Self Interest In Romeo And Juliet

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Events like genocides, especially the Holocaust, have caused dark memories throughout history. During these days, its unimaginable to feel the pain, loss, and loneliness inflicted onto the victims of the Holocaust. It’s no mystery that most men and women during the Holocaust turned into ruthless and immoral monsters because of the conditions they were forced to put up with. Many became a person primarily motivated by self- interest in order to survive. It is man’s primary tendency to often think about themselves above others like the characters in Night and Romeo and Juliet. However, it is not everyone’s true nature to just look out for themselves as showed in Angel of Bergen –Belsen. The behavior demonstrated by the main characters in the…show more content…
When Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice at the party, he orders his servant to “fetch him his rapier” and views “striking [Romeo] dead” as “not a sin” because of the “stock and honor of his kin”(Shakespeare I. vi. 62,66-67. Tybalt immediately tries to attack Romeo upon recognizing his voice and in order to defend his pride, feels the need to show Romeo (and guests) who is superior by having a duel with him. However, when Tybalt is forced to leave Romeo alone due to Capulet’s orders, he becomes very vengeful as his ego is hurt because he finds it insulting to be unable to fight a Montague in his presence. Tybalt clearly is motivated by self-interest because he mainly thinks about defending his pride, and thus, has the urge to kill Romeo at a party without thinking about the disgracing the Capulet name. The next day when Tybalt confronts Romeo, he accuses Romeo of being “a villain” and fiercely demands that Romeo “turn and draw” because he is unwilling to “excuse the injuries [Romeo] hast done to him”(Shakespeare III. i. 62,67-68). Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel to regain his pride and therefore shows self-interest because he blinded by rage and his thirst for revenge. Tybalt. Tybalt’s desire to duel with Romeo is not only to regain his pride but is also because of his continuous need for violence. Tybalt’s need for violence shows how Tybalt is only able to think about his needs and wishes above others and therefore his urge for violence becomes a motive for him to start fights. Tybalt shows to only be motivated by self-interest due to his unnecessary desire of killing Romeo for his
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