... is proven to be a cause of his eventual departure. After a brief chance encounter with Juliet, Romeo proposed marriage not really knowing what he was getting himself into. This pursuit of Juliet took over his time and even compromised his own mental state. Romeo was seen as being in "a piteous predicament; blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering" (R+J Act 3, Scene 3, lines 86-87). Secondly, Romeo, without thinking rationally, purchased from ... an apothecary a poisonous elixir which he planned on taking at the scene of Juliet's death. He did follow through with his plan except fo...

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... , in itself, fairly close to madness. Shakespeare expresses this idea in many of his works, an example being the frustrated Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Another instance where this occurs is when the king has a good reason to convince others of Hamlet's insanity: he suspects that Hamlet knows something about the murder of his father, and if Hamlet were to spread this around, people would believe ... him. However, if everyone was convinced of Hamlet's madness, no one would believe him. This, the king expresses in his speech to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act 3, Scene 3, lines 1 and 2: I...

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