Sona Allahverdiyeva M4A Ms. Liz English April 4th, 2012 Impetuous behavior in Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a story full of all kinds of emotions, ranging from consummate love, to passionate hate. And it is the emotions that cause some of the main characters such as Tybalt and Romeo to act irrational, and make choices they soon come to feel repentant about. Whether overcome by love, or driven with hate, Tybalt and Romeo jump into action without any contemplation, which leads to major. Ignoring the advice they were given on considering their actions, Romeo and Tybalt continue with their rash behavior throughout the play, which leads to the deaths of their loved ones, and eventually their own. Romeo, being one of the two characters the story is based on, is extremely hasty, exaggerating every emotion that he feels.
This was careless and senseless of Romeo to do, as a couple of hours ago he was “in love” with Juliet’s cousin Rosaline. He is simply acting on the feelings he has at the moment, and decisions made impulsively or rashly are poor choices and usually result in disaster. Another example of Romeo acting on his impulsive emotions, was when Mercutio had died. This anger had boiled up inside him, and he suddenly had this courage
O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story,” demonstrates the ability to distort the realities of war and how war itself, while placing a deep void in the soul, forces a human being to appreciate life more than ever before, as well as distinguishes between a true war story and an elaborate tale. It’s a story that differentiates between the truths of war stories. Experiencing war first-hand changes a man. Oftentimes it can create a false sense of reality when “it’s difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen” (348). Many times, in war, the mind gives a man a false sense of reality creating “another ending” or a very different experience entirely.
In Act 3 Scene 2, Don John enters Leonato’s house and says to Claudio “I came hither to tell you, and circumstances shortened the lady is disloyal.” Don John is presented as a ‘deceiver’ in this scene by his actions, creating uproar between the couple. The ways in which Shakespeare presents men’s attitudes to women are not used for comical purposes in this scene. This scene presents women to be promiscuous and untrustworthy characters. Also, the fact that Claudio believes Don John and assumes that the woman committing adultery is Hero portrays
Romeo is a reserved, serious, self-absorbed romantic. His intense emotion drives him and, in love, he is a victim of rash youth. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is overcome with self-pity because Rosalind does not share his love: “Doth add more grief to too much of mine own” (Act 1, scene 1). However, Romeo is an emotional yo-yo and soon rises from the depths of depression when he meets Juliet at a masked ball and instantly falls madly in love with her “O she doth teach the torches to burn bright” (Act 1, scene 5). His personality is characterised by extreme mood-swings.
The theme in the play explores love, courage, deception, and marriage. Love is an obstacle as illustrated by Max, who struggles to get Maggie to reciprocate his feeling, but Maggie is trying to get Tito, and Tito is just utterly confused by everyone. In the end, Maggie falls in love with Tito but finds out later that the whole time it was Max. She didn’t realize that all along her love was right in front of her because she was blinded by infatuation with Tito. Another theme is finding courage to pursue one’s dreams depicted when Max overcomes his fear of singing in front of a large crowd and builds up confidence.
Another example of how tybalt is a trouble maker is in act one scene 5 Tybalt spots Romeo at a Capulet party. Furious at this invasion of Capulet territory, he wants to fight with Romeo right then and there. Also last but least in act 3 scene 1 where Tybalt expresses his troublemaking way the most when he was looking for trouble and wanted to fight romeo and romeo said he didn't wish to fight, Mercutio was taking up for romeo and Tybalt killed him. Benvolio on the other hand portrays himself as a peacemaker in so many ways in this play.He did not like seeing trouble and tried to stop it as much as possible and tried his best to keep the peace. First off His name, Benvolio, means well wishing, which is reflective of his character throughout the play.In the very first scene, Benvolio establishes himself as a peacemaker as he tries to stop the fight between the servants.Also in Act 3 scene 1 Benvolio warns that the Capulets are around looking to start a fight.
When people act on impulse it leads to terrible endings and suffering to others. In the beginning of the play Romeo shows his tragic flaw when he goes to the Capulet party and falls in love with Juliet, completely forgetting about his first love Rosaline. When Romeo sees Juliet at the party he says, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (I.v.50-51) This shows his impulsiveness by not mentioning Rosaline at all and starting to fall in love with a girl he does not even know.
He seems to also become scared of what he is now capable of, as he is repeatedly reminded of the deed that had then taken place. Seeing Banquo’s apparition at the feast causes Macbeth to scream, leading the guest to imagine that the new King has gone mad. It is said that ghost serve only two purposes; unfinished business and untimely deaths. Macbeths mind has spiralled out of control; he can no longer sleep. This was earlier mentioned in Act 2 scene 2, when Macbeth told his wife that “Still it cried, “Sleep no
With all the things that Friar Lawrence did, none helped the cause with the trouble Romeo had. The Friar had terrible advice he shouldn’t have given to young Romeo. He is a foolish old man who doesn’t know how to just say “No.” One example is that when Romeo came to Friar after crashing the Capulet party and seeing his love, Juliet, he went to Friar and asked him to marry the new couple. Friar agrees to do this act thinking that it would solve the war between the Montagues vs Capluets and this was the first mistake made. This would only make the situation worse once someone in either family would find out.