Impetuousness is commonly understood as acting without thinking. Frequently displayed in youth. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Romeo’s fate is decided from the beginning. The moment of Romeo’s first impetuous act decides how his life will turn out. No significant events are affected by Romeo’s actions. Shakespeare shows that no momentous situation can change the ending of the play, when Romeo notices Juliet Capulet at the party, meets Juliet after the party, nor when he kills Tybalt. Shakespeare announces Romeo and Juliet’s fate in the prologue, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” (Prologue, line 6). Romeo is still distraught when heading to the Capulets for a party. Unable to think of anyone but Rosaline, whom he cannot have. After disputing over the fact Romeo is envious and has to quit whining Benvolio convinces Romeo to tag along. Shakespeare uses a series of hinting to the final result. For example, Romeo announces, “I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars” (act 1, scene 4, lines 113-118), meaning he feels something is destined to happen. Shakespeare showing again the idea of an unchangeable fate when Romeo falls in love …show more content…
After the party scene Romeo notices himself searching the Capulet palace for Juliet. Out of all the rooms in such an enormous home, Romeo finds Juliet standing on a balcony outside her room. Destiny brings them together continuing their tragic end. The most well known quote in Romeo and Juliet is, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (Act 2, scene 2, line 33). Wherefore defined as why. Juliet is wondering why Romeo is a Montague out of all families. Why the curse of fate has allowed the two star crossed lovers to have feuding families. Testing fate will come back to them. When Tybalt is killed there is no change in how Romeo’s life will
What Romeo does not know is that Juliet is actually very much alive, and makes up not 5 minutes after Romeo kills himself. Consistent with his character, Romeo acts impulsively, and kills himself as he was blinded by love. If he had not acted impulsively here, He and Juliet would be together, both alive and well. This is yet another consequence experienced by Romeo for acting impulsively. In conclusion, Acting impulsively for one’s desires leads to many bad events because it does not allow a situation to play out to its fullest extent.
Romeos and Juliets Death Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two love-struck teens that eventually falls in love. They have to face obstacles just to find a way to be together and eventually have to secrednize their marriage. The characters Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Lord, Lady Capulet are primarily responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They all have things they did that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s departness. Also, the decisions they made and the problems they caused such as ruining true love.
In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the cast of characters have a variety of individual personalities. One of the main characters, Romeo, is characterized by his impulsiveness and unwavering loyalty. Romeo is depicted as impulsive throughout the play, leading to many unfavorable outcomes. This is first demonstrated when Tybalt tries to pick a fight with Romeo, but he rejects it. Tybalt then starts a fight with Mercutio, resulting in Mercutio's death, which provokes Romeo to take revenge by killing Tybalt.
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a well-known tale of young love that ends in tragedy. The play raises important questions about the nature of love, fate, and human agency. While there are many factors that contribute to the tragic ending, two key reasons why the tragedy occurred lie with the characters of Romeo and Juliet themselves and the feud between their families. One of the main reasons why Romeo and Juliet meet such a tragic end is due to their own impulsive behavior.
Romeo at this point is feeling romantic and wants to go back to be with Juliet. Due to his romanticness, Romeo has become desperate and must be with Juliet.
All men in the world do not appreciate their masculinity to be challenged, which goes against their own code of honor. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo, Tybalt and Mercutio disrupt each other’s codes of honor by their actions in Act III, scene i. These three men’s codes of honor contribute to the tragedy of the play because of their views on masculinity, such as when Tybalt kills Mercutio and when Romeo kills Tybalt. Here, Tybalt mocks Romeo’s masculinity, leading Mercutio to duel him in order to honor Romeo.
In William Shakespere’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the most irresponsible adult because of his lack of guidance as an adult and his reckless decisions led both Romeo and Juliet to act on their impulsivity. Friar Lawrence is the most irresponsible character because of his lack of guidance as an adult in Romeo and Juliet’s life. At an early morning, Romeo enters Friar Lawrence’s cell with glee. Surprised at how early it is, Friar Lawrence asks why Romeo is in glee.
Romeo did not think of the consequences before his actions. His thoughtless behavior led to the end of his and his star-crossed lover’s life. At first, Romeo Montague was a very disheartened teenager because Rosaline, his old love, wouldn’t love him like he did. Then, he meets Juliet and suddenly is life is filled with life and passion. He loved fiercely, and went to great lengths for Juliet.
While Romeo was known for his impulsiveness, it didn 't go to help him out later on. Romeo had been convinced to sneak into the Capulet 's party, and would then lock eyes with a girl that he will forever be in love with. An analysis of Romeo’s character in the play Romeo and Juliet, reveals that his fatal flaw was his impulsiveness due to him falling in love and marrying Juliet, becoming a murder after he had killed Tybalt and Paris, and him killing himself. One reason why Romeo was impulsive was because he had fallen in love with Juliet at first sight.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet are at the mercy of the stars. This is shown through the fact that the two lovers are impacted by many circumstances beyond their control, essentially caused by the family feud between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. However, Romeo and Juliet do choose to control their own lives by the decision’s they constitute and compose without the influence from someone else in the play, such as getting married in secret and taking their own lives. Despite this small amount of control they are still bound by fate shown by the reasons behind the secret marriage, Tybalts’ death and the suicides. Fate is one of the main thematic representations in the play Romeo and Juliet.
If you were challenged to a duel by you cousin what would you do? Well Romeo felt this when Tybalt Romeo’s new hateful, bold, and demanding cousin challenged him to a duel. Tybalt Juliet's cousin from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is all and more of these words used to describe him. And Tybalt is a hateful, bold, and demanding character that love nothing more than to see Romeo killed. Tybalt is an insanely hateful character especially towards Romeo and his household.
From the very beginning of the play, Shakespeare, is holding fate to blame for the death of the two lovers. In the line “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” foreshadowing, metaphor and alliteration are used to show how Romeo and Juliet’s love would end in tragedy. Foreshadowing is used to create suspense leading to a later scene in the play where the lover’s suicide. The metaphor “star-crossed lovers” suggest the prophetic alignments of the stars are against them. The lovers are ill-fated from the start.
This sets a sad mood for the reader, as the reader knows that the story will end with the two dying, and also knows that Romeo does not. Overall, William Shakespeare successfully used foreshadowing consistently throughout the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. It helps set the tone for the reader and helps the story progress smoothly. They foreshadowing lines help reveal Romeo’s character and keeps the reader engaged in the story.
In the play Romeo and Juliet one of the main characters, Romeo, is a rather impulsive fellow who acts on what he sees and feels. He falls in love in the blink of an eye and just as fast he can get over it. He is always impulsive but when he finds himself in love his impulsiveness doubles. Romeo’s impulsive decisions causes his love, Juliet, to ultimately get killed.
Do you believe in love at first sight? Romeo and Juliet did and it lead to both of their deaths. Romeo believed that he was in love, a feeling he had never truly felt before. As a young teen, you could expect that he would make some irrational decisions, but nothing like what he did to be with who he believed to be his true love. Romeo Montague 's fatal flaw was his impulsiveness due to falling in love and marry Juliet, becoming a murderer, and taking his own life .