Romeo and Juliet - Foolishness and Impatients (Themes)

Romeo and Juliet; Foolishness and Impatience. â€Å"Wisely and slow – they stumble that run fast† a wise priest warns one passionate lover, Romeo as he stumbles to share the news of the accepted marriage. Unfortunately for the characters, none of them seem to take these wise words in consideration. Passionate love and passionate hate propel the characters to immediate, and irrational actions. A perfect example of impatience in this play is when Romeo comes to the conclusion that his lover Juliet is lifeless. He hastily takes his life without stopping to think of the consequences. If he had been patient, and rational he and his love could have been together on earth. But because of his drastic measures, when Juliet awoke seeing Romeo partly†¦show more content†¦I believe that this was a foolish plan because Friar Lawrence made it himself and had not seemed to test it before giving it to her. There could have also been a moreShow MoreRelatedShakespeares Act I Scene I of Romeo and Juliet as Dramatically Effec tive1046 Words   |  5 PagesShakespeares Act I Scene I of Romeo and Juliet as Dramatically Effective The predominant themes of the play are love and hate, and the idea of honor, which are dramatized into a tragic love story. We learn this from the prologue â€Å" A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life†. Also in the prologue it outlines these themes- hate from two families (set in Verona, Italy), which have been quarreling for decades â€Å"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny† that convey an elementRead MoreModern English Macbeth21221 Words   |  85 Pagestowards them. ‘Cousins,’ he said. ‘A word.’ He patted Macbeth s arm then left him. Macbeth was immersed in confusion. What did it mean? He tried to apply reason to it. The weird women had told him two truths as innocent prologues to the imperial theme. This couldn t be bad. Nor could it be good. If it was bad why did it promise such success for him, beginning with an indisputable fact? He was Thane of Cawdor after all. But if it was good, why did it make him think about doing something so unnatural