Romeo and Juliet Essay. (Head vs Heart)

Romeo and Juliet act upon their emotions instead of their intellect, leading both Romeo and Juliet to their tragic end. To begin, the first characters that contribute to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by thinking with their heart are Sampson and Gregory. As they are not protagonists in this story, but they are servants of the Capulet family. In Verona, two families have been fighting for many years. It has gotten to the point where they don't even know why they are fighting. Sampson and Gregory were walking along the streets of Verona, armed with swords, looking as if they were searching for trouble. They speak about their hatred towards the Montagues, then Abraham, a servant of the Montagues arrives. Sampson and Gregory quarrel with him. The prince quickly arrives to break up the fight. Prince stated that, “And made Verona's ancient citizens cast by their grave beseeing ornaments to wield old partisans, in hands as old, cankered with peace, to part your cankered hate.(I,i 87-90)” What the Prince said was that our elders learned to accept each others differences and is asking them why they can't seem to do the same. I feel that that this introduces us and reminds the families of their hatred towards each other, which leads to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Another significant character that contributes to Romeo and Juliet's death by thinking with his heart was Romeo himself. Mercutio is the best friend of Romeo. He decides to provoke a fight with Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. At first, the fight was for fun, but Tybalt ended up stabbing Mercutio, which resulted in him dying. Romeo found out about his best friend's death, and he wanted revenge. He sought out Tybalt and ended up slaying him. Because of this, the Prince banished Romeo for his actions. Juliet's nurse ends up telling her that Romeo killed Tybalt and he is banished. This brings a lot of misery to Juliet, she says, “Some word there was, worser than Tybalt’s death, that murdered me. I would forget it fain,