Romeo as an Irrational and Impulsive Young Man Essay -- Papers

Romeo as an Irrational and Impulsive Young Man "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1592. It is set in Verona, were a bitter feud between two rival families, the Montague's and Capulet's. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are the children of the two rivals, who meet and fall in love at the Capulet's ball. Nevertheless, the relationship of these "star-crossed lovers" ends in tragedy as they are unable to fulfil their love. The feud between the two families forces the two lovers to take their own life. However this act allows the families to forget their pointless feud. Romeo described to us by his cousin, Benvolio, as irritable. "gladly shunned who gladly flied from me" Benvolio is saying Romeo is avoiding him. This is because Romeo says he is in love. "In sadness, I love a woman" Romeo says he is in love but is he really? Romeo uses dull and depressing language and a series of oxymorons: "cold fire, heavy lightness, sick health" Romeo is depressed because his love for Rosaline is not returned. Romeo first irrational act is when he enters the Capulet's ball despite their bitter hatred and the fact they would kill him if they find him in their house, he still enters the ball. He is prepared to take a risk to see his love, Rosaline. But, when he lays eyes on Juliet he falls in love with her. "I never saw true beauty until this night" It almost seems as if Romeo is being inconsistent in that he can forget Rosaline so quickly when he was infatuated with her just a couple of minuets ago. Was he really in love with Rosaline? If his love for Rosaline ended so quickly could... ...irritated beyond endurance but, when he realises what he has just done, he is shocked. At this point, we see Romeo's actions reflect his love for Juliet. Finally, as he stands before Juliet and gazes at her, he shows no sings of synthetic emotions or trivial behaviour he displayed at the start. In a respectful speech, he addressed Juliet's death which has dealt such a cruel blow. As he takes the poison Juliet arouses and kills herself when Romeo dies; the depth of his feelings for Juliet is finally established Romeo is being true to his convictions. Overall Romeos has an irrational and impulsive nature; this got him into a great deal of dilemma. However if Romeo was not irrational and impulsive he would have never found or experienced true love and the bitter feud between the Montague's and Capulet's would persist.