Tested Love (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakesphere)

        A tale of star-crossed lovers is told in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakesphere. Love is tested in this story over a rivalry. Two families, the montage and Capulet are at a tug of war forever. Romeo and Juliet's love is so strong that they die for each other. They knew that they were opposites, and still loved each other. It was like love conquered the rivalry. Because of the rivalry, certain people make decisions that impact Romeo and Juliet in a big way including Romeo and Juliet.

        In Romeo and Juliet, love takes over the feuding families. Their love is really strong. Their love is rock solid and proven by the deaths. Knowing about the feuding families, they still fell for each other; because, nothing mattered more to them rather than the love. Before she met Romeo, she said how she would marry Paris knowing the full details about him. She didn't praise Paris by his money, she responds with “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” 1.3.97 she doesn't look at someone by their looks, but by who they are. Romeo and Juliet couldn't keep away from each other. They did anything for each other. Juliet understood Romeo in a way that he had his own language. I mean when Romeo killed Tybalt, she was upset, but not as much because Tybalt would have killed Romeo anyways. Decisions like these impacted their death. It was like one event was piled up for their deaths. Her love for Romeo is stronger than her love for Romeo.  When Tybalt died, Romeo got banished; and if it wasn't for the message to spread through quicker, Romeo would realize that that Juliet was really alive.  I mean they overcame so many obstacles in order to see each other. Like Juliet sent the Nurse to fetch Romeo in order to announce to get married. She trusted the nurse, which could have easily bailed her out instead looked forward to Juliet’s happiness. Romeo made his love for Juliet true by telling his friends and cousin. Both took a big chance in falling for the opposite.  In the end, they are at peace dying together in the tomb.

         Both Romeo and Juliet have some rebellious spirit in their blood. The both rebelled against each other's parents. They did it without taking any cautions. Who knew there would be so many deaths in a tale of simple lovers? And there was one death after another leading to the lover’s deaths. There was a chain where one thing hurt another and leaving one depressed. For example, when Mercutio died, Romeo was hurt and killed Tybalt. That resulted in Romeo getting banished. This then resulted in the whole concept of time; and resulted in Romeo and Juliet's deaths. The Capulets and Montagues then get depressed and Lady Montague killed herself. Juliet maybe rebelled because she is getting a arranged marriage, she would be marrying Paris, which she only have heard of. She heard of how great and rich he is, but she didn't fall in love with him. She fell in love with Romeo. When her mom mentions Paris, she says how his riches don't matter, but the love does. Romeo, she says whom she actually can be happy with. She was trying to say that the personality matters the most, rather than what they are on the outside. Because who knows, Paris could be a horrible person. She doesn’t know Paris as well as Romeo. I can see why she rebelled against her family; because, she had her life partner picked out by her parents, not her. It should be her that picks out her ideal husband, since she will spend her whole life with him. "Go, get out of here. I’m not going anywhere." 5.3.172 She says to Friar Lawrence when he says to leave the tomb. However, she doesn't leave. She could have left then and still saved herself. However, she didn't she wouldn't leave without Romeo. With their rebellious spirits, Mercutio as well as Tybalt was killed. Juliet showed to her father that she didn't want to get married to Paris. A final sign of rebellion was when Romeo and Juliet were totally informed that their families had a big rivalry. However, did not care about it.

         Faith, time played a big role as well as the trust for each other. I mean it was the Capulet’s and Rosaline that brought them together, even if Rosaline was his first love, Juliet was his true love. They trusted each other even if their families are opposites. They won’t let anything bring them apart. Like when Romeo killed Paris. They both push their parents away. When Juliet fakes her death, it shows that she was loyal to her parents. When Tybalt killed Mercuito, Romeo killed Tybalt, it would usually result to death for Romeo, but instead he got banished because Mercuito was related to the prince. If Romeo hasn't been banished, he would have been notified faster about Juliet's “fake death". The whole battle was to fight their love between the rivalries, “The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,” prolougue.9. The fearful passage is the hate within each. Basically, faith brought them together, and trusted each other. However, time got in the way of so many things. At least Romeo didn’t get killed for killing Tybalt. He died in peace with Juliet. Even if they both died, they didn’t lose each other. Instead they found another way to be together, even if it isn’t the right way. Juliet trusts Friar of taking in the potion. What if the potion was actual poison? Friar could have also told on them. But all just looked for the happiness of them both. Maybe their parents would have also looked for the good side. “The time and my intents are savage-wild, more fierce and more inexorable far” 5.3. 37-40 He says this when he finds out that Juliet is “dead”. All he wants to do now is die. However, he tells, Balthasar to step out of the tomb. He does everything to be with Juliet, even his own life. Which shows a great deal of trust.

   

         Small decisions that everyone makes affects Romeo and Juliet in a big way. They could have handled the situation much better. I mean they could have been open about the marriage, which would have been bad; but not as bad as taking their own lives and dragging others along with them, such as Mercutio, Lady Montague, Paris, it was faith that brought them together and rivalry that brought them apart. No one won tug of war since both sides feel apart. The rope broke apart.