The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is the tragic story of two "star-crossed lovers" (prologue) who fight against time and their families for their love . This story is a great example of what young couples shouldn't do, which is fall in love too quickly. Romeo and Juliet had known each other for less than a week when they fell in love and got married. Shakespeare used many examples of time and haste throughout this story. “The opening scene of the play establishes the pace at which the tragic fate will unfold.” (Driver, 488). Romeo, who had just been dumped by Rosaline, was devastated. Then he meets Juliet at a party and "As soon as Romeo sees Juliet he falls in love with her." (Shavi, 511). Later that evening Romeo meets Juliet and she says she is in love with Romeo even though they know their families hate each other. “Their love is instant and mutual and before dawn they are engaged.” (Shavi, 510). Three examples of time rushing in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are: how quickly Romeo and Juliet fall in love, how quickly the couple gets married, and how quickly they die for each other. “Like all young people, Romeo and Juliet are uncertain and hasty in their first encounters with the problems of reality.” (Ribner, 474). Romeo and Juliet may be in love, but they have never had the chance to love each other fully, because they have been together for only a short period of time. The only people who knew of their love were the Nurse and Friar Laurence, who had initially sided with Romeo and Juliet being together, quickly changed her mind and told Juliet. that she was going... middle of paper... to each other. Secondly they know that they would try to separate the two, which would make them want to commit suicide, because the two of them were constantly talking about dying for. their love. Finally the hatred between the two families would have separated them because they would have been forbidden to see each other. As soon as the families learned about them, they realized that arguing there was stupid and caused the death of their children Romeo and Juliet's love never stood a chance because time was not on their side and neither were the two families. . The young couple thought that everything would work out if they rushed to get married and so they did and it ended in disaster. This story, by William Shakespeare, is a perfect example of how falling in love quickly can be positive in some cases and negative in others..