Decision Making In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Decisions and choices- an act of or need for making up one's mind, and the right, power, or opportunity to choose. Fate- a four letter word, a noun defined as the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as being determined by a supernatural power. These are what many can believe as the most powerful forces that shape our future. The playwright, William Shakespeare, wrote a tragedy of two youngsters in love. This tale was filled with drama, mixed-emotions, laughs, heartbreaks, and affection. Written as a tragedy, the play had ended like other Shakespearean tragedies had ended; in death. The death was inevitable because of decisions and choices made fates were shaped and had played a part in the events that blossomed the love of two star-crossed lovers. As an illustration, picture two families at war with each other, a feud that everyone gets caught in the crossfire. For instance, when innocent citizens are tired of watching their supposed ‘peaceful’ streets get disturbed by the feud, and as the prologue states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue.6) The feud was poison for the city of Verona and its citizens. Besides crummy choices were made, therefore a cursed destiny was created for two naive lovers.

His impulsiveness has made him a romantic icon in our culture, but in the play it proves his undoing. From the very beginning, Shakespeare cautions us not to view Romeo’s sudden fits of passion too real after all, Shakespeare makes a point to show that Romeo’s love for Juliet merely displaced another, earlier infatuation. Through his hasty actions, Romeo arguably drives the play toward tragedy more aggressively than any other character. He climbs over Juliet’s wall the night they meet and presses her to bind herself to him. He kills Tybalt in a blind rage. Then, thinking Juliet dead, he poisons himself. Romeo never thinks his actions through, and his lack of foresight makes him responsible for their dire

“Romeo and Juliet” is an amazing tragedy about two people which love each other and the whole world says no. This tragedy shows that impulsivity doesn’t always lead to a happy ending “ These violent delights have violent ends.”(Ⅱ,ⅵ,9) and that thinking over an action twice is a good decision. With the help of the article “Beautiful Brains” Romeo’s and Juliet’s actions are more understandable due to the slow process of brain development in

Emotion is a wild card in life. It almost always influences people to make bad decisions in their life, and causes harm to not only the host, but to many other people around them. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the characters Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt are all very emotional characters which conclusively lead to all of their deaths, as well as to the deaths of many other people around them. Because of these characters newly drawn emotion, they made decisions that would have been previously considered ludicrous and idiotic. Throughout the exceptional play of Romeo and Juliet, it is ultimately proven that emotion is the enemy when it comes to decision making.

The last example of how hasty decisions can lead to catastrophe is through the death of the two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. While being forced to marry Paris, Juliet is planning to run away with Romeo to Mantua. While talking Juliet says, “Give me, give me! O, tell not me of fear!” (Shakespeare 4.1 123) This quote comes after Friar Lawrence tells Juliet of a plan to fake her death. She immediately agrees without even thinking of the consequences. This hasty decision to forever be with Romeo will come back to haunt her. While she is under the spell Romeo sees Juliet and immediately kills himself while saying, “Here’s to my love! O true

Didn’t Elvis say it best when ever he said, “Wise men say only fools rush into love”. This idea is expressed throughout the world because so many mistakes are made whenever people rush into love. It seems as though love has a powerful hold on people and they just can’t help what they do once they are in love. It is as if they are almost blind to everything else around them, and also blind to the consequences that might come from their choices that they make. Teenagers seem to be more at risk for such frivolous love due to the fact they have lived such ephemeral lives. Since teen brains are not fully developed it can lead to fickle or poor decision making, and sometimes leads to making choices that result in teen pregnancy. Poor decision

Another cause of Romeo’s demise had to be himself. He did not think rationally of outcomes that varied from his death. He thought only of being with Juliet, and, had he not drank the poison, he would have lived to see Juliet once more. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!” (Romeo 5.1.36-38)

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two young teenagers met at a party and immediately “fell in love.” They had a forbidden romance. To escape it, Juliet faked her death. Romeo didn’t know she was faking, so he killed himself in her tomb. Juliet then woke up, saw his corpse, and killed herself too. It was unwise of the both of them to act in such ways. If they had just both ran away at the start, that all could have been avoided.

Romeo’s overly emotional personality and his obsession with love override his rational thought, which causes the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. After hearing of what is thought to be the death of Juliet, Romeo decides that he cannot live without his true love. In despair, he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight./Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift/To enter in the thoughts of desperate man” (V.i 37-39). Romeo then buys

Rash decisions can have an array of different consequences, that being said it doesn’t mean they are dreadful. Rash decision can lead to all sorts of serious consequences, they may appear to be a good idea, but in the near future it can collapse in front of your eyes. For instance, rash decisions lead the Prince to banish Romeo from the city of Verona. Romeo decided that he needed to take retribution on Mercutio’s death when Tybalt returned Romeo couldn’t overcome his will to kill. After the massacre involving Romeo and Tybalt, the

Even seemingly easy decisions can have negative repercussions if all of the options are not fully weighed. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the major flaw in Romeo’s character is that he had such deep feelings and often didn’t think about the consequences of his actions. Romeo made too many irrational decisions without taking time to fully weigh all of his options.

"Wisely and slow, they stumble fast that run." Friar Lawrence advised this to Romeo and Juliet about getting married. This is one of the many hasty decisions of Romeo and Juliet. "Romeo and Juliet" is a classic tragic love story about two people fall in love so much that they would rather die than live without the other. If Romeo and Juliet would have thought through what they were doing, the outcome may have been very different. Some of the story defining moments were, when Romeo and Juliet met, the balcony scene, and the suicide at the end.

People are often influenced to make decisions in which they are put in a situation where they make rushed choices that lead to undesired outcomes for all parties. The work Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare perfectly portrays this in which many characters encounter different scenario and some reaction more extremely than others, and It is clear that Shakespeare does this to draw attention to the scenes importances and create suspense as well.

It is evident from the beginning of Shakespeare's classic story of "star-crossed lovers" that rash decision making would lead to the downfall of one of the protagonists of the story. In the beginning of the story, Romeo was depressed over his unrequited love for Rosaline. He wouldn't stop pursuing her, even when she said she wanted to become a nun. This caused Romeo to feel miserable and dejected. Romeo's depression almost prevented him from attending Lord Capulet's party, the very place where he would meet Juliet. He was hesitant to attend the party due to a dream in which he predicted his death.

Shakespeare does this by noting how Romeo and Juliet do not actually love each other. This is represented by Romeo and Juliets actions and rash decision making. Their decisions are very impulsive and rushed. As a result, it impacted them negatively in the future and as well as their relationship. Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other is not actually how love really is. They’ve mistakenly confused lust for love.