Comparing Haste In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Two young lovers in Verona, Italy seems like a story that will end happily ever after, but when extreme haste is involved, Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, ends in death, destruction, and ultimately makes this play a tragedy. The only non-hasty aspect is the urge to wait to tell the households about the Capulet-Montague wedding. Haste is exceedingly dangerous in this play because people were hasty to fight, fall in love, and to essentially kill themselves. One reason that haste is why Romeo and Juliet ended so tragically is that the Capulets and Montagues were hasty to fight. The fights caused many deaths and the heads of the households didn’t even know what they were fighting over. At the beginning of the play, Abram says, “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”(I.i.39) and both houses got into an all out battle, showing haste to fight after just one little act
They fell “head over heels” in love and threatened suicide at the very mention of each other’s misfortune. Almost immediately after meeting Juliet, Romeo kisses and says to her, “Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged.” (I.v.107) This shows haste in two ways, haste that they are kissing so soon and haste in the sense that Romeo says that Juliet is taking away his sins. This ultimately resulted in the ending even people who haven’t read the play know of, them both killing themselves. After hearing about Juliet’s “death,” Romeo said, “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor. Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear. As will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker may fall dead...” (V.i.60-64) This shows haste because Romeo immediately resolved to killing himself instead of even finding out if the news was true or not. He also doesn’t even know Juliet all that well even though he killed himself to be with