Comparing Act 1 Scene 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
Romeo was a young man looking for love. He had just been rejected by his beautiful Rosaline and was distraught. Before he went to the party at the Capulet's household, he had this premonition that something fatal was going to happen that night. He said
"I fear too early for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's reveals, and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death"
(R+J Act 1 Scene4 Line 106-111).
When he got to the party, he met Juliet and on seeing her, all thoughts of Rosaline flew from his mind. Finding that Juliet was a Capulet and therefore his sworn enemy did not stop him from wooing Juliet and …show more content…
Romeo on the other hand tried to dissuade him from fighting, but Tybalt being hot-headed persisted. He then fights with Mercutio, in the process killing him.
Mercutio was always talking gibberish and making fun of Romeo's love lost situation. The day after the party when Tybalt walked up to him to ask after Romeo, he should have stayed out of the situation but instead he worsens the situation by telling Tybalt to fight him. He said
"O calm, dishonourable vile submission:
Alla stoccata carries away!
Tybalt, you rat-catcher will you walk"
The Prince have should made it his responsibility to stop the feud between the two families. If he had done this earlier, the feud would not have been as bad as it turned out. He thought it just for him to banish Romeo for killing Tybalt when it was actually Tybalt who was hungry for a fight. The Prince laying down this punishment to Romeo, led Juliet to follow Friar Lawrence advice, resulting in her death and
"I fear too early for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's reveals, and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death"
(R+J Act 1 Scene4 Line 106-111).
When he got to the party, he met Juliet and on seeing her, all thoughts of Rosaline flew from his mind. Finding that Juliet was a Capulet and therefore his sworn enemy did not stop him from wooing Juliet and …show more content…
Romeo on the other hand tried to dissuade him from fighting, but Tybalt being hot-headed persisted. He then fights with Mercutio, in the process killing him.
Mercutio was always talking gibberish and making fun of Romeo's love lost situation. The day after the party when Tybalt walked up to him to ask after Romeo, he should have stayed out of the situation but instead he worsens the situation by telling Tybalt to fight him. He said
"O calm, dishonourable vile submission:
Alla stoccata carries away!
Tybalt, you rat-catcher will you walk"
The Prince have should made it his responsibility to stop the feud between the two families. If he had done this earlier, the feud would not have been as bad as it turned out. He thought it just for him to banish Romeo for killing Tybalt when it was actually Tybalt who was hungry for a fight. The Prince laying down this punishment to Romeo, led Juliet to follow Friar Lawrence advice, resulting in her death and