“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, iii, 97). A famous quote spoken by Friar Lawrence in the play of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, isn’t any ordinary quote. Behind these words truth is hidden in the life of Romeo, Juliet, and for the play. Due to Romeo’s stubbornness, he ignored Friar Lawrence's advice, causing deaths, secrets, duels of love, and broken hearts. To begin with, Romeo's inconvenience of listening to Friar Lawrence's advice led to devastating deaths. To start off, Romeo and Juliet both confess their love to each other, but then Juliet proses marriage in order for him to prove his love devotion. “...If thy bent of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow,” (Romeo
“Wisely and slow they stumble that run fast” (Shakespeare,). This quote means the people who fail to stay calm and think about the implications of their actions will fall. Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet’s plotline and progression is based on this quote and the rash and emotional choices made by one character in particular; Romeo. The situation in Romeo and Juliet is created by Romeo’s rash actions and quick decisions. Romeo created the opportunity for him and Juliet to be together, Romeo created tragedy by not thinking and killing Tybalt, lastly Romeo ends his life based off one observation of Juliet.
Friar Lawrence’s choice about the marriage is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet; only because he thinks it would end the feud going on between both families (the Capulets and the
Friar Lawrence tries to advise against Romeo and Juliet’s fast-moving relationship. Even after his advice the Friar still decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This decision to marry them after knowing how dangerous their relationship would be is one of the main reasons the Friar is to
Have you ever been pushed to make a decision? Is there someone in your life who acts before thinking? In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two love-struck teenagers were desperately in need of proper advice from trustworthy adults to prevent disaster. Friar Lawrence was one of the main characters who offered poor advice to Romeo and Juliet throughout their misadventure. First, he married Romeo and Juliet quickly after they met without their parents’ knowledge.
After they decided they wanted to get married right away, Romeo and Juliet go to Friar’s cell to get married. Friar first questions the love because Romeo was in love with another women only a few hours ago. He only agrees to marry them because he thinks it will end the family tension. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may be so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.iii.90-92).
Romeos and Juliets Death Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two love-struck teens that eventually falls in love. They have to face obstacles just to find a way to be together and eventually have to secrednize their marriage. The characters Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Lord, Lady Capulet are primarily responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They all have things they did that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s departness. Also, the decisions they made and the problems they caused such as ruining true love.
Fake Love There is a difference between love and infatuation. In the Play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo claims Juliet is the woman he is helplessly in love with and is destined to be with. Although he may think that he loves her, his desire is captivated by her looks. Throughout the play, it becomes more obvious through Romeo's words, history, and knowledge that he does not know the loyalty of love. “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 67-68)
Theme Essay---Romeo and Juliet! Pride drowns out any other more positive feelings such as love and forgiveness and this is what caused the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Pride keeps the two families fighting because neither wants to admit their wrong. Even the family servants are proud to fight.
Friar Laurence is reluctant tells Romeo he will marry him to Juliet. But before Romeo leaves he says perhaps out of some internal regret, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. ”(Collections 216) or (2.3.94). This scene foreshadows that since the marry so quickly that something bad will inevitably happen due to their rashness.
The Blame As is the case with many others, Romeo and Juliet fell in love accidentally in the story “Romeo and Juliet,” by William shakespeare. Romeo’s unreal love for Rosaline was soon cleared with the introduction of the capulets daughter, Juliet. As can be known with any tragedy, their love failed. While many reasons remain for this failure, including fate, young age and a no rationality, it will be argued in this essay that Friar Lawrence also played a role in their love’s failure. Without thinking, Romeo and Juliet became victims of their own love chargeable to Friar Lawrence, young age and fate.
When people (especially children) commit suicide, people usually want an explanation. In Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers kill themselves in the name of love, and by the end of the play, Prince Escalus and the rest of the characters need sometime to blame. There are many people who could be blamed for their deaths including the Capulets’, the Montagues’, Friar Lawrence, and Fate. While both families and Fate had a part in the tragedy, Friar Lawrence is mostly to blame. Fate is part of the reason that Romeo and Juliet die.
While he had good intentions, his plans were not executed fully. Friar Laurence was the one of the first people Romeo would go to when expressing his problems. Romeo informed him about Juliet, and the friar told him he was moving too quickly and “violent delights have violent ends” (II,6,9). Friar Laurence advised him to “love moderately” (II,6,14-15) Even after that crucial advice, the friar agreed to marry them with the desire to bring the two families together and end the feud. The marriage was yet another secret Romeo and Juliet kept leading to their demise.
“Anger doesn 't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can make everything worse.” As you might be able to tell, the quote could very easily apply to Tybalt, the fierce and fiery character of The Tragic Story of Romeo and Juliet. In this play, Tybalt is responsible for his own death. Some examples supporting that statement, is that he was the one who had challenged the Montague Romeo in a duel, he had been told by the prince that if they fought again in the streets of Verona, Italy then they would be killed, he also killed Mercutio, Romeo 's best friend in a duel that was meant to kill Romeo.
Tybalt is the most to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt is furious with Romeo showing up at the Capulet’s party. In the Quote, “It fits when such a villain is a guest, I’ll not endure him”(1.5.82-83).Since, Tybalt saw Romeo at the party he sends a note to Romeo challenging him to fight. Rome ignores the letter which cause Tybalt to go up to Romeo and challenge to fight face-to-face. That then leads to them fighting and people dieing.
Benvolio: The One That Didn’t Really Have A Life Of His Own The character that made the play better is Benvolio. He is part of the house of the Montagues. He is the nephew of Montague, and Romeo’s cousin. Benvolio is helpful, brave, non-romantic, committed, caring, and protective.