Examples Of Human Nature In Romeo And Juliet

In scene three act five, Juliet makes a rational decision out of love she has for Romeo. Shakespeare represents this through personification by saying “Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” (169/170). This personification shows how Juliet talks to dagger as if it was something that was making the decision for her, but the control was all in her hands to kill herself and out of impulse she took her own life.The feeling of love and loyalty overpowered her to make the decision to keep her own life. This personification shows how prominent and strong the feeling of love Juliet has for Romeo, in this scene Juliet is asking the dagger to take her out of the misery of a broken heart.

The titular play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, suggests a very negative view of the human nature that in all its complexities, is flawed and hinders a very glorified subject of Shakespeare’s from ultimately prevailing: love. The faults of young love, a family feud and the power struggles within the chain of being are all complex products of the human nature that prevented a happy ending. Shakespeare stresses that the lovers were only driven to their suicidal fate by their young love in a very limited time triggering attempts to rebel against the wishes of their feuding families and the chain of being. Shakespeare utilises dramatic

In the very last scene of the play, Romeo goes back to Verona to go lay with his “dead” wife – who is actually under the influence of a death-like drug – after hearing from his servant about her death. He travels with his trustworthy servant all the way to the tomb, but when they reach the tomb, Romeo asks for his servant to leave. Romeo, in his obsession-driven self, threatens to tear his servant limb from limb and scatter his remains across the graveyard if he doesn’t leave Romeo. This shows that Romeo is losing himself. He isn’t just a man who likes the idea of love, he’s a man who drives himself insane with the idea of love. Even though his love for Juliet can be summed down to beauty, his mind amplifies his feelings for her. Towards the end of Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo drinks poison to “join” Juliet in her death. Romeo even goes as far as to call the poison a cordial because he believes that it will heal him – heal his pain of not being with Juliet. This shows that, Romeo’s obsessive nature made his irrational decision seem rational. A relationship to heal him from his pain of Rosaline turned into a relationship that ended with death. His mind created his feelings towards Juliet, yet he continued to let himself be deceived. His made-up passion-driven obsession with Juliet ultimately led to his

How long does the spotlight last? Like almost always time is not kind. Many people argue that a work of literature before 1900 is outdated and has nothing to contribute to modern society. Other argue that classic works are timeless in what they say about human nature. Should we respect the classic pieces of literature that is the foundation for society today, or should we evolve and find a new foundation? One would think that most literature pieces written before 1900 are irrelevant because society has changed and although human nature has not changed it is presented in a different way. Romeo and Juliet is a non relevant work due to its outdated stance on marriage, equality, and definition of love.

Everyone is a little selfish, whether you are trying to be or not, however there is a certain point where it becomes worrying and troublesome. Shakespeare’s the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a story about the struggle and demise of the young love between a man named Romeo and a woman named Juliet, both part of rival families. Some believe that Romeo and Juliet’s undoing was the actions of other characters, but that simply is not the case, as in Shakespeare’s the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are many acts of selfishness- murder, disobedience, as well as suicide, which all lead to pain for the characters. Other people believe that the couple was not selfish, or that Shakespeare’s claim isn’t that selfishness causes pain, I disagree with this because Shakespeare quite clearly makes the couple’s actions unjust throughout the play, and the actions cause most of the problems for other characters. Shakespeare uses many elements of tragedy to convey his opinion on the selfishness of others, which is that selfishness only causes pain.

Impulsiveness is defined as acting on instinct and not thinking something through. William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet is a play in which at a party, Romeo and Juliet fell in love, which was forbidden because both the Capulets and the Montagues have been fighting for many years. In order to elope, Juliet must pretend to be dead so she could be buried, and Romeo would come at night, and they would run away together; however, Romeo never receives the note with this information Juliet sent. Romeo finds Juliet dead, and drinks poison to kill himself. Juliet then proceeds to wake up to find Romeo dead and then she kills herself. Romeo’s tragic flaw is his impulsiveness which leads to his untimely death.

In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” he depicts extremely self-destructive tendencies as acts of love. Shakespeare seems to consider self-destructive behaviour as a necessary part of young love while in reality the two should be separated. Romeo and Juliet show blatant disregard for their wellbeing.

Romeo’s Greatest Flaws In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is one of the two central protagonists who exhibits many strong and influential characteristics, he is faced with many immense obstacles, yet his biggest obstacle to surmount might end up being his own great flaws, as throughout the play Romeo is principally impulsive and sensitive. One example of how he is sensitive is how sad, depressed and melancholy he was over Rosaline, a girl he barely knew. When he found out that he could not be with her he was very unsettled and even depressed. Montague tells Benvolio: “With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs...

O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die”(Shakespeare.5.3. 182-183). In other words, when Juliet found out that Romeo was dead, she thought the only way to survive the grief and pain she was in was to take her own life. Romeo and Juliet made the choice to kill

Her final words before drinking the poison are “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (4.23.59). She pronounces her dedication to Romeo and their love in her final words before possible death. Despite her worries that the poison may kill her, she is willing to die for Romeo. Before she comes to the decision to drink the poison, Juliet begins to imagine that she will “..madly play with my forefathers’ joints,/ and pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud./ And in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone,/ as with a club, dash out my desperate brains?” (4.23.51-54). Because she is young, Juliet is unable to logically think her plan through and find a reasonable outcome. Her childlike curiosity creates this worst case scenario that she truly believes could happen to her. She drank the poison, despite her worries, in an act of love towards

Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy when it comes to love stories. Even though the story is mainly about what some people would do for love, those people will suffer consequences. As Romeo and Juliet are true lovers, they are those people that will be suffering consequences. That is why people should think before they do things. Because Romeo and Juliet had love, death, and is a tragedy, many consequences that needed to be considered were not.

" This proves that his feelings for Juliet were so strong that he felt like life was purposeless without her. Romeo probably felt as if a part of him was taken from him because she was his wife. In addition, Juliet also showed her true love for Romeo by doing the unthinkable. Juliet also kills herself when she sees Romeo dead after waking up from her sleeping potion. Right before Juliet stabs herself she says "Then I'll be brief o'happy dagger, this is thy stealth there rust and let me die.

Human nature is immortal; ever since the time of Adam and Eve, there has always been a part of us that wants to defy, to violate, and to avenge. In the article “Not So Happily Ever After,” the unnamed author has a very distinct view about human nature’s tendency to do things simply because they want to, despite knowing the consequences they may come upon. The author uses examples from Nick Hogan and John Graziano’s car accident to accurately portray the human inclination to disregard and disobey rules even though there is no valid reason to do so. The general negligence of rules is also seen throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the play revolves around the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and their forbidden love. Both lovers had

If we are to believe that the prologue in Romeo and Juliet gives away the story of the play, what does it say about human nature that it takes such grief and sacrifice to reach common ground? I think this is saying that human nature is stuck to beliefs or traditions that they had been taught as kids. This can be seen in the play of Romeo and Juliet because the families of each lover are sworn enemies. The play says, “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,”. This means that they all have honour, and are respected, but are involved in an old feud that goes back years, and yet none are able to forget the past, or even forgive it.

O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die”(5.3.174). Love is strong and can over take decisions. If lovers can't be together they often make violent and hasty choices to be together once again. Juliet tried to fake her death by taking a sleeping potion to get out of the marriage and be reunited with Romeo, she then killed herself for