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One person’s actions can shape the lives of not only themselves, but anyone who interacts with them. In Shakespeare’s classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s impulsive actions impact all other events in the story. From free will to fate, his decisions affect not only him, but everyone around him (EDIT). One of the people most affected by Romeos actions is Mercutio. When Romeo becomes depressed because his beloved Rosaline will not sleep with him, Mercutio swoops in to help Romeo out of his lust inspired stupor (Zeffirelli). Romeo makes the conscious decision to fall into a depressed state of mind, and as a feeble attempt to help him, Mercutio peer pressures Romeo into crashing the Capulet’s costume party. But, before this party, Romeo has a dream about “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars… Of a despised life closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death” (1. 4. 107-110). Although, he still makes the ultimate decision to ignore the dream, which Mercutio backs up by stating that, “I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (1. 4. 96-98). Mercutio, a strong believer in free will, wholeheartedly supports Romeo’s decision to ignore the nightmare. On the other hand, Romeo, who is a strong believer in fate, knows that someone will suffer, yet he chooses to ignore his gut feeling. Later on, when Mercutio dies, he condemns the two families to “a plague o’ both your houses” (3. 1. 91). Although in reality Tybalt is the one who made the final strike, Romeo is the one who ultimately is responsible for the death of Mercutio. Had they not gone to the party, Tybalt wouldn’t have seen them, and Mercutio would still be alive. Mercutio comes to this realization, and this is why he curses both the families. Romeo’s actions affect Mercutio almost as much as they affect Romeo himself. Romeo also begins to realize this as the story progresses. He begins to feel remorse for his actions, and he admits to this when, holding a gun to Tybalt’s head, he proclaims, “Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3. 1. 91). This is one of several climaxes in the story, as it is when Romeo sees himself for the first time as the cause of all of the problems. His actions create an extensive chain of cause-and effect components, which is what Romeo realizes. After Romeo’s original love, Rosaline, refuses to have sex with him, he falls into a deep depression (Zeffirelli). In order to escape this cruel reality, he decides to give up his free will to fate. But, he is willing to risk many lives in order to find an escape from this endless despair that fills his life. To escape from his own life, Romeo (dressed as a knight in shining armor) attends the Capulet’s party with several of his closest friends (Luhrmann). At first glance, Romeo’s costume may look like Romeo is Juliet’s knight; he is purposely dressed this way. Romeo is simply his own knight in shining armor. Mercutio’s drugs allowed him to escape his mind, and the party allows him to recognize that there are other women that can be loved, such as the lovely Juliet Capulet. In the classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, every single action or event can be tied back to Romeo. Any decisions that he made impacted the rest of the story, and molded many people’s understanding of love. More importantly, Romeo and Juliet, can show us that actions have effects and can either help or hinder those involved. REVISED OUTLINE: Rough Draft Thesis –Romeos impulsive actions impacted not only himself, but those closest to him. Body Paragraph #2 Title – Romeo's actions --TS: Throughout the movie Romeo's actions affect everyone, although he does not realize it. --CD #1 Title - Trying to escape from his own reality --CD #2 Title – saving himself --CD #3 Title- seeing his mistakes Body Paragraph #1 Title – Romeo and Mercutio interactions/effects --TS: Romeo's actions have a huge effect on Mercutio, Romeo's best friend --CD #1 Title – a helping hand --CD #2 Title – depression --CD #3 Title- Realization
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Time: 5.46.35
REVISED OUTLINE: Rough Draft Thesis –Romeos impulsive actions impacted not only himself, but those closest to him. Body Paragraph #2 Title – Romeo's actions --TS: Throughout the movie Romeo's actions effect everyone, although he does not realize it. --CD #1 Title - Trying to escape from his own reality --CD #2 Title – saving himself --CD #3 Title- seeing his mistakes Body Paragraph #1 Title – Romeo and Mercutio interactions/effects --TS: Romeo's actions have a huge effect on Mercutio, Romeo's best friend --CD #1 Title – a helping hand --CD #2 Title – depression --CD #3 Title- Realization Romeo's actions in the play affect everyone. But they affect him and Mercutio the most.
In Shakespeare’s classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s impulsive actions impact everything else that happens. From free will to fate, his decisions affect not only him, but everyone around him. Rough Draft Thesis –Romeos impulsive actions impacted not only himself, but those closest to him. Body Paragraph #2 Title – Romeo then and now CD #1 Title - gave up his free will-why??? Looking for a distraction trying to escape from his own reality; DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM CD #2 Title – knight in shining armor; wanted to save himself (from himself); looking for an escape; in the modern movie party costume; etc etc CD #3 Title- guilttttttt; his fault from Mercutio’s death; Tybalt dying; fight scene; Romeo admits to feeling guilty; “either you or I…..” Body Paragraph #1 Title – Mercutio then and now CD #1 Title – Romeos dream-leads to queen mob; hothead; trying to help Romeo; Romeos decisions and actions lead to the deaths of him and Mercutio “direct my sails” quote CD #2 Title – queen mob now (high, cross-dressing, getting in the mood; the dream; dreams are bad; free will) Time: 6.45.25
One of the people most affected by Romeos actions is Mercutio. When Romeo becomes depressed that his beloved Rosaline will not sleep with him, Mercutio swoops right in to help Romeo out of his lust inspired stupor. Since Romeo made the conscious decision to fall into a depressed state of mind, Mercutio in turn decides to peer pressure Romeo into crashing the Capulet’s costume party, as a feeble attempt to help him. But, before this party, Romeo has a dream about “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars… Of a despised life closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death” (1. 4. 107-110). Although, he makes the ultimate decision to ignore the dream, which Mercutio backs up by stating that, “I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (1. 4. 96-98). Mercutio, being one who is a strong believer in free will, whole heartedly supports in Romeo’s decision to ignore his gut feeling. On the other hand, Romeo, who is a strong believer in fate, knows that someone will die, yet he chooses to ignore it. Later on, just as Mercutio dies, he condemns the two families to “a plague o’ both your houses” (3. 1. 91). Although in reality Tybalt is the one who made the final strike, Romeo is the one who actually caused Mercutio’s death. Mercutio sees that it is Romeo’s actions which has caused his death, which is why he curses the houses. Romeo’s actions affect Mercutio almost as much as they affect Romeo himself. One of the people most affected by Romeos actions was Mercutio. Being one of Romeo’s closest friends, Mercutio was always there to support him; even in the worst of times. So when Romeo becomes depressed that is beloved Rosaline will not sleep with him, Mercutio swoops right in to help Romeo out of his lust inspired stupor. Since Romeo made the conscious decision to fall into a depressed state of mind, Mercutio in turn decided to peer pressure Romeo into going to a party. But, before this party, when Romeo has a dream about, “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars… Of a despised life closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death” he then decides to ignore the dream, which Mercutio backs up by stating that, “I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (1. 4. 107-110, 96-98). Mercutio, being one who is a strong believer in free will, whole heartedly supports in Romeo’s decision to ignore his gut feeling. On the other hand, Romeo, who is a strong believer in fate, knows that someone would die, yet he chooses to ignore it. Later on, as Mercutio dies, he condemns the two families “a curse upon both your houses” (3. 1. Line). Although in reality Tybalt is the one who made the final strike, Romeo is the one who actually caused Mercutio’s death. By tracing back Romeo and Mercutio’s interactions, it can plainly be seen that had Mercutio not tried to help Romeo, then he may still be alive (WHY??? MOTIVES?). This is something that even Mercutio realizes.
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