The Consequence Of Irrationality In Romeo And Juliet

From the very prologue of Romeo and Juliet, we are informed by Shakespeare that these two “star-cross’d lovers” are going to “take their life”. For the rest of the play, we are left to observe how they kill themselves and who or what leads them into doing so. However, placing the blame on one person or event would be impossible, as nobody was directly responsible for their demise. Instead, everything that could possibly have gone wrong did go wrong. Although both Romeo and Juliet end up thinking it was their own decision to kill themselves, there were many other factors that unwittingly forced them into the situation they eventually found themselves.

For example, his replication of a potion leads to the unfortunate climax. The potion mimics death by making the bearer to be “depriv’d of supple government, shall, stiff, and stark and cold appear like death” (IV.i.103-105). By pretending the death of Juliet to the rest of the Capulets, it leads to a chain reaction that caused the “Romeo and Juliet tragedy”. In addition, the friar has sent Romeo to his doom by failing to send the young man his letter indicating the faked death of Juliet. The friar sincerely believes that it “shall free thee [Juliet] from this present shame” (IV.i.118). However, Friar Laurence’s plan backfires. His failure causes Romeo to be suicidal which succeeds in the end of the play. Friar Laurence refuses to be concern of the traumatised Juliet in favour for his cowardice. As Juliet wakes up from her deep sleep, the first thing she sees is the body of her lover, Romeo. Friar Laurence does not acknowledge her shock as he pleads to leave the catacombs carelessly. He tries to convince Juliet to flee and to “stay not to question” (V.iii.58). He makes a bad decision in intensifying her shock by acting with no remorse and not standing up to face the consequences. As a result, Friar Laurence is emphasised to make poor decisions that lead to Romeo and Juliet’s

Even though he did not actually kill him I still think that he should be punished for attacking and trying to kill Ralph. “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (Golding 179). I feel like they both had intentions of killing and or hurting each other. But then again Jack attacked first, if he hadn't done that he might of not been arrested. I also think that Ralph should be sent to prison for attempted murder because he fought back. Both of the boys intentionally hurt each other so, they should both be arrested for the attempted murder of

Even though revenge sounds like fair game, one is never satisfied with the outcome. This is because people will still have a sense of humanity after they achieve revenge, meaning one will feel guilt. When Romeo slays Tybalt, he backs away fearing for what he has done as he only killed Tybalt to avenge Mercutio. After realizing the situation Romeo got himself into, he immediately regrets his actions. The sense of humanity made him realize he killed someone who was once alive and is his own family. In fact, revenge does not leave one satisfied with the outcome as Dr. Carlsmith claimed, "Rather than providing closure, it does the opposite: It keeps the wound open and fresh." The emotions of Romeo line up with Carlsmith’s claim since he did not receive closure but allowed more hatred to form from both families. To add on, revenge stops when the amount of people injured rises to a high amount resulting in guilt for the losses. With this ongoing rule, many suffer for the losses after one achieved hurting the other. This can be shown when two parties purposely hurt each other like the Montagues and Capulets. They will only stop until one of them give in. At the end of all the murders Romeo caused, both families grieved at the fact the feud caused all the losses forcing the two parties to call the feud off and continue living their lives. With all the deaths, guilt shown at the end of the play makes the idea of revenge look unappealing to the audience. With revenge leaving no one satisfied but instead leads to the emotion of guilt since everyone gets

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, many characters meet their tragic end as a result of a plethora of factors, from old rivalries to new love. It is a tragic story of two lovers, destined to complete each other, but also to end a bitter feud through their deaths (Prologue.3-6). However, if the blame had to be ascribed to one person in particular, that person would be Romeo Montague. Throughout the play, Shakespeare showcases Romeo’s irrationality and poor decision making, leading to the gruesome deaths of his loved ones. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic slew of deaths because he is oblivious, quick to act, and too urgent in his relationship.

Romeo led several people to their defeat because of the irrational choices that he made. He speaks boldly, but when he comes to action, he behaves like a coward. When he was challenged by Tybalt, the Prince of Cats, he refused to fight, therefore ending his best friend’s life, Mercutio. His quick actions overcome his words and the situation mostly concludes with failure. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo made a rash and desperate decision to fall into love with Juliet resulting in death and sorrow.

Destiny, something we determine or is your fate already set in stone? Pity and tragedy words used to describe William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for hundreds of years. The play was tragic in the end, but Romeo and Juliet's last breaths were the cause of their own irrational decisions.

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)

Second, Romeo slaying Tybalt is a poor choice that he makes, because it makes his life much harder. Earlier in the play, Sampson Capulet and Gregory Capulet create an argument with the Montagues on the streets of Verona. This always happens, but this time it is the last straw. The

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two young teenagers met at a party and immediately “fell in love.” They had a forbidden romance. To escape it, Juliet faked her death. Romeo didn’t know she was faking, so he killed himself in her tomb. Juliet then woke up, saw his corpse, and killed herself too. It was unwise of the both of them to act in such ways. If they had just both ran away at the start, that all could have been avoided.

In the play Romeo and Juliet ,by Shakespeare we are constantly bombarded with different meanings of words, contrasts, and characters who are quite irrational. They wish things upon themselves, and when they happen, are astonished. This piece of literature is filled with situations where the character intends one thing to happen, but his results are completely different. Throughout the following paragraphs the reader is to decide if the examples shown display opposite results from the original plan.

In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Tybalt is responsible for his own death because he makes irrational decisions,he and he always holds a grudge with the Montagues, and he has anger issues. One reason Tybalt is responsible for his own death is him making irrational decisions. One of the ways he shows his irrational decisions is when he says “Are you fighting with these cowards? Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death.”

In dramatic literature, people are often responsible for the outcome. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers take their life so they can be together in the afterlife. In the final scene of Romeo and Juliet, Prince Escalus says, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished/ For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.(5.3.318).” Several characters are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet.

Immediately after he heard that Juliet was “dead,” Romeo cried, “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!/ I do remember an apothecary.” Feeling hopeless and desperate without Juliet, Romeo made the impulsive decision of buying a deleterious potion in order for him to die beside his lover. His hasty manners caused him to make an abrupt choice of committing suicide in the spur of the moment. Because Juliet woke up moments later only to find Romeo dead beside her, she too, felt that life was unbearable without her lover and ended up stabbing herself. Had Romeo patiently thought through his actions instead of violently acting on impulse, both he and Juliet could have lived. Therefore, their deaths was not a result of fate, for Romeo had hastily decided to poison himself before he could receive the message of the hoax and Juliet ultimately chose to stab herself once she woke up to see that Romeo had misunderstood the situation and killed himself beside

Romeo then proceeds to kill Tybalt, and this affects the plot in many ways. One way being his banishment from Verona, and never being able to see Juliet again. Another example of Romeo making juvenile decisions is the second he heard that Juliet died, he immediately turned to killing himself without any investigation or confirmation of the allegations. In Act 5 Scene 3, lines 129-131 it reads, “Here’s to my love, O true Apothecary, thy drugs are quick, thus with a kiss I die.