Every story or piece of writing has more than one theme, some harder to find than others. In the play Romeo and Juliet the most obvious theme seems to be love, but, digging deeper in the play, more less-obvious themes become noticeable. Shakespeare was trying to deliver the message of folliness and folly and how Romeo and juliet's love was rushed to quickly. Common sense could have been used to avoid the deaths of the couple and possibly end the family feud.
Making mistakes are a natural part of what makes us humans. It is our flaw because no one is perfect, but those that are wise, learn from them. I do not consider a mistake a mistake unless there was no common sense used. Using common sense before making a mistake usually has a better, less harmful, outcome and could be avoided next time it happens. In the play Romeo and Juliet everyone is a subject of foolishness and folly, and neglecting a mistake lead to the unrealized death’s of the two protagonists. The main character(s) who embodie the message of foolishness and folly points to Romeo, Tybalt, the Nurse and Friar lawrence and their lack of common sense. Pointing out all of Romeo’s foolishness in the play is easy, but it is not always Romeo’s fault. Romeo was influenced by love, Friar Lawrence, Tybalt, the nurse, his friends and family to do crazy things with only Juliet as his motivation.
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Tybalt causes Romeo to be in exile and Juliet’s parents foolishly believe she weeps for the death of Tybalt and get her married to Paris at once. This is one of the misunderstandings in the play to far because this pushes Romeo and Juliet to risk their lives, with poison, for
Tybalt is the reason Romeo and Juliet took their lives. Tybalt started all the killing. Tybalt drew out his sword. Romeo tried to stop, but they started fighting.
“ now, Tybalt, take the villain back again, that late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to key him company: either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3,1, ). If Romeo hadn’t killed Tybalt, Juliet wouldn’t have been crying because Romeo was banished. And her dad wouldn’t have thought that she was crying because of Tybalt’s death, which made him change his mind about paris. Capulet thought being a bride would make her happy and Juliet faked her death so that her father wouldn’t marry her to
Tybalt’s monstrous behaviour in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet fuels the feuding families’ hate and consequently results in the deaths of the doomed lovers. His violent dispositions, fierce devotion to the Capulets and irrational behaviour all contribute to the final fatalities of the hero and heroine. Tybalt's violence leads to chaos in between the two bickering families. Tybalt is to blame for their deaths as his violent tendencies had chain reactions. Tybalt's hatred for the Montagues is strong as he feels like they are a threat to the Capulets.
Romeo tried to break up a quarrel between Mercutio and Tybalt that was gradually becoming physical. Tybalt saw this and tried to fight him as well. However, Romeo did not wish to fight. Romeo felt a certain family-like love for Tybalt since him and Juliet were married and Tybalt was now his cousin as well. Tybalt did not know this and continued to provoke a fight anyways. Maybe, if Tybalt knew about the marriage, then the fight could have been avoided. At the same time, however, Tybalt might have been angry if he knew. The fight went on and ended with Mercutio losing his life and Romeo avenging him by killing Tybalt. The Prince of Verona then banished Romeo from the city, stopping him from seeing Juliet again. Due to the secrecy of their marriage, no one but Romeo and Juliet themselves saw this as a problem. Since Lord and Lady Capulet did not know about their daughter being married, they arranged her marriage with Paris. This then led to Friar Lawrence's second plan which involved the sleeping potion. When the potion put Juliet into a death-like sleep, only her and Friar Lawrence knew that it was a hoax and everyone thought she was dead, even Romeo. This caused him to kill himself to show his love and try to be with her in the afterlife. When Juliet woke up from her slumber, she saw a deceased Romeo and killed herself as well. This second lie and secret of Juliet faking her death to get out of marrying Paris caused the deaths of Romeo, Paris, and herself. Once both the Capulets and Montagues heard of their children's deaths and of all of their secrets, they became guilty and ended their feud. This is one of the only positive outcomes to come out of this tangled web of
Romeo’s hate towards Tybalt for killing Mercutio leads him to make irrational decisions. He is so blinded by hate, that he kills Tybalt. Up until Mercutio’s murder, Romeo loves Tybalt for his relation to Juliet. This can be seen when Romeo says “ but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my love;”(3.1.65-66). The murder of Tybalt prompts Prince Escalus to sentence Romeo with banishment to Mantua where he learns of the so-called “death” of his Juliet. This news urges Romeo to visit the nearest chemist to ask for a vial of poison that will “disperse itself through all the veins”(5.1.65). The hasty decision to use this poison as a means of death stems from the unknown hate between the two families as well as the death of Mercutio and Juliet. Juliet had no other option than to turn to the sleeping poison, for fear that if she didn’t take the potion, she would have to marry Count Paris. Lord Capulet threatened to disown Juliet if she refused to marry Count Paris, as her parents had wished. Romeo and Juliet’s hate for the feud between their families is what prompts them to end their
How is one supposed to learn from their mistakes when they do not even know they made them in the first place? All people make mistakes, but only those that are wise learn from them, and actually realize they made them, while others simply overlook them. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, one is able to witness how serious mistakes that were left unrealized, and forgotten, led to the tragic death of the two protagonists. Errors and mistakes should be corrected, before it is too late. Most of the characters in the play have caused the death of the protagonists, one way or another. The characters that caused the most dramatic and serious effect upon Romeo and Juliet’s death are Tybalt, the Nurse, and the Friar Laurence.
One reason Tybalt is liable for his own death is because of his anger issues. One way that he shows this is when he says “Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain.” (3.1. 59-60). Essentially Romeo explains to Tybalt that he has no reason for them to fight because he loves and cherishes the Capulet name more than he knew, and has never done anything to harm or injure him. Tybalt has no idea that his cousin, Juliet, and Romeo are now married which would make them related as well, he thinks that hating Romeo is a good enough reason for them to dual. As a result of Tybalt getting angry and offended at everything, he is the reason for his
According to the play (178-179) , “The prince banishes Romeo from Verona”. Tybalt’s death drove the tragic plot even further. In Juliet’s case, it forces her to reconsider her love for Romeo, but she forgave him.
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.
Fate works in mysterious ways, everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their
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.”
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has long been a topic of controversy regarding who is to blame for the death of the two protagonists. The two lovers themselves, Romeo and Juliet, each have their individual flaws which contribute to the drastic outcome of the story. Romeo is to blame because of his impulsive and arrogant personality. Juliet is to blame because of her excessive belief in fate, and willingness to succumb to her fate. The combination of the two brings misfortune and instigates their demise. The two lovers are to blame for their own deaths, as their individual flaws, when brought together, creates a chain of events that destroys their relationship.
In addition to Juliet’s parents, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, instigated a fight between himself and Romeo. This is what caused Romeo to be banished from Verona to Mantua. This is what started Juliet wanting to leave Verona to be with Romeo in Mantua. This started Romeo not finding out about Juliet faking her death and then awakening to go be with Romeo. Tybalt is an instigator, troublemaker, and fighter, and a reader may label him as unforgiving. If he would have found out about Romeo and Juliet he might have disagreed with both of them. If one were to wondered when Romeo and Tybalt fought, one would find it in Act three Scene one. In lines sixty-nine through seventy-three, Romeo confesses to Tybalt that they are in fact related and Romeo is married to Juliet. Tybalt did not even catch on to what Romeo was talking about. Tybalt comes off as arrogant. In some ways Romeo and Tybalt are very
Love at first sight, these two meet a horrible fate. In “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but their love tragically ends in vain. They meet under the worst conditions, their families being each other’s rivals. Their relationship was hard to contain, but Juliet would do anything to keep it. They both seeked help from the priest, Friar Laurence. Romeo and Juliet’s death was caused by Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence devised a plan that would fake Juliet’s death, gave Juliet a potion, and he was too late to save Romeo and Juliet. All this would , ultimately, lead to their tragic deaths.