The Destruction Of Passion In Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet is a beautiful story by William Shakespeare in which the reader observes the bold and rash character of Romeo. He falls in love at the first sight with his wife, Juliet. Their families have been feuding for generations; therefore, they make a plan to run away and live a life of joy. However, this plan falls through and many are killed throughout this dangerous journey including both lives of the lovers. Because he does not think before acting, Romeo is brought into dangerous and avoidable situations. His biggest flaw of being rash and rushing things affects himself and the people around him physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers, will do anything to show their deep affection for each other. Since they are from two different families, who happen to be enemies, they can be punished for expressing their love for one another. Unfortunately, their passion sparks many outrages. Due to Father Capulet’s feud with the Montague family, Romeo and Juliet's love life results in death.

Romeo and Juliet shows how the story of true love can break the ancient grudge between two families. The conflict in the story is Capulets against Montagues. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” (1.Prologue.1-4). The grudge between the two families led to fighting and even death.

The exquisite tale of Romeo and Juliet has come through the last 4 centuries teaching people to not force love and not to be too impulsive. The flaws that were strung throughout the tale with the repetition of Romeo and Juliet’s actions ultimately resulted in their deaths. Romeo and Juliet were impulsive, Romeo’s strong love for Juliet, and Romeo and Juliet were more provoked with their hearts than their heads that led to their deaths caused by these fatal flaws.

To conclude, characters in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet clearly do not solve their conflicts wisely. This is proven immensely through Romeo Montague’s impulsive character. Romeo’s inner struggle with love mixed with his impulsive attitude causes him to fall in love way too fast. The rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets sparks Romeo’s hatred along with his impulsive attitude which results in murder where he is the blame. The forces of love compel Romeo to impulsively kill himself when he sees Juliet lying in her grave. One thing is for certain, when romance falls inconveniently between two young lovers, the outcome is seldom a happy ending for all parties

However, at the party he meets Juliet for the first time, and immediately falls in love with her: “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo, who was in love with Rosaline until a moment ago, completely forgets about her and is now all focused on Juliet. But what is very surprising is not the fact that he is in love with his enemy’s daughter, the astonishing thing is the speed at which he falls in love with her. Soon, in fact, he and Juliet kiss each other: “Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.” However, Romeo’s characteristics to love so deeply Juliet is just a symbol of his lacking the capacity of moderation for intense feelings of all kind. Had Romeo stopped himself from being so deeply caught up by Juliet’s beauty, the tragedy would have never happened.

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

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.

Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.

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

Romeo and Juliet, one of William’s Shakespeare most famous classic works, is a heart-wrenching tale which is composed of passionate love and anger. It is a timeless piece of literature that has lasted to this century. The beautiful story is set in the remote town of Verona. This play recounts a tale of two star-crossed lovers, forbidden to pursue their inescapable love due to the long history of a violent family feud. Passion is strongly represented in Romeo and Juliet’s undying romance. As the story continues, passionate and uncontrolled anger is clearly expressed, fuelled by the noxious hatred of the family’s feud, intensifying as the plot progresses.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that involves young lovers, their “untimely death,” and a feud between their two families. The Capulets and the Montagues war against each other. The feud continues to escalate and provides the background for the story of these “two star-crossed lovers.” This literary masterpiece is still relevant today since it involves parental ambition, family fighting, and young love.

Here is what thee needeth to need to knoweth about the Capulet and Montague family feud! As thee hath probably overheard, lately there hath been more heat between the two families than there hath been. Last Monday our dear Romeo was banished from Verona after the quarreling session between him and Tybalt hadst taken a rough turn. After Tybalt slew Romeo’s good cousin Mercutio, Romeo tooketh mad action and tooketh the life of Tybalt. The Montague family swears he didst not kill the gent on purpose, ‘Twas an accident!” Lord Montague hath stated. This mystery of the ugly feud between the families hast been going on for decades and it hath only gotten worse. Officials such as one of Verona’s oldest citizens state that this feud all beganeth with

In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare accurately reflected society in the fourteenth century by his use of family feuds, arranged marriages, the use of astrology and much more. The family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets are the ultimate reason that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Their feud in Verona was caused by their constant fighting, which made the two families oppose and despise the other. This family feud, along with many real life feuds of the 1300s, led to violence and tragedy. “He based the family conflict on a well-known feud between the Capelletti family of the Guelfs and the Montecchi family of the Ghibellines.”

Each person has a hobby or interest that entertains them throughout life, although in certain circumstances the importance of the activity becomes remarkably strong that it is an addiction and takes over the life of that person, also known as a ruling passion. A ruling passion can have both a positive and negative impact on a person, for example it can give a person a sense of euphoria but also, a feeling of despair and helplessness. William Shakespeare recognizes this concept in his play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are displayed as a love struck couple who are both willing to do whatever it takes to be together. Their ruling passion, love, is what is helping overcome their ancient dispute between their two families.