What Are The Possible Outcomes Of Romeo's Hasty Decisions
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Rayna Naik
Ms Tran
ENG1D0-E
December 2, 2014
Every Man for Himself In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare portrays the protagonists as selfish individuals as opposed to true partners because of their ignorance to possible outcomes of decisions, using love as salvation, and acting upon impulse-driven feelings of emotions. To begin, Romeo kills Tybalt without thinking about how Juliet will react to the news. Romeo says, "Alive in triumph and Mercutio slain? / Away to heaven, respective lenity, / And fire eyed fury be my conduct now" (3.1.118-120). Despite Romeo's efforts to avenge Mercutio's death, he demonstrates ignorance towards the possible outcomes of his hasty decision by letting anger control his actions. In addition, Juliet attempts
to take her life and does not think about how Romeo will feel. Juliet tells the Friar "If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, / Do thou but call my resolution wise, / And with this knife I'll help it presently" (4.1.52-54). Juliet decides to take matters into her own hands and acts upon her feelings of sorrow in an impulsive manner. Furthermore, Romeo, as a Petrarchan Lover, looks for a way to get over Rosaline after suffering from unrequited love. After meeting Juliet for the first time, Romeo states, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight, / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (1.5.49-50). After another secret meeting, Mercutio notices that Romeo is acting like himself again, indicating that he uses love as salvation. To summarize, Shakespeare includes many examples of ignorance, love, and impulse in the characters of the story Romeo and Juliet that prove they are selfish individuals.
Rayna Naik
Ms Tran
ENG1D0-E
December 2, 2014
Every Man for Himself In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare portrays the protagonists as selfish individuals as opposed to true partners because of their ignorance to possible outcomes of decisions, using love as salvation, and acting upon impulse-driven feelings of emotions. To begin, Romeo kills Tybalt without thinking about how Juliet will react to the news. Romeo says, "Alive in triumph and Mercutio slain? / Away to heaven, respective lenity, / And fire eyed fury be my conduct now" (3.1.118-120). Despite Romeo's efforts to avenge Mercutio's death, he demonstrates ignorance towards the possible outcomes of his hasty decision by letting anger control his actions. In addition, Juliet attempts
to take her life and does not think about how Romeo will feel. Juliet tells the Friar "If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, / Do thou but call my resolution wise, / And with this knife I'll help it presently" (4.1.52-54). Juliet decides to take matters into her own hands and acts upon her feelings of sorrow in an impulsive manner. Furthermore, Romeo, as a Petrarchan Lover, looks for a way to get over Rosaline after suffering from unrequited love. After meeting Juliet for the first time, Romeo states, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight, / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (1.5.49-50). After another secret meeting, Mercutio notices that Romeo is acting like himself again, indicating that he uses love as salvation. To summarize, Shakespeare includes many examples of ignorance, love, and impulse in the characters of the story Romeo and Juliet that prove they are selfish individuals.