Romeo And Juliet Impulsive Quotes

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, set in the Renaissance period in Verona and Mantua in Italy. Juliet’s words “It is too rash, to unadvis’d, too sudden” can be applied to Romeo who is a great example of making quick decision without thinking it thoroughly through and impulsiveness. This essay will explain Romeos decision to move on from Rosaline, why he married Juliet and killed Tybalt.

Act 1 scene 5 is where Romeo decides to leave Rosaline (Romeo’s initial love) for Juliet, when he first sees Juliet at the ball. Romeo was confused between infatuation and love. His feelings are more similar to infatuation due to the suddenness with which he switched from loving Rosaline to Juliet. His feelings for Rosaline and

Once they had the chance to speak to each other in Act 1 scene 5, both of them pledge undying “love” for each other. Once Romeo leaves the party, he immediately goes to see Friar Laurence (Franciscan priest) to see if he can convince him to marry the two in secret. This is obvious in the line, "But this I pray, that thou consent to marry us to-day" (2, 3, 64-65). It is only a few short hours later that Romeo gets Juliet to come and Friar Laurence marries them. There was no real, concrete reason to want to be married so suddenly other than there “unconditional” love. Instead, if Romeo had listened to Friar Lawrence when he warns Romeo saying “These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder… therefore love moderately, long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2, 6, 9-15) they both may not have died. Romeo decision to marry Juliet after only knowing her for a couple of hours proves that Romeo doesn’t think thoroughly through before making decisions that leads to killing Tybalt (Juliet’s

This is clearly demonstrated when Romeo says to Tybalt “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 keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3, 1, 116-120). In Romeo’s rage he proposes a duel with Tybalt and in his fury of his best friend being killed, he kills Tybalt. This quote is significant as it shows that Romeo is so bound by his emotions that he cannot control himself. With this one impulsive act, Romeo was banished and was to be killed if he were to come