· The friar only married Romeo and Juliet because he wanted to end the family fued. ''ancient grudge''- 'Three civil brawls bred of an airy word, by thee, old Capulet, and Montague.' In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. · Romeo killed Tybalt because he killed Mercutio but this only happened because Tybalt hated Romeos family due to the old fued. So if there wasn't a feud then Tybalt wouldn't have killed Mercutio, Romeo Tybalt and as a result Romeo wouldn't have been exiled.
It looks like they should kill their enemy, but at the beginning of two stories they didn’t because both barber and the narrator have justice in their heart. “Gregory” is a story about loyalty, friendship and irony. When the narrator’s execution is ordered the guerrilla's must choose between their friend and their loyalty to their country. However, the narrator has to obey the order to kill him. In “Just lather, that’s all”, the barber has a lot of chance to kill Captain Torres but he didn’t.
The greatest act of failed responsibility in the novel, Curley’s neglect towards his wife, was a continuing plot line through the book. It finally comes to an end when the lonely woman is accidentally killed when she comes to Lennie looking for companionship. To emphasize Curley’s irresponsibility, he immediately decides to lead a manhunt for Lennie before knowing all the facts about his wife’s murder. Lennie was completely at fault for the murder, though; as another example of irresponsibility in the book, he chose to run away instead of staying with Curley’s wife’s body to claim responsibility for what he had done. Not every character in the novel is irresponsible however, as show by both Slim and George.
After almost being killed, Huck cannot take it any longer and takes matters into his own hands. Huck fakes his own death just so he can get away from his father and the town he lived in. Later on, when Huck realizes that the thieves are stuck on the boat and they might die, even though they’re bad people, Huck knows he should do the right thing, so he tries to have them rescued. Throughout the journey, Huck never pays attention to society’s thoughts but towards the end, he begins getting mixed thoughts. When he almost turns Jim into the slave catchers, he realizes that Jim is his best friend, and when he thinks he is doing the right thing by writing the letter to Ms. Watson, he then realizes that Jim does not deserve that.
She will be the man here” (519). This quote explains Kreon’s irritation on Antigone. The very moment Antigone buries her be loving brother’s body Kreon wants to take action with killing her because she disobeyed his law also Antigone’s sister, Ismene, because Kreon believes she was part of it too. Kreon believes if he does not kill Antigone he will no longer be one of the best rulers that people will look up too. This quote is important because it explains how Kreon begins to commit hubris.
His morality is revealed when he questions Fortinbras’ motives – is it right to allow so many men to die when fighting for a worthless piece of land? Hamlet’s passion for revenge is resurrected by the sight of the troops and he vows to take action – ‘My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth.’ The state of Denmark is in chaos (because the wrong king is on the throne) and this manifests itself through the mini rebellion on the castle with the return of Laertes. Laertes is Hamlet’s best foil in the play. Now that each of them has a father to avenge the contrast between the pair reaches its peak. Laertes has no time for thoughts or moral reflection; he is hard set on revenge.
Next, before Macbeth and Lady Macbeth carry out the act of killing Duncan, Macbeth is weighing the pros and cons of going through with the murder. He has extreme doubt about this and thinks that if fate shall make him king, then there is nothing he has to do. He says to himself, “but only/ Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/ and falls on th’ other” (I.vii.26-28). The only thing that is motivating him to kill Duncan is his ambition, but as he knows, people rushing ahead of themselves for ambition can prove to be disastrous. He knows that his desire may destroy him, which in fact
Jest set still and take it like a man. I got to tell the truth, and you want to brace up, Miss Mary, because it’s a bad kind, and going to be hard to take, but there ain’t no help for it. These uncles of yourn ain’t no uncles at all- they’re a couples of frauds- regular dead-beats” (200). In the end of the book, in the scene when Jim gets captured, Twain’s statement is proven when Huck needs to make a decision whether or not he going to sell the letter to Ms Watson and whether or not to go get Jim back. “It was a close place.
He realize that his name is not worth a life. In the end of the story John rips of the confession paper so that he would ruin his children’s name. He would rather die than ruin his children’s life. Elizabeth finally realize that she shouldn’t have judge her husband. Reverend Hale realized that the girls were lying and accuse people for vengeance.
For example, Hamlet, after learning that his father’s death was a murder, wants to be certain that he is being told the truth before taking revenge. Even after confirming that Claudius is the murderer, Hamlet thinks to himself, “And now I’ll do’t…/And so I am revenged,” contemplating whether or not to kill Claudius, and he still is not able to do it (Shakespeare. III. iii. 77-79).