Реферат: Romeo And Juliet They Did It To

truth about her marriage to Romeo, she leads her parents to believe that it is

Tybalt she is mourning for. When Lady Capulet tries to comfort Juliet, Juliet

tells of how she will “venge her cousin’s death” (1082) instead of how it is

really Romeo she is crying for. Her parents may have still forced her to marry

Paris, but maybe they would’ve reconsidered had they known how strongly Juliet

felt for Romeo. Of course the hate solidified when Romeo killed Tybalt, another

instance of rash behavior.

Juliet is very rash and impractical also. Though more realistic than Romeo,

she has a tendency to incorporate melodrama into her actions. She goes to the

friar desperately for some of his wisdom, and before he even has a chance to

think she threatens suicide with a knife. How impatient she is! She accepts the

friar’s potion without any reservations and drinks it down without considering

the ramifications. The poison could be what “the friar hath minist’red to have

[her] dead”(1085) so that he won’t get in trouble for marrying the two young

lovers. Juliet could die and yet she doesn’t care because her Romeo has been

banished. Sounds a little too dramatic, Juliet is but a child.

Upon seeing Juliet “dead” in her tomb, Romeo again acts rashly kills Paris.

At this point, his actions have made it nearly impossible for the Capulets to

accept him. Not only has he killed Tybalt but also the famous Paris, the mate

from a higher social class. Romeo has no choice now but to end his own life and

so “with a kiss [he] dies”(1091) by drinking poison (but not the short-acting

kind).

Perhaps the love shared between Romeo and Juliet was true and fated, but

they were just children! One can remember the intensity that love brought while

a teenager. The feelings of immortality and tragedy are so intense when love is

a new experience to relish in. This was the case with Romeo and Juliet. They

were young and inexperienced and died as a result of their hasty decisions. Had

they been a bit more mature and reasonable, perhaps things would have been

different for the pair.