The Impulsive In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Similarly, Romeo forgets all about how he loved Rosaline and transitions into “loving” Juliet at the sight of her. Romeo mistaking love for lust is voiced by Romeo himself when he witnesses Juliet at the Capulet’s feast, he asks himself, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” (I.v.51-60). When Romeo asks if his “heart” loved, he refers to his eyes. Romeo’s reference to beauty is parallel to his feelings of love towards Juliet only with the recognition of beauty or infatuation. Also, Romeo forgets all about his love for Rosaline the exact second sees Juliet, which can conclude he was never really in love to begin with; therefore, proving Romeo’s desire for Juliet is nothing more than meaningless infatuation. Furthermore, Friar Laurence tells Romeo that his sudden change of heart to move on from Rosaline means his desire towards her lies in his eyes rather than his heart. At the time of these events Juliet is thirteen years old and Romeo is eighteen years old showing that they are just teenagers. Although, teenagers do not take love seriously and do not have a full metal grasp of what love

Romeo is a melodramatic 16-year old that lets his downheartedness over Rosaline take over when he sees Juliet. Romeo is unhappy, as Rosaline decided to stay chaste, and then he meets Juliet and he sees that she is looks attractive and wants to make irresponsible decisions. Romeo gives a perfect example of his irresponsible, lustful identity when he says this, “Did my heart love till now? / Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night”(Shakespeare,

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.

Romeo’s series of rapid decisions begins when his love struck character is shown immediately upon meeting Juliet. After attending the Capulet party, Romeo notices Juliet and says, “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear - / Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear” (Shakespeare 1.5.43-46). Romeo’s reaction demonstrates how he is transfixed on Juliet when he first sets eyes on her. He believes that he never fell in love until this very moment, not knowing his feelings are lustful. This causes him to want to marry her, not taking into account the many consequences that might occur. Furthermore, this act that Romeo does, illustrates how Romeo is a sensitive, easily infatuated character that loves hard. Thinking that Juliet is the one for him, Romeo makes a reckless decision to marry Juliet. He then goes to the Friar

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.

After Romeo and Juliet meet and marry, many of their actions seem impulsive. Romeo idolizes Juliet, all of his other decision making skills go out the window, for example in scene one act three, when Romeo doesn't think about the consequences that could come from what he was about to do. With his emotions flowing and adrenalin rushing makes him

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

Making decisions without thinking through them can lead to harmful consequences. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there is an ongoing fight in Verona between two noble households of Montagues and Capulets. Their children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, meet at a party and instantly fall in love; knowing their newly formed love will anger their parents, the two are married secretly one evening with the help of Nurse and Friar Lawrence. More incidents result in Romeo’s banishment and Juliet’s arranged marriage with the Prince’s kinsman, and the two lovers are ultimately led to their deaths and the end of the feud. Throughout the play, Shakespeare conveys the theme of impulsive acts lead

What is the message that readers understand about the decisions people make when they are in love and believe the world is against them? The balcony scene takes place in Act 2 scene 2 in the events of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Act 2 scene 2 consist of the events in which Romeo and Juliet profess their love towards each other. Romeo and Juliet make decisions without much thought and act impulsively. While Juliet dreams to herself she ponders, “‘ I will no longer be a capulet”’ (Romeo and Juliet. 2.2.36). This demonstrates impulsive decision making because Juliet has only known Romeo for a day and is convinced that she will marry him. When Romeo shows himself to Juliet he professes, “‘ Henceforth I never will be Romeo”’(2.2.51).

If someone Acts impulsively they could commit crimes, put ones life in danger, or even push away a loved one. Most of the impulsive decisions are made by teenagers. They make the more rash decisions because their brain is still developing. In fact in 2015, alone, police made over 900,000 justified, juvenile arrests. This reveals that during adolescence a child is more prone to suggestions. A few themes get used in modern shows or stories because Romeo and Juliet are often used for plays because of the intense overwhelming reality of love. Today tv shows and movies are heavily influenced by Shakespeare's work Romeo and Juliet by incorporating not just love, but the adventures of love. Juliet drank a potion allowing her to be “dead” for a certain

In my opinion, Romeo and Juliet could have acted less impulsively and taken more time with their decisions. During Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet, he immediately convinces himself that he must marry her. The next morning Romeo tells Friar Laurence this but he responds, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.96) Unfortunately, Romeo ignores the Friar's words of advice and continues with great haste. On that same day, only hours later, Romeo and Juliet marry each other with the help of the Nurse and Friar Laurence. I believe that Romeo should have listened to the Friar instead of acting so hastily because several complications leading to their death arrive consequently. Romeo was acting on a feeling and ignored all the possible

Romeo tells himself he is in love with these women, when he barely knows them; he loves with his eyes and then acts upon that attraction impulsively. Shakespeare characterizes Romeo as what he believes is your typical teenage boy, and he uses older and wiser characters to express his immaturity. Friar Laurence is a wise character who tries to lead Romeo in the right direction, he calls Romeo out for not understanding the complexities of love and how “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (II. iii. 67-68). Friar Laurence is touching upon the statement that young teens generally do not know what love is actually is, and only scratch the surface of being so passionate about someone.

Moreover, Romeo through his infatuation with Rosaline learned valuable lessons that help him come to appreciate and understand the feelings he experiences with Juliet. Romeo felt rejection, sorrow, and misery from his infatuation with Rosaline which is seen when he is talking to Benvolio, “In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman” this particular quote shows the sadness or sorrow he feels from the feelings for Rosaline (1.1.201). Also when he says “She hath forsworn to love”, the words Romeo speaks allow it to be inferred that his feelings for her have been rejected (1.1.220). “At the opening of the play [Romeo] is maundering about like an erotic woman novelist, sighing and groaning because Rosaline will not listen to his tenders of affection” revealing that Romeo’s love was rejected and was upset because of this, allowing him to learn these feelings and what it is like to be rejected by the one he had feelings for (Northwood 19). Due to having felt these emotions from his infatuation, when he finds his love for Juliet and receives love and acceptance from her. Since he went so long, feeling sorrow and rejection when he finally finds Juliet, he can fully appreciate the love and acceptance he is given which intensifies his love for her and does the opposite of weakening the credibility of his love. Through his infatuation with Rosaline, he was able to grow as a person and become able to fully commit to his love for Juliet.

Romeo is constantly in and out of love until he sees Rosaline. ( 1. 1.200)" She'll not to be hit with Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit," he goes through life loving and being loved by numerous people. Then he meets her and he starts obsessing over Rosaline who will never love him like he loves her ( 1.1.214) "She is too fair, too wise, wisely to fair". He is selfish in many respects because he only loves Rosaline for her looks and he doesn't really love her personality.

It’s becoming clear that the only reason Romeo is with Juliet is because she would return his love unlike Rosaline, “Her I love now doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so…(page 89).” In this statement Romeo expresses to his feelings to Friar Lawrence that unlike Rosaline, Juliet loves him back, and that being just one of the reasons why he loves her. Romeo is briskly forgetting about Rosaline with Juliet’s beauty. This is how adolescent’s minds work and how they’re too young to experience love that involves sexual desires. This also makes them learn from their mistakes. The unplanned decisions of Romeo and Juliet led to their awful end. I believe that Juliet only pretends to love Romeo to forget about her marriage to Paris and also for Romeo who uses Juliet to recall about Rosaline who denied