These days, a romantic relationship usually escalates to marriage by 3.6 years.

In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two lovers, the famed omeo and !uliet, meet and marry in the space of " days, followed #uickly by their suicides. Shakespeare$s primary message about love is that love ends disastrously when it is rushed. Shakespeare$s message is conveyed through his use of the characters the wise and respected %riar, !uliet$s father, and the characters of omeo and !uliet. The %riar, a man talked to for his words of wisdom and good advice, carries the message that &love should not be rushed,' when talking to omeo about the boy$s desire to be married. In this first #uote, omeo is being talked to about osaline, a girl who was forgotten about completely and replaced in seconds by !uliet. The %riar says,&Is osaline, that thou didst love so dear,(So soon forsaken) *oung men$s love then lies(+ot truly in their hearts, but in their eyes ,".3.6-.6/0.' In this #uote, the words &so soon' show the %riar believes certain elements about omeo$s love is rushed and #uick. The line he says later, &+ot truly in their heart, but in their eyes,' shows another e1ample of the %riar$s doubt for omeo$s #uick love. 2dditionally, the words &thou didst love so dear,' shows how the %riar believes a #uick love makes omeo throw away everything important to him, which will be disastrous for the boy. 2lthough he shows doubt toward omeo$s #uick marriage, the %riar is eventually persuaded to marry the lovers, however his closing lines show his thoughts on life, and how omeo$s rushing will negatively impact the youth. The %riar$s words of wisdom are meant to slow down omeo, when omeo rushes out after his success. The %riar says,&Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast ,".3./30.' The phrase &wisely and slow' shows the %riar$s view on life. The author is hinting, through the knowledgeable %riar, that slowing down is wise in this situation. The word &stumble' also has great significance. 4ater revealed in the book, tragedy after tragedy trip romeo and !uliet up, which hurts, and eventually kills the &running' couple. 5apulet, !uliet$s father, is also hesitant to allowing a #uick marriage, in this case, 6aris$s proposal for !uliet$s hand. This proposal is met with a warning. 5apulet says, &2nd too soon marred are those so early made ,7.".730.' In this #uote, Shakespeare is using the words &so early' and &too soon' to describe how this is a rushed love. 8oth phrases suggest that love, even unre#uited love from 6aris, is sometimes 9umped to too soon. 5apulet also uses the word &marred,' a word that is used to show that rushed love hurts very physically. 2lthough he, like the %riar, relents to the younger generation, he also shows some additional concern. In the following #uote, 5apulet shoes how he has reluctance toward a marriage at !uliet$s age. 5apulet &She :ath not seen the change of fourteen years;(4et two more summers wither in their pride(<re we may think her ripe to be a bride ,".7./.770.' Shakespeare now talks about how this a #uick love will hurt the young !uliet. 5apulet is very hesitant toward marrying his daughter when she &hath not seen the change of fourteen years.' 5apulet suggests that 6aris should wait, &two more summers' before committing to marriage. 2nd this wait is anything but short and #uick. The couple of omeo and !uliet befall a large number of misfortunes after their #uick meeting and a marriage the ne1t day. omeo starts moping at the %riar$s living #uarters, upset over a charge of banishment that he has received caused by his murdering of !uliet$s cousin, on their day of marriage. omeo says, &2n hour but married, Tybalt murder=d,(>oting like me, and

like me banish=d ,3.3.66.6-0.' shakespeare throws some une1pected tragic coincidences down omeo and !uliet$s road after their #uick marriage. &Tybalt murder=d' and &me banish=d' are obvious signs that this #uick love is followed by misfortune of every kind, a sign that Shakespeare is almost punishing the #uick love. 2nd within an &hour but married,' a #uick love followed #uickly by tragic events. !uliet$s reaction to the two tragedies that befall the fast lovers is very similar to omeo$s. She is also saddened by her cousin$s death and omeo$s banishment. !uliet says, &When I, thy three.hours wife, have mangled it)(8ut wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin)(That villain would have killed my husband ,3.".//.7?70.' !uliet is ridden with grief over being omeo$s &three hours wife.' Within that time omeo$s life was threatened and he slayed her cousin, actions that Shakespeare is using to punish the #uick lovers. The %riar, a wise and respected role model to omeo warns him of the risks of a #uick marriage, and 5apulet, !uliet$s father, warns 6aris of the risks as well. omeo and !uliet, ignoring their peers, 9ump in, and 9ust as #uickly, 9ump into trouble. Shakespeare$s primary lesson about love is that, when rushed into and not thought out, causes misfortune for both lovers. 2bout one of every two first marriages end in divorce. omeo and !uliet$s marriage was ended with their lives.