Saturday 15 November 2008

What are four quotes about impulsiveness in Romeo and Juliet?

Whenand , of the house
of Capulet, first enter in Act 1, scene 1, Sampson tells Gregory, "I strike quickly, being
moved" (1.1.5).  In other words, when he is made angry, he hits fast and hard.  Further, it
isn't difficult for a member of the house of Montague to make him angry; therefore, he is
somewhat rash and impulsive as far as the Montagues are concerned.

When first
we seespeaking with , he is quite anxious to convince 's father to allow her to marry him right
away.  When Capulet suggests that Paris wait another two years for her, Paris says,
"Younger than she are happy mothers made" (1.2.13).  However, Juliet's father will not
be swayed by Paris's attempts to persuade him, and he retorts that those who become mothers so
young are often damaged by the experience.  Paris is disappointed that his impulsive desire to
marry Juliet as soon as possible is rejected, for now, by her father.

Despite
the fact thathad been so loathe to attend the...

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