Decisions In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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According to goodreads.com Romeo and Juliet is the single most popular English play in history. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many lessons Shakespeare teaches the readers throughout the play, which is why the play has been one of the most popular for hundreds of years. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two lovers (Romeo and Juliet) who are the only children from two rival families. They fall in love which causes lots of tension between the two families, which results in death to family members from both families, including Romeo and Juliet who eventually kill themselves at the end of the play. The author’s primary message of love in the play is that love is an extremely powerful emotion that can ruin an individual and/or their family’s life if they let love control their decisions. This essay will analyze three characters whose decisions throughout the novel were influenced by love.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo makes some questionable decisions that were controlled by his
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The fact that they are from rival families, getting married would cause war between the two families, and escaping their families would be a hard thing to do. All the obstacles Romeo and Juliet would have to pass to have a normal and happy relationship would be about as hard as climbing the highest mountain in the world. Shakespeare uses the word death in this quote to symbolize foreshadowing of Romeo and Juliet’s fate. The phrase “kinsmen find thee here” shows how much Romeo is risking to be with Juliet. Shakespeare specifically uses the words/phrases hard to climb, death, and kinsmen find thee here to show that Romeo is willing to risk his life just to be near Juliet. That is how much he is letting his burning love for Juliet control