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Impulsive In Romeo And Juliet

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Doing things without thinking can lead to very bad situations that are hard to get out of. This is seen in William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, a story of star-crossed lovers that fall in love despite the rivery of both of their parents and, Alex Flinn's novel Beastly in which Kyle Kingsbury a teenage boy who thought everything was about the looks and how he was so perfect until he turned into a beast. A common theme found in both of these stories is people who act impulsively suffer negative consequences.
First of all in Shakespeare’s drama Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence acts impulsively in act 4, line 95 - 100, he was impulsive because he said “take thou this vial, being then in bed and this distilling liquor drink thou off; when …show more content…

He thinks that he is completely better than everyone and doesn't know how bad it affects other people. In chapter one Kyle was being impulsive because he didn't know what he was saying to Kendra would affect him. Kyle was being impulsive because he told Kendra ¨If someones so smart, they'd figure out how to get better looking. You could lose weight get plastic surgery, even get your face scraped and your teeth bleached.¨ This shows Kyle being impulsive because He didn't know that Kendra would react the way she did (turning him into a beast later on). He did not think before anything came out of his mouth.This is important because Kendra turns Kyle into a beast and gives him 3 years to learn that lesson and fall in love. Kyles impulsivity caused this to happen because he was a jerk and did not care about what his words caused. Another example In chapter 2 and chapter 6, Kyle was being impulsive because he asked Kendra to the dance and he did not know what was soon to come. He was being impulsive because Kyle asked ¨so I was wondering if you'd go with me to the dance next week. I think we'd have a good time¨ to Kendra. Also later in the story, he told Kendra after showing up with a different date. ¨You actually thought someone like me would take someone like you to the dance?¨ This shows that Kyle was being impulsive because Kyle didn't really want to go

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