The Importance Of Immature In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Just as the Friar says in the beginning of the Skakespere play, Romeo and Juliet, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94). this was a sign of foreshadowing for for the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate was a factor that had contributed to a tragic end, there was also personal choice involved, and ultimately, the story may have had a different ending if it weren’t for the flaws of the lovers and their inability to have a grip on reality in dire circumstances. Over the course of the play, the lovers from the conflicting households have not matured and remain rather static in development. Furthermore, in this tragedy, the only son of the montages remains rather childlike, Juliet still seems immature and …show more content…
Even though Juliet was respectably mature at the beginning of the story, she has not matured through out the story and has even immatured in some cases. One example of this would be when would be as she impatiently waits for the nurse to tell her Romeo’s reply saying that she’s if “she had affections and warm youthful blood, she would be Swift in motion as a ball.” (II. v. 13-14). being fairly hard on the nurse when she returns and giving her a hard time reminding the reader that Juliet is still 14. Also, she shows signs of immaturity when she is told that Romeo is exiled and to her Romeo’s “banishéd” (II.II.114) was worse then the death of “ten thousand Tybalts” (II.ii.115) which is immature in the sense that she had only met Romeo a day before and Tybalt was her cousin that she had known for life, and also Romeo’s banishment was worse then Tybalt’s death which does not make much since in retrospective. Even though Juliet was lax in judgement towards the end of the play, it was not so at the beginning, she was mature as example from the text provides: when she responded to her mothers proposal to marry Paris by being vague while still respecting her mother. In the end, even though Juliet is immature, it’s mostly due to her age, but at some points, her immaturity goes beyond age and causes the …show more content…
The relationship of Romeo and Juliet was immature from the start and how it folds out amd the way Romeo and Juliet reacted in the relationship remained immature, even through the end. One way that they were both immature was when Romeo was exiled, as to them “banishment . . . hath more terror . . . more then death” (II.iii. 12-14). when it was better then death in reality, and they could work their way around the problem. Also, they’re immature as they rush through their relationship, taking no heed of what anyone else says and marrying only one day after they had met, not heeding the friar’s warning “wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94) causing for their ultimate downfall. Also, another way that they’re immature is that they think that death is always the solution like when juliet found out that Romeo was banished she would “long to die” (IV.i.66) if what the frir told her for help was “not a remedy.” (IV.i.68) which was immature as there were other ways to go about the probnlem. So overall, the relationship was immature because it was rushed, not well thought through and

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