will live; and Atropos, who cuts the thread of life with her scissors and decides how you will die. The Fates would visit the house three days after a baby was born, stand over the crib, and determine the child’s fate and life. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, it seems that the sisters did indeed visit the characters, as the play tells the audience from the start that a grim end awaits them.…
Within the long journey that society calls ‘life’, rash decisions are constantly needed to be made in order for one to experience the several alternative outcomes. Likewise, a person who follows a map would still be required to choose between the various paths to attain their destination. Even the fixed object (map), representing destiny, could not prevent the process of choice. In “Romeo and Juliet”, fate and free will are both seen individually as dominant forces, however, they are not convinced to be the cause of the play’s tragic events altogether. In this case, many would debate against or for either forces/powers, overlooking the thought that they simultaneously affect the future of each character.…
In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, I think their love was based on free-will and fate. One reason I think Romeo and Juliet were destined to be together is because they live in the same kingdom. The second reason I believe they are destined to be together is because of the feud between the both of their families. If they would have told their parents, the story could have differed. Such as an end to the family feud, living a full deserved life, Mercutio and Tybalt’s death could have been avoided, along with Juliet getting disowned by her parents.…
Shakespeare develops the idea that love leads to rash decisions through the behavior of the characters Juliet and Romeo. Juliet’s deep love for Romeo is the primary reason for her to make rash decisions in the play. First, after meeting Romeo at the Capulet feast, Juliet is beguiled by him. However, she is very distressed to discover he is a Montague, and the son of her family’s rival. Alone and upset, she says in her soliloquy, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name, /…
Throughout the entire play, multiple persons die due to the overpowering feeling of hate. Mercutio, a close friend to Romeo, killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. Tybalt and Paris, Juliet’s soon to be husband, are both killed by Romeo. Near the end of the play, Juliet decides the best way to avoid her marriage with Paris is to take a potion that makes her seem dead, but wake up three days later. The morning after she takes the potion, the word gets out that Juliet is ‘dead’.…
Lisa Zaher ENG2D.-08 Ms. Brown 2014-12-18 Who’s fault is it? Influential adults can have a big impact on a child’s life. Their decisions should guide the youths into making choices that would boast a positive outcome for their future. However, making a poor decision can lead the youths into making awful decisions as well. In that situation, the adults are ultimately responsible for the bad actions of those minors.…
Emotional decisions leads to negative outcomes Have you made any decisions that did not turn out the way you want it to? It is probably because you made the decision based on your emotions. Well, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger , Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams has characters in their texts who make bad decisions because their emotions blocks their reasonable decisions. Therefore, emotional decisions leads to negative outcomes throughout The Catcher, Romeo and Juliet, and The Menagerie. To begin, J.D Salinger has shown us many examples of emotional decisions that lead characters, in The Catcher, to negative outcomes.…
The words, love and choice are known for their positive, warm and pure meaning but Shakespeare proved it wrong. The story, Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare is both a loving and a heartbreaking drama. In this tragedy two star-crossed lovers named Romeo and Juliet try to be together despite their opposing family status which suggests otherwise. Examples of wrong choices made by this young and innocent couple will be discussed. You can interpret this tragedy in many ways, but undoubtedly Romeo and Juliet is suggesting that love blinds young people, and it leads them to making poor choices.…
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare illustrates the idea that parental support is key when raising teenagers. In the play, two star-crossed lovers, despite their parents wishes, secretly marry and after Romeo is exiled for killing Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, Juliet faked her death to be with Romeo. Romeo then finds Juliet, unaware that she is really alive, and kills himself and she does the same when she finally wakes up. Teenagers need their parents to give them an idea of what they should do but to not force it on them because they will then do the opposite. Although too much Parental Guidance can dangerously affect teens, they need the support from their guardian to make good decisions.…