Romeo And Juliet Dangerous Decisions Essay

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Elvis Presley once wrote in his song, Can’t Help Falling In Love, “Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I can’t help, falling in love with you.” This quote expresses how people are willing to give up their life and do dangerous things for the person they love, that’s how much power love has. In Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet and in today’s world it can be seen that the power of love can drive people to make impulsive decisions which can prove as a danger to the lives of people. In Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet make decisions that can be dangerous or have dangerous affects, all because of their love for one another and in Raanjhanaa it can be seen that Jasjeet Singh and Zoya Haider made life threatening decisions for the same reason.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the characters of Romeo and Juliet strive to …show more content…
First, Juliet is on the balcony and Romeo is below her listening to her speak about him. She says, “O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name,/ Or if thou will not, be but sworn my love,/ and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II.ii.36-39). Juliet is asking Romeo why he is a Montague. She is asking him to deny his name and family or she will, so they can be together. Juliet loves Romeo so much that she is willing to betray her family so that they can be together. The power of love is so strong that she is willing to give up the life she’s known for a long time in return for a life with Romeo. One way that this situation can have a dangerous outcome is that Lord Capulet might get so angry at Lord Montague that they have a war-like fight between them. This will endanger the lives of other people in Verona even if it didn’t pose as a danger to Romeo and Juliet directly. The final example to note is when Romeo has snuck into Juliet’s balcony to talk to her. He wants to ask her to marry
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