William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragic masterpiece that explores the destructive power of unchecked emotions. Through the actions of characters like Romeo, Juliet, and Lord Capulet, the play demonstrates how overwhelming passion, rash decisions, and an obsession with control can lead to disastrous consequences. As Shakespeare himself wrote, "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." In Act II, Scene 3, Romeo hastily decides to marry Juliet. After meeting Juliet at the Capulet ball, Romeo quickly falls in love with her and decides to marry her the very next day. He quickly forgets about Rosaline and moves right on. Romeo says in Act II, Scene 2, lines 75-78. "I have night's cloak to hide me from their …show more content…
For example in Act IV, Scene 1. When Juliet learns of her family's plan to marry her off to Paris, she is desperate to find a way to be with Romeo. She decides to take the potion given to her by Friar Laurence, which will make her appear dead for 42 hours. In line 58, Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here's drink. I drink to thee.” Juliet's love for Romeo is so all-consuming that she is willing to take a dangerous step to be with him, without considering the potential consequences. A second example of Juliet being “too in love” is Act 5, Scene 3. When Juliet wakes up from her drug-induced sleep and finds Romeo dead, she is overcome with grief and decides to kill herself. In line 175 she says, "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” Even though a dagger has a negative connotation, Juliet describes it as a happy dagger because it will bring her closer to Romeo, which will result in her happiness. Her love for Romeo is so overwhelming that she cannot imagine living without him, and she is willing to take her own life to be with him. ( or her passion and love for Romeo was so strong that it caused her to make the decision to take her own life. Decide
For instance, Romeo exclaims in 5.3.119-120, "Here's to my love... Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" (Shakespeare). Later, after discovering her true love has met his end, Juliet states in lines 174-175, "O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die.
She also says, ‘till it be morrow,’ which means that she wants to meet up with him soon. Falling in love can also come with consequences. Juliet drinks a potion, this potion makes her “die” for 42 hours. Juliet wants to drink this potion because she wants to see Romeo again and not marry Paris. “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo!
Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee.” ( Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 4.3.58–60). In order to be with her lover, Juliet took a sleeping potion that could have killed her but she drank it out of love. Romeo and Juliet both could not share with the public that they were married just like Mildred and Richard Loving.
When Juliet asserts, “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee.” (Shakespeare.4.3.58) it illustrates her dauntlessness.
Juliet says, “ I will confess to you that I love him” (4/1/25). Her confessing her felling later right after her parents told her she must marry Paris she feels trapped leading to her death Juliet's decision to willingly take the potion to not marry Paris makes Romeo think that she is dead causing him to commit suicide leading to her death as well. Juliet says, “Give me, give me. O tell me not to fear” (4.1.121). This statement made by Juliet is her acceptance to take the potion.
Another example is after Juliet got home and told her father Lord Capulet that she accepts Paris' will and will be his bride she went straight to her room and took out the poison that she was given by Friar Lawrence and a dagger that she had in a drawer and starts to procrastinate about drinking the poison. Juliet says. ”O, look! methinks I see my cousin’s ghost/Seeking out Rome, that did spit his body/Upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay!/Romeo, I come!
In William Shakespeare’s prominent play, Romeo and Juliet, the defiance of the teenagers leads to their ill-fated end of the two star-crossed lover, Romeo and Juliet. For example, Romeo displays disregard to authority when “At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so loves, with all the admired beauties of Verona” (1.2.84-86). This quote, said by Mercutio, represents how Romeo casually neglects the problem that is the feud between the Capulet and Montague families. It informs the way that he falls for a Capulet but is heartbroken, then attends a party of the Capulets to find another eligible Capulet to get over that Capulet. Also, in the scene in which Tybalt had ignored the wishes of Lord Capulet’s that were,
Romeo doesn’t know she isn’t dead. When he finds Juliet dead, he kills himself by drinking
Antagonist, displeasing, irritating, and annoying are all words that the silent majority of us can connect to family, friends, and foes with anger issues. Although there are a few well rounded traits of Tybalt, from the house of Capulet, anger is definitely one of his weak spots. A couple of notable stretches in the play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” bring out his worst enemy, his own fire and fury. A brief example of this is near the beginning before the Prince threatens to kill the next person who fights in the streets of Verona.
This shows how Romeo and Juliet could be in love but they also do not have the emotional maturity to handle true love quite yet in their lives. They do not know enough about being mature to fully be able to have true love. In conclusion, The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a fatal tragedy about a love story that wasn't meant to be. Two
In the story of Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters have a tragic death. Romeo finds Juliet “dead” right before she wakes up, but he is not aware that she is not dead. This leads him to drink poison that he bought to kill himself. When Juliet finally wakes up from her “death” she finds Romeo dead and tries to find a way to die as well. She tries to drink the same poison that Romeo took, but there is none left.
Friar Lawrence devises a plan so Romeo and Juliet could run away and live together in Mantua. Juliet takes a potion that makes her go into a death-like sleep. Romeo was supposed to find out that Juliet wasn’t really dead but Friar John couldn’t get the letter to Romeo. By the time Romeo gets to Verona, Juliet is in her tomb. Juliet fakes being dead so she could run away with Romeo.
When Romeo drinks the poison he does it because he doesn’t take the time to make sure that his love is actually dead and drinks it even though she was just sleeping “Here’s to my love! O true apothec’ry, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” this line explains that he doesn’t believe life is worth living if Juliet isn’t alive, but the dramatic irony in this scene tells us that Shakespeare is really trying to say “think through you actions and take your time” because if Romeo had just taken a little more time to think things over he would have found an alive Juliet and they would have both survived to live another day. Juliet’s death was inspired by her finding her only love lying on the tomb floor next to her when she awoke from her sleep.
Once Juliet wakes up from her sleep and sees Romeo dead she doesn't see a point in life without him and takes his dagger, “ Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger, [Picking up Romeo's dagger] This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die. [Stabs herself and falls on Romeo's body]”