Point Of View In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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The expression about a certain topic tends to rely on a person and on their thoughts. People typically say what they think is right from their point of view, without seeing it from the other person's point of view. When someone tells you what they feel, should you actually take it into consideration or should you should ignore it, and why? In the dramatic play of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the characters did not take their peers opinions into consideration, as both the protagonist ended up dead. They lived their lives off of their own decisions and did not think about their impending lives. Also, in the article of "What's the Rush?: Young Brains Cause Doomed Love" by Lexi Tucker, the teenage brain was shown to …show more content…
For instance, when Romeo decided he was going to go through the process of marrying Juliet after only knowing her for a compacted amount of time. He let the local priest know (Friar), so they could get married in secret. Friar then spoke to Romeo, and told him that he should not rush his relationship with Juliet, as he should fall in love with his heart and not his eyes. The text stated Frair saying the following: "Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!/ Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,/ So soon foresaken? Young men's love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts, nut in their eyes." (2.3.65-68). If Romeo would have listened to Friar, he could have had a long intimate marriage, but the fact that he got married so quick portrayed that they did not know anything about each other. Them taking things slower could have gave them the power to tell their parents about their relationship, or even give them time to run away together without the fact that Romeo was not present. To proceed, when Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio were walking, Benvolio mentioned to Mercutio that he was a very short-tempered person, and that he had many mood swings, after Mercutio tried to say that he was the one with these problems. However, as Benvolio implied Mercutio was talking about himself they crashed into Tybalt, who was a Capulet (their enemy). They then began to bicker and started a sword fight, as the text stated Mercutio saying the

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