Love And Despair In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Love and Despair
The ideas of love and passion are ever present in almost everyone's lives nowadays, this intimacy can be felt for your parents, a lover, or any number of things, and many authors use these topics in their novels. William Shakespeare, author of Romeo and Juliet, does not shy away from the effects of love, specifically on people. Shakespeare uses qualities of love and attachment in an Elizabethan Era themed story and the character Romeo and Juliet, as well as the city of Vienna Italy. However, he also displays the negative fallout from affection for others, that eventually lead to reckless decisions. These decisions can be detrimental to themselves, as well as affecting the people around the situation. Eventually these choices
One such action occurs between Romeo and Juliet, when they decide to be together in secret even though their families are rivals and they had no knowledge of what was happening. At one time, in the the novel Romeo and Juliet decide to get married together in clandestine. While Romeo is at Juliet's castle in furtive he asks her,” Th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.’ ‘I gave thee mine before thou didst request it, and yet I would it were to give again” (Shakespeare 2.2.134-136). In order to comprehend the hastyness of this proposal from Romeo you have to understand that this whole story took place within the span of about a week. The evidence shows that Romeo’s new love for Juliet lead to a quick action to ask her to marry him. The next instance of love being to forward transpires between Mercutio and Romeo. Later in the Romeo and Juliet, Romeo comes back to Mercutio and the rest of his friends. However, shortly after he arrives a fight begins between Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, Mercutio, and Romeo. Mercutio is mortally wounded by Tybalt during the brawl and he dies. Romeo then approaches Tybalt and tries to exact his revenge, as Tybalt speaks first,” Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, shalt with him hence.’ ‘This shall determine that’ They fight, Tybalt falls” (Shakespeare 3.1.135-137). The problem of this situation, is without a doubt derived from Romeo’s friendship with Mercutio. Since Mercutio died Romeo was so sad about his loss of love that decided to kill Tybalt to obtain some reconciliation of his lost companion, this action overall was a terrible thought out plan fueled by Romeo’s woe. Rapid irrational actions are not only a child's game in Romeo and Juliet, there are also some adults in the story who make some unfavorable decisions due to emotions. One of these