In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, but his need for revenge gets him expelled from the city. When he hears that Juliet is dead, he rushes to her, commits suicide, so when she awakens to find him dead, she follows suit. Had he inferred that she was not actually dead from the observations he vocalized, the story would have had a much happier ending. Because Romeo was not perfect, he like all men, had strengths, like his decisiveness and determination, and weaknesses, like his childishness and his lack of deduction skills. Romeo has several positive qualities. One of these is his decisiveness. After being told of Juliet’s death, he wastes no time in deciding that with her in his life, he cannot live and proceeds to summon an apothecary and buy poison. (862-863) His decisions were not wise, but they show that he does not shy from making them. Decisiveness is often a good quality because one is not spending as much time on what to do and more on carrying out the decision. It shows that he knows what he wants, because if he didn’t he would have spent more time thinking about his course of action. Another one of his strengths is shown at the balcony scene. After the party, Romeo goes to the Capulet house and finds her room. As he stands below her balcony, he listens to her for a few minutes, then they speak. After figuring out who Romeo is, she asks him how he got there considering the walls and the people within them. To this, he
When Juliet finds out that Tybalt has been killed and Romeo is in exile, for killing Tybalt, Juliet feels both passionate about Romeo and disappointed in both Romeo and herself, which reveal her inner struggle. In Act 3, Juliet’s Nurse comes back with this news that Tybalt is dead and that Romeo is such an awful person for killing him. Juliet fights back at the Nurse, and herself, for speaking bad about Romeo. She claims, ““Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, When I, thy three hours' wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.99-101). This shows that Juliet is passionate about Romeo, because first of all, she says that she was wrong to say bad things about her husband.
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the younger generation, Romeo, Juliet, and Paris, and the older generation, Nurse, Capulets, and Friar, both had similarities and differences which had caused the end. They had a similar opinion on things going on and different opinions ones others. In the tragedy, the main characters died which was influenced by the older generations because they have similar and different opinions which all led the younger ones to death.
As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive.
Humans, as a species in general, tend to blame people for their own wrong doings. For example, when a lamp breaks, they blame the cat, or their younger sister, even though the cat had nothing to do with it, and was exempt from the situation. It goes the same for Romeo and Juliet. Claims to the fact that Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are caused by fate are benign. The story does not have opposite truths, and is not a paradox.
Throughout the world there is people who spend their whole life trying to fix another person's problems. And eventually they end up getting themselves into trouble. This is what happens to a character in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the play many characters try to fix another problem. But throughout their fixing they make many flaws that ends up creating a huge mistake that ends the lives of two young lovers. And throughout all those characters, Friar Lawrence is the one most at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
“In the beautiful city of Verona, where our story takes place, a long standing hatred between two families erupts into new violence, and citizens stain their hands with the blood their fellow citizens” (Shakespeare 31) this quote shows that the play tells a story between yours truly Romeo and Juliet and their battles along the way. Although Romeo and Juliet had committed suicide in the end, the character flaws and family feud throughout the book should be the problem to blame. The reason for Romeo and Juliet's young pitiful deaths is because there were many character flaws throughout the story. Some may think Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are to blame for the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet. What they do not know is the character flaws
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy, because of some of Romeo and Juliet’s faults. Romeo and Juliet obviously rush into things. They do not listen to the advice of Friar Lawrence and end up paying the ultimate price. They also ignore the obvious factors that prohibit Romeo and Juliet from ever being happy together. Romeo and Juliet are also very immature and are groomed for social disaster. Romeo and Juliet are also not in love, but in lust. The combination of impatience, immaturity, and ignoring other’s advice leads to the tragedy of these two “star-crossed lovers.”
”Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds”. This quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt explains that events that happen are not entirely dictated by fate, rather by how people behave. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, flawed characteristics are easily seen as the cause of the death of the characters Romeo and Juliet. Some people may claim that their deaths were merely an act of fate however, Romeo and Juliet had control over their actions and could have prevented their deaths. The death of Romeo and Juliet was dictated by the foibles of characters throughout the play, not fate because they intentionally kept their marriage a secret, they made drastic decisions, and they accepted the help of the
Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers whose families have an ongoing feud that leads to a tragic ending and this story is commonly studied with ninth graders everywhere in English classes. The issue about this story is that there’s a debate whether ninth graders should be able to read Romeo and Juliet. Ninth graders should be able to read Romeo and Juliet for reasons such as an increased skill of understanding literary devices, universal themes, and history. First, the story of Romeo and Juliet includes many literary devices; while reading students are able to increase their knowledge of literary devices.
Another cause of Romeo’s demise had to be himself. He did not think rationally of outcomes that varied from his death. He thought only of being with Juliet, and, had he not drank the poison, he would have lived to see Juliet once more. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!” (Romeo 5.1.36-38)
Though he had his strengths, he was not flawless. An example of this would be the childishness he demonstrates in Act III Scene III. After having killed Tybalt and being banished, he goes to the Friar, they speak for a few minutes of his misery, then the nurse arrives and tells him of Juliet’s actions. He offers to kill himself because he was Montague, her enemy, but is stopped and rebuked by the Friar. (Shakespeare 832-833) Romeo shows his immaturity by threatening to take his life just because of his name. Groaning and crying on so was how a child would have acted. He was a married man then, and as such, needed to act like one. As a child would have, he didn’t think through his actions, and how killing himself would affect those around him, including Juliet. Another of his weaknesses, his
As the old saying goes, young love is blind. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers defying their families’ ancient grudge to be with each other, even if that means in death. The question is who is to blame? Romeo, even in death should be held responsible. If it weren’t for his series of misguided actions the outcome would have been very different. The situations he created for himself showed his fickle nature, impulsive behavior and impatient demeanor towards everything that occurred.
Fate works in mysterious ways, everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their
First, Romeo’s kind and calm personalities act as an advantage for many of the possible problems he could have had, such as Capulet hatred towards him and his increase in violence. After Romeo was depressed because he liked Rosaline and she didn’t like him back, his cousin Benvolio helped Romeo sneak into a Capulet party so he could get over Rosaline and pick another woman that he might want. As Romeo was describing how Juliet looked to his cousin, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, figured out that Romeo was at the party by his voice. He then confronted Capulet and asked him if he could kill him, but surprisingly Capulet lets him stay at the party and calls Romeo a gentleman and a good man (Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 1 Line 64). Capulet could have captured him or even killed him, but he did not. Capulet stated that Romeo is a well-governed youth and that Romeo is a good man, which shows that Romeo isn’t a person who would cause a commotion and that he causes no threat to the Capulet family. Later on, as Mercutio, the prince's kinsman, is arguing and fighting with Tybalt about him being one of his villain Romeo’s friends, Romeo comes in and says, “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such greeting. Villain am I none.Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not” (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 1 Line 58). As Tybalt wants to fight Romeo and bring in violence,
Romeo is often chosen as the more mature character because of his age, impulsiveness and violent behaviour. However, these qualities do not override his ignorance towards the real world, which suggests he is incredibly juvenile. The contrast between Romeo and Juliet’s wisdom is substantial during their meeting by Juliet’s balcony, where they voice the reasons behind fearing their love. “I am afeard… all this is but a dream.” (Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 139-141). Whereas Romeo’s fear is influenced by the dreamlike nature of their love, a very naïve thought, Juliet’s worries lie in its abruptness. “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.” (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 118). The word ‘unadvised’ suggests that Juliet believes their love lacks influence by others, a much more intelligent thought than that of Romeo. As such a well-developed character, Juliet has many other traits that identify her to be stronger than Romeo, including