Thursday, November 1, 2007

Adamant Romeo

Foolish Romeo, he much reminds of my own brother Epithemeus. They are both fairly stubborn, they both act on first impulse without considering the consequences, and they never think about the "What ifs" to a plan. Romeo's foolishness on the other hand was for love, but that strong bond between Romeo and Juliet led to the death of three people and eventually to the death of both himself and his wife, Juliet. His first adamant mistake was marrying Juliet the first time they met each other. Romeo never considered the feud or the consequences about if they were to be seen in another family's turf. Another mistake which led to the death of both Mercutio and his brother-in-law Tybalt was him attempting to stop the street fight, but as he was holding Mercutio back, he hadn't realized he was leaving vulnerable, and Tybalt found the chance to kill him. With this, Romeo was enraged with ferocity and went after Tybalt. Without considering the punishment for breaking the law, he immidiately killed Tybalt and was entirely upset about how he had looked upon this street fight which led to the death of not only one person, but to both of them. And his final mistake which led to the death of himself, Juliet, and Paris was him returning to Verona without knowing the Friar's plan. He returned to the Capulet's tomb where he found Paris who wanted Romeo dead, but in the end of the fight Romeo slays Paris. Romeo was horrified as to how he was "cursed to kill." Romeo then entered the tomb noticing that Juliet's cheeks were turning pink, but he never thought about that, he only wanted to die to be with her in heaven, so he drank the poison. With that mulish choice, Juliet kills herself to be with Romeo, and that ends the tale of the two lovers who were destiend to die.

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