Romeo and Juliet: Young Love and Self Destruction William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, not only sparks themes of love, violence, individuality, and fate, but also of youth and immaturity. As one of the most famous tales of young love to every exist, Romeo and Juliet adds a certain effect of self destruction that comes along with the passionate feelings that escalate between the two young lovers. Throughout the play, the two teenagers discover the power of their love, only to be brought to a great demise due to foolishness and rash decisions. These poor choices are caused by the character's’ immaturity and inability to fully think out their actions. The play begins with Romeo lovesick and suicidal over another girl, Rosaline, therefore setting the stage of heartbreak and youth due to his immediate change of heart as he spots Juliet. One minute he is ready to kill himself over a Rosaline, and the next he is in love with a new girl, Juliet. While Romeo is a few years older, Juliet is only thirteen years old. Her father, Capulet, explains, “But saying o'er what I have said before. My child is yet …show more content…
The teens’ impetuous decisions open doors to poor choices that could only end with negative effects. Romeo began the play with a broken heart for another girl, only to instantly change his mind after seeing Juliet for the first time, while Juliet began with no intention of falling in love or getting married at such a young age. The change that can be observed in the two characters is very telling of their thought processes and maturity levels. While the feud between the families is the obvious reason for their eventual demise, the two lovers’ inability to think out plans and actions is what eventually kills them. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the power of young love only fuels a tragic
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers take their lives after their family feud reignites . A variety of decisions along with circumstance no one person could account for set the story of Romeo and Juliet up to be a tragedy. Many of the decisions in the play are made quickly and while emotions are running high, so frequently they result in bad outcomes. So, the rash and impulsive decisions made by men in Romeo and Juliet create the problems within the play.
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately
William Shakespeare wrote over thirty plays, one of which, known as Romeo and Juliet, has been labelled the most tragic love story of all time since the early 1600s. Shakespeare’s plays continue to be reinterpreted and appreciated by modern day audiences in the 21st century. Through the entirety of its themes, Romeo and Juliet still captures the imagination of teenage audiences today. Teenagers can connect easily with the three themes in the play of parental rebellion, suicide and love and hate relationships, which are as prevalent today as they were 450 years ago.
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – popularly considered by many to be the quintessential love story of all time – is a play that we are all familiar with in one way or another. Whether it be through the plethora of portrayals, adaptations and performances that exist or through your own reading of the play, chances are you have been acquainted with this tale of “tragic love” at some point in your life. Through this universal familiarity an odd occurrence can be noted, one of almost canonical reverence for the themes commonly believed to be central to the plot. The most widely believed theme of Romeo and Juliet is that of the ideal love unable to exist under the harsh social and political strains of this world. Out of this idea emerge two
It is while growing up that children and teens are most vulnerable. Because they lack life experience, foresight, and the ability to think clearly, young people often make decisions that are unwise and even downright harmful to them or others. This lack of maturity and its consequences is demonstrated in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, where teens’ poor decisions lead to the deaths of many. The play’s tragic end is not the result of deliberate malicious actions, but rather the consequence of the emotional, untamed impulsivity of the play’s younger characters. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the reader experiences how the impulsive nature of the youth results in them making poor decisions that can end in tragedy.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Both Romeo and Juliet are young and sprightly teenagers, Romeo being 15-16 and Juliet with the age of 13. They are teens that make impulsive decisions without thinking about the consequences. David Dobbs the author of the article “Beautiful Brains” explains why teenagers act the way they do throughout scientific research and studies. This article helps to understand Romeos and Juliets actions which led to their deaths.
Shakespeare understood that with young love came rebellion, (which upon Juliet’s marriage to Paris being advanced ahead of time), made the lovers more determined to defy their scorning families and the chain of being. Had their families ceased their feud and with time, let their children get to personally know each other, their young love might’ve extended into true love. Shakespeare presents the complexities and faults with young love in the play with rebellion and time as catalysts in their downfall, suggesting a negative view of the human nature.
Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers fall in love. In the end, they kill themselves over one another. Between these two teenagers, only physical attraction was present. The “star-crossed” lovers faced many trials, and ultimately lost. The lack of Amor doomed Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of the highest commended love stories of all time. Many can take away life lessons and morals about how one should not allow their fatal flaws shine through to cause grief and destruction to those around them. One of the two main characters, Romeo, has the tragic flaw of impulsivity; and because of this, is predestined to cause woe in the hearts of those whom he loves the most. The author, William Shakespeare, uses syntax and diction to create a melancholic tone, which conveys that, while one may try, they cannot escape their tragic flaw that will ultimately cause their demise.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story of a star-crossed pair of feuding families. Their love is forbidden therefore they cannot be together publicly, leading to a string of events that ultimately result in the death of both Romeo and Juliet. The exceptional tragedy that takes place is partly a result of Romeo’s impulsive behaviour towards love and conflict. The pressure Romeo instills on others, his emotional grief and self-pity, and his judgment-clouding rage are examples of Romeo’s impulsive nature that contributes to great tragedy.
In the play of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, many characters and situations have been blamed by its tragic ending. Therefore, the young ‘star crossed’ lovers action’s were the responsible for this unexpected incident. Romeo’s and Juliet’s acts of disobedience, and impulsivity carried them to their death gradually.
Romeo and Juliet are both in their teenage years. Just like teenagers in other cultures, they are impulsive and have high hormones due to human nature. Romeo has proven that he experiences these things through his past love for Rosaline and how upset he got over her. Juliet has also shown these things while on the balcony expressing her love for Romeo. Their teenage side effects play into the quickness and extremity of their love through marriage and suicide at such a young age. Due to their impulsivity, they didn’t think ahead they just thought about what they were currently in need of and wanting.
Sinead O'Connor once said, “When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction”. Making decisions is just another part of life, however in our adolescent stage of life we tend to make decisions based off our first impulses. Those impulses lead to later regret of those decisions. Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy written by the famous poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. This was first performed in 1594 and it's a tale of two star crossed lovers separated by their families feud and fate who end up bereft of life. Shakespeare uses diction to give importance to Friar Laurence's. advice and Juliet's contradicting thoughts and decisions. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses diction to delineate that youths impulsive behaviors ultimately result in undesired anguish.
The word love can mean many things. Love can be an object, emotion, and a life. However, love could lead to a loss of power, prosperity, and status. In the literary work “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, the readers are introduced to a tragic love story. In this play, readers are also shown the different perspectives of love and the many downfalls it could lead to. The central theme of this work is the recklessness of love. The theme is significant because it is shown throughout the whole story and it’s a strong force that takes place of all the other emotions and values. In this play, Shakespeare uses characters to present different aspects of love. In addition, Nurse, Mercutio, and Romeo completely show what actual love is and what it is like to lose it due to their experiences.
In the tragic romance, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare displays an example of how teenage love can embrace the feelings of the young but also cause destruction, not only in their lives but also the people’s lives around them. This story shows how others opinions and thoughts can affect the people close to them. But who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? The death of these star crossed lovers was not only the teenagers fault but also their family and friends such as, their parents, Friar Lawrence, and the nurse.