Impulsivity In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

On Friday, November 13, 2015, a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris darkened the skies across the world. More than 130 casualties were confirmed, and a hundred fifty five others were left injured. The romantic city was left in lockdown, and the rest of the world in fear. Indeed, “the skies have been darkened” (Obama), but between the sadness in the dark skies was a tinge of beauty and light.The terror attacks in ISIS may have killed, scarred and injured many innocent lives, but it also did something else: it brought the world together. On Facebook, users had the opportunity to use a filter that tinted their profile pictures the color of the French flag. In Seattle, the French flag flew on top of the Space Needle, and in Century City, a memorial was done for the lives lost in
However, after careful analysis,it becomes evident that it is anything but so. Shakespeare had envisioned his tragedy to be one which blurred the lines between right and wrong, good and bad, and love and hate. The “good and bad” that children learn about in fairytales is not as simple as it is displayed to be. Yet, entire societies and groups are controlled by this complexity without realizing so. It cannot be denied however, that these ideas are more difficult to identify in real life as compared to text. On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, another terror attack has taken place, this time in London. Once again the ideas of love arising from hate and unification from dissension seems to have taken place. However, in real life, these ideas grow even more complex and gray the more they are explored. Like the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, there is no apparent cause for the hatred expressed by these terrorists. Romeo and Juliet is a simple play in comparison to other works of Shakespeare, but that does not undermine the significance and beauty of its