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Consequences Of Decision Making In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Consequences Death. Never would I imagined death to be real. Never would I imagine death knocking at my door. Never would I imagine the person who would kill me, be me. Never would I imagine that at 16, I would asphyxiate on my own vomit while laying in my closet. Never would I imagine that this would be my last high. Never would I get the feeling of a needle plunging into my arm. Never will I forget the face my mother made as she pulled my dying body into her warm embrace for the last time. Although William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet suggests that teens cannot think about consequences to actions, today’s teens still struggle to comprehend the consequences to actions. Although some teens are more cognitively advanced with decision making, teens throughout history are notorious for poor decision making skills. As a matter of fact, Shakespeare suggests in his play Romeo and Juliet that teens cannot not think about how actions yield consequences. He also proclaims that the consequences to actions can be catastrophic. For example, Tybalt and Mercutio were fighting in the courtyard. Once Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo takes it upon himself to kill Tybalt, turning a blind eye to the King’s warning, “Romeo, away, be gone! / The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. / Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death / If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away” (Shakespeare III.i 94-97). If Romeo would have remembered the King’s warning and kept Juliet in mind, he would've known

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