Romeo Is To Blame
Romeo is to Blame
Very rarely does the story of the double suicide of two young teens capture the romantic ideals of million’s of people, the legendary story spanning hundreds of years and inspiring countless similar stories is, of course, none other than Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was originally written by William Shakespeare, who penned the play in the year 1597. In the story, a young man and a young women from two houses that are torn with an ancient feud fall in love. Eventually, events transpire that result in the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, who was killed by her lover, Romeo. Romeo is exiled for his deed, and Juliet’s family plan to force her to marry. She fakes her own death, but Romeo does not get news of the plan. Romeo …show more content…
To start with, Romeo did not want to go. He said several times that he did not want to go to the party. He was too heartbroken over the realization that Rosaline would never love him. Suddenly, one of his friends mentions that he will likely set eyes upon Rosaline, and, even though he had already acknowledged that her love would never be his, he is peer-pressured into going. Which, to be fair, is what would happen to likely just about any teenager, in any time. However, Romeo’s biggest lapse of judgment in the first section comes when, despite him saying “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin this fearful date” (Act 1, Scene 4, 109-110), he STILL insists on going to the party. He felt that whatever would happen tonight would end in his death, and despite believing in fate, still went in to the party. Romeo, even after knowing himself that these events would end in his death, continues to progress under the excuse of fate. Romeo clearly uses fate as a means of justifying any action that he feel’s like doing, no matter how irresponsible, impulsive, or …show more content…
To go to the party, to kill Tybalt, to kill himself… all of these were choices, choices that Romeo could have avoided. But he did not make an attempt to avoid them. He did whatever required the least amount of thought, whatever required the least amount of time, and instead of taking responsibility for anything, said that all his actions were unavoidable do to fate. As a very interesting anime once said, “History is full of choices.” And it just so happened that Romeo picked all the wrong
Very rarely does the story of the double suicide of two young teens capture the romantic ideals of million’s of people, the legendary story spanning hundreds of years and inspiring countless similar stories is, of course, none other than Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was originally written by William Shakespeare, who penned the play in the year 1597. In the story, a young man and a young women from two houses that are torn with an ancient feud fall in love. Eventually, events transpire that result in the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, who was killed by her lover, Romeo. Romeo is exiled for his deed, and Juliet’s family plan to force her to marry. She fakes her own death, but Romeo does not get news of the plan. Romeo …show more content…
To start with, Romeo did not want to go. He said several times that he did not want to go to the party. He was too heartbroken over the realization that Rosaline would never love him. Suddenly, one of his friends mentions that he will likely set eyes upon Rosaline, and, even though he had already acknowledged that her love would never be his, he is peer-pressured into going. Which, to be fair, is what would happen to likely just about any teenager, in any time. However, Romeo’s biggest lapse of judgment in the first section comes when, despite him saying “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin this fearful date” (Act 1, Scene 4, 109-110), he STILL insists on going to the party. He felt that whatever would happen tonight would end in his death, and despite believing in fate, still went in to the party. Romeo, even after knowing himself that these events would end in his death, continues to progress under the excuse of fate. Romeo clearly uses fate as a means of justifying any action that he feel’s like doing, no matter how irresponsible, impulsive, or …show more content…
To go to the party, to kill Tybalt, to kill himself… all of these were choices, choices that Romeo could have avoided. But he did not make an attempt to avoid them. He did whatever required the least amount of thought, whatever required the least amount of time, and instead of taking responsibility for anything, said that all his actions were unavoidable do to fate. As a very interesting anime once said, “History is full of choices.” And it just so happened that Romeo picked all the wrong