Apothecary

The second example impulsivity leading to tragedy is Romeo. Romeo becomes more hasty as his love for Juliet grows. His servant Balthasar comes back and tells him that Juliet is dead and Romeo acts abruptly, “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!...and hire post horses. I will hence tonight” (Shakespeare 5.1.24 & 26). As soon as Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead he immediately decides to leave for Verona that night to see her. Balthasar knows what Romeo is thinking; he wants to hurt himself.…

Chaucer’s purpose is the Doctor described in the prologue. He told us how he was a good doctor, but seemed to care about the money more than the actual patient. He also tells us how the doctor and the apothecary feed off of each other to both make money. This shows us that the Doctor and apothecary were probably somewhere in the middle, between the upper and middle class. They had the knowledge and reading of the upper, but didn't quite have the same amount of wealth. Another character who…

out, Romeo doesn’t receive a note from the Frair explaining the plan. When Romeo finds out Juliet is dead he immediately goes to Apothecary. Romeo knows the apothecary has a potion that is illegal in Mantua but if he offers enough money, the apothecary will sell him the substance. Romeo is aware that this deadly, bottled potion will kill him in seconds when the apothecary tells him, “Put this in any liquid thing you will/ And drink it off and if you had the strength/ Of twenty men it would…

Then be not poor, but break it, and take this," (V.I.77-78) and he hands the man his money. The apothecary finally agrees to sell it because, "[His] poverty, but not [his] will, consents,”(V.I.79). The world, or society, made it impossible to survive without money so Romeo uses this fault as a way to buy poison to kill himself. While society's views…

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…

On his way there, he stopped by the Apothecary to get poison to kill himself, because if Juliet is dead then he feels as if he has no reason to live. In Act V Scene 3, Romeo has a long soliloquy, and at the very end he states: “(kisses JULIET, takes out the poison) / Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide. / Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on / The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark. / Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary, / Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss…

in art and literature (“John Keats Biography”). In 1814, Keats wrote his first poem that he titled “An Imitation to Spenser”. After this, Keats grudgingly continued studying medicine, and in 1816, he received his apothecary license. This allowed him to practice medicine as an apothecary, surgeon, and physician. However, Keats decided to become a poet instead of being a surgeon. That same year, he became inspired to continue writing because of the success of his sonnet “O Solitude” that had…

that Friar John was going to deliver to him. Romeo not knowing the truth went to the apothecary. The apothecary tells him, “Put this liquid in any liquid thing you will and drink it off, and if you had the strength of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight (5.1.77-79).” Romeo went to conclusion when he heard what happened to Juliet. Instead of going to Friar and asking for the truth, he goes to the apothecary and asks for poison. This shows how he did not wait for more people to tell him…

Blame Game: Essay Version Romeo Montague, a character from William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. An overdramatic, impulsive and helpless romantic. Romeo fell in and out of love very easily, depending on what his heart desired. He was the offspring of the royal King and Queen Montague. Most would say he was the main character in the play. Sadly, however, this main character meets his ultimate demise towards the end of this piece. It is easy to blame Romeo’s death on the following…

Drops. Hangmen and official executioners usually processed the bodies of executed criminals and slain enemies, drying the bones and skull and rendering the fat. Human fat was used externally, rubbed on arthritic joints or made into salves for gout. Apothecaries carried items such as powdered mummies, ground skull and human fat. Usnea, a moss that grows in graveyards (among other places), was usually added to these medicines. While it’s unlikely that consuming cadavers helped anyone, the usnea at…