Impulsive Actions In Romeo And Juliet

A simple decision can prove more fatal than death. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, characters have evidently not solved their conflicts very wisely because their decisions are based on their impassivity. One of the main characters in particular, Romeo Montague, seems to rely on his impulsiveness to resolve his conflicts. Throughout the play, Romeo makes very hasty decisions, which result in unnecessary negative consequences. Three conflicts that Romeo solves recklessly are: his struggle with love; the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues; and the forcefulness of love. To start, Romeo’s struggle with love is introduced.

A boy is enjoying himself in a party over the weekend. As he comes to get a drink, another boy approaches him, promising a fun experience if he inhales some smoke from a ‘popper’. He has heard the warnings of his parents to not trust strangers, but this friend of his would never dare to harm him in any way. Also, it was only a whiff, and he knew that if you only do a drug once, you won’t have any long-term effects. His friend promised him nothing would go wrong. Not knowing what would happen next, the boy took the ‘popper’, and cracked it open, inhaling the rich smoke coming out of it, and slipped into a dazed, lethargic state. Although William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows that teenagers made many impulsive choices in

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet face many conflicts such as their families absolutely hating each other. If anyone in either of the families finds quite a few of them will die. Romeo is very sensitive and impulsive during this time in his life. Romeo is going through a lot and needs to make tough decisions. Juliet acts childish and stubborn during this section of her life. Juliet also needs to make some life changing decisions during this part of her life. Neither of them know what they’re doing, and all they know is that they love each other. You can characterize both the characters Romeo and Juliet as rash, since they don’t do a lot of thinking before making a lot of decisions. Romeo and Juliet don’t

Love is a blinding powerful spell that makes others act helplessly without studying all of the options can result in an impulsive decision. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare tells a story about two households, Capulets and Montagues, who are enemies. Their two children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Being blinded by love, Romeo and Juliet don’t think straight. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet are blinded by their love and make impulsive life threatening decisions. Throughout the play there are many moments that demonstrate that love is a spell as Romeo and Juliet fall for eachother.

Shakespeare wrote the play to show how to young people could falling in love could create havoc between feuding families. Romeo, a romantically inclined, emotional character who falls deeply in love with Juliet, ends this feud. To behave impulsively is to act upon or to be swayed by emotions rather than by reason. It is Romeo’s impulsivity that in the end, affected both households with death and so much

Rushing and taking impulsive actions can be goo sometimes, but mostly can lead to a downfall. I Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, readers enter he city of Verona and observe two lover struggle to keep there love alive. In William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet, the lover’s own decisions to rush marriage, family member deaths, and dying for each other revel how impulsive choices lead to their untimely death.

His ignorance can be seen when he proceeds to depart to the masquerade party. He fears his doom and expresses it when he says, “By some vile forfeit of untimely death”(1.4.112). The young lover fears of his death by proceeding to appear at the Capulet's masquerade party. However, even though young Romeo can feel the forces of destiny, he still attends the party. His attendance leads to the two lovers meeting, and other events lead to the demise of the two. Another warning sign ignored by Romeo is the dream he has the night before his servant, Balthasar comes to inform Romeo of Juliet’s so called death. Romeo expresses this after waking from his slumber, “I dreamt my lady came and found me dead—strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think”(5.1.6-7). His ignorance of a simple warning leads to the tale in the dream to come true. Once he finds out Juliet is ‘dead’, he kills himself, only for her to wake up and find her love dead on the floor. This leads to Juliet slaying herself using a dagger. The downfall to Romeo and Juliet’s love was assisted by the young man’s ignorance of important warning signs and leads to the ultimate demise of the two

Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the most popular love stories ever written. However, the play is not about love, but about death. William Shakespeare wrote this play to warn readers about the danger of hatred and impulsive actions. Romeo’s love for Juliet and his impulsive nature contributed to the deaths of Tybalt, Mercutio, Juliet, Paris, Lady Montague , and Romeo himself.

Famous singer-songwriter, Sinéad O’Connor once said “When you’re young, you don’t really know quite what you’re aiming at. You’re very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you’re kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction”(BrainyQuote). Adolescents typically make impulsive decisions when influenced by something important to them. Romeo and Juliet’s families are enemies, yet they fall in love in the matter of five days and make a impulsive decision to get married which end up costing them their lives. Romeo gets exiled and says he would rather die than be without Juliet and when Romeo does end up killing himself Juliet does the same because she will not live without Romeo. In Romeo and Juliet, William

Adolescents make more rash decisions than any other age group. This behavior linked with teenagers leads to risky actions because of the design of the teenage brain. On the flip side, the blueprint of the teenage brain permits teens to pick up new skills by seeking out different adventures. The teenage characters in Romeo and Juliet pose as an accurate representation of typical teenage decision making. Although this is consistent behavior with this age group, based upon scientific findings of adolescent brain growth, brain maturity, and pleasure drive, teenagers like Romeo and Juliet should be held responsible for their risk-taking and impulsive behavior.

One might believe that fate or destiny is the crucial reasons behind the characters catastrophe. However, it is actually the impulses and the inability to control it which results in the enormous amount of tragedies in this play. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William shakespeare; Romeo, Juliet and Mercutio are pivotal characters who choose to make decisions on impulses. Haste combined with the dearth of impulse management is the main reason of this play’s several tragic events. If a number of the characters gained the power to carry off their impulsive acts and ponder things through, there would be a better chance that the deaths of lover, Juliet and others may have been avoided. This essay will argue that the idea of haste, and lack of

Romeo and Juliet is a renowned play by the widely known, William Shakespeare. However, I will only be talking about act II, scene III of this play. In this part of the story, the relationship between Friar Lawrence and Romeo is shown. Although they are years apart in age, they seem to have a brotherly relationship. In this act and scene, the reader, or actor, has a chance to understand the characters better. You are able to find character traits. For instance, Romeo is impulsive, dramatic, and reckless. Also, Friar Lawrence is attentive, hopeful, and very trustworthy.

Romeo and Juliet are often rash and impulsive in their decision making. Whenever either of the two were presented with a problem, they never thought things through. A majority of the time, they either threatened to kill themselves or would follow through with whatever plan was presented to them. Shakespeare portrays the impulsiveness of the couple through Romeo when he states “In what vile part of this anatomy doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack the hateful mansion” (III.iii.106-8).

The elements of foreshadowing can make the reader imagine the next upcoming event, after another. For example, Tybalt says to his uncle, “Uncle this is a Montague our foe; a villain, that hither come in spite to scorn at our solemnity this night” Capulet says “Young Romeo is it?” in Act 1, Scene 5. Tybalt does not like Romeo because he is from the Montague household, the Capulets rivals. Also Tybalt does not want Romeo there at the party because Romeo is an uninvited guest. In addition, this scene Tybalt recognizes Romeo and he tries to kill him but Capulet does not want to be embarrassed in front of his guests so he orders his nephew to calm down. Tybalt feels displeased towards Romeo, about

In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare characterizes Romeo’s character to be both impulsive and immature in things that include love and things that don’t include love. Romeo’s rash behavior and hasty decisions are one the reasons for the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Despite Romeo and Juliet both being the heirs of two enemies, they fall in love rather quickly, forgetting hardships that would come, proving that it’s better to think before you act. Before Romeo meets Juliet, he is in love with Rosaline, so much so that when she rejects him, he mourns for her, acting unhappy and downhearted.