Term Papers on Romeo And Juliet- The Story Of Impulse

Term Paper Title	Romeo And Juliet- The Story Of Impulse
# of Words	835
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.34

Romeo and Juliet- the story of impulse

HUM 2250

5/20/04

The title “Romeo and Juliet” evokes a story of love. In fact, it is a story about the nature of human impulse- bare, fickle, and indomitable. Through a sequence of events, Shakespeare strips his characters to their bones and blood, where love and hate condense into a single force. By the end of the play, the author proves it is this force which gives purpose to life and at the same time consumes it.

The play begins with an introduction to the quarrel between Montagues and Capulets, although the reason for it is never mentioned. This is because reason has no partaking in human impulse. Deprived of common sense, nature’s thrust pesters Sampson and Gregory, the serving men of the Capulets, and won’t leave them satisfied until they’d let it outburst. It is this force which kills rationality and turns men to beasts as the Prince perceives it:

“What, ho! You men, you beasts,

            That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

With purple fountains issuing from your veins!”

Benvolio and Mercutio are two other characters compelled by rancor. At one point in the play they even accuse one other of being cantankerous:

“ Thou! Why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast... and yet thou will tutor me from quarreling!”

This shows the idleness of their wits and the complete submission to impulse.

The same blind thrust is nested in Tybald’s character which throughout the play is driven by hate: “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the world as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.” From the beginning, the author constructs a juxtaposition between Tybald and Romeo as two distinct men, one possessed by hate the other by love, yet both equally impassioned and impetuous. Tybald tenaciously builds his purpose around animosity. His imprudence is proven once again at the ball, when he’s ready to “make a mutiny” for the sole purpose of indulging his impulse:

“ Patience performance with willful choler meeting

               Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.

               I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,

                Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.”

Romeo, seemingly opposite to Tybald in intention, is in fact his twin in initiative. This is because he lives for love, but his love is just as blind as Tybald’s hate and just a...

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