Often times in literature authors write about impulsive actions and how it negatively affects the story. The play of “The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare is such a piece. On the play the main characters, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but they cannot be together because their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are in a fight for years now. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet fight to be together but both end up dying. Romeo’s impulsive actions negatively impact his life by taking him further from Juliet, and being banished from Verona.
Romeo is presented throughout most of the play as a passionate, loving and very determined character. After meeting Juliet at the Capulet’s party, Romeo is completely in love, so he climbs up the walls surrounding Juliet’s room and listens to her and she says her most inner thoughts out loud. Juliet talks about how being a Capulet, and Romeo a Montague, interfere their relationship. When Romeo hears Juliet he says “I take thee at thy word./ Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized/ Henceforth I never will be Romeo” ( Act I, Scene ii, 49-51). This quote reveals how passionate and determined Romeo was to get with Juliet. Romeo knew he was in enemy territory, but that did not stop him. His passion and determination took him past the high walls to Juliet. All these actions show how determined and passionate Romeo is, and that he was ready to do anything for the love of his life. Although Romeo was very passionate and loving, he would still take impulsive actions that would later on negatively impact him. After coming back from his secret wedding with Juliet, Romeo is extremely happy, but unfortunately he comes across Tybalt and Mercutio which were involved in a fight. Romeo finds out that Tybalt, his wife’s cousin killed Mercutio, which was Romeo’s good friend. Romeo’s happiness sudden changes into anger, and now Romeo’s heart is filled with fury. Romeo and Tybalt start fighting, which led to the death of Tybalt caused by Romeo. After killing Tybalt Romeo says, “O, I am fortune’s fool!”, (Act III, Scene i, 129). This quote reveals that Romeo realized that his impulsive action led him to commit a huge mistake and now he will have to face the consequences and there is no going back. Romeo is now in shock and he will later on find out the consequences of his impulsive action. After Tybalt’s death, the Prince arrives and asks Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin,what happened. Benvolio, which is a very honest young man tells the truth to the Prince. After listening to Benvolio the Prince declares that Romeo is now banished from Verona, and if he stays he will be killed. Because Romeo got punished by the Prince, and will have to flee the city, it will be even harder to be with the love of his life. Now, besides being banished from Verona, Romeo will also have to find a way to be with his wife without harming anyone else. If Romeo took a step back when he found out that Mercutio was killed and did not get into a fight with Tybalt, Tybalt would still be alive and punished, and Romeo would soon be with Juliet without having to face as many problems. In conclusion, in the play “The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare one of the main characters Romeo takes an impulsive action, which negatively affect the story. Romeo is a loving and passionate character, nevertheless he still committed bad actions, which led to a negative outcome. The murder of Tybalt made Romeo get banished from Verona and away from his wife, Juliet. By: Mariana Andrade -- contributing writer Comments are closed.
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