“Good intentions pave the road to hell.” This quote means that even people who mean well can end up doing just the opposite. For instance, trust is a virtue that can cause trouble. If a man trusts everyone he knows, then someone could take advantage of that trust, thus turning the virtue into a vice. This quote applies to many of the characters in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Several examples of characters whose …showed first 75 words of 707 total…

…showed last 75 words of 707 total…live an unstained wife to my sweet love” (IV, i, 87). The Friar gives her the potion and she goes ahead with the plan, thinking that she will be helping Romeo. Instead, Romeo ends up drinking a poison that kills him because he believes that Juliet has died. In conclusion, all these characters prove that all men have their certain virtues, but if not regarded carefully, these same virtues can and will lead to our downfall.