Irrational Decisions In Romeo And Juliet

With no consideration to the outcome, Romeo lunges towards Tybalt, killing him and forever sealing his fate. This was the cause of the banishment, making Romeo and Juliet lose critical time that would have resulted in a different outcome. Further supporting why he is to blame for the whole tragedy.

Romeo is a lustful and emotional 16-year-old that acts mainly on impulse and how he feels in the moment rather than what would be more sensible. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s irresponsible and dramatic identity causes him to act without thought and on impulse.

After simply being banished, Romeo seeks to take his life, without realizing that he is in a better situation than others (including his dead friend, Mercutio). Not understanding how his life will impact others, he makes the decision to die. Eventually, the Friar, an adult figure with a developed mind, steps in and uses reason, which Romeo lacks. Not only does Romeo act in such a manner, but Juliet also shares the same characteristic. After meeting Romeo at the Capulet’s party, knowing him for about 1 minute, Juliet kisses him, and they seek marriage. This is despite her saying later on that ”Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden” (Shakespeare II.ii 116-118). As Juliet is still a teenager, however, her animal instincts get the best of her, and they get married the next day. Through this, it is shown that while teenagers may know how to deal with things rationally (like Juliet’s little blurb on how she shouldn’t marry), their undeveloped minds get the better of them, and they go with their natural flow.

Even though they have made many immature mistakes (like marrying only after knowing each other less than twenty-four hours), Romeo and Juliet have matured throughout the play because they have both put each other before themselves, they both have been more aware and considerate of other people instead of being vain and inconsiderate, and they both have tried to control their own fates instead of letting fate control them.

Without even thinking about it Friar Lawrence's plan was a terrible plan just out of common sense as there were too many things out of the Friar’s control that could have happened. First, he has to worry if the potion even will work when Juliet takes it or even if she takes it at all. Then he has to worry about getting the word to Romeo about the plan which of course never happened. “But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.” (4.2.100-105). Here Friar Lawrence explains his badly thought-out plan. His impulsive acts and plans end up getting him in trouble and costing Verona to Young people's lives. His plans failed because he did not take his time and did not think of being more reasonable because his Solutions were completely unrealistic. In a way, Friar Lawrence could be seen as a little bit selfish. Friar Laurence's religion does not permit already married people to get married. This would mean that the Friar would be going against his oaths. Marrying Romeo and Juliet when Juliet already has an arranged marriage with Paris would have

If Romeo listened to Friar Lawrence’s advice, he might gain the common sense not to rush the situation and use better judgment. Romeo assures Juliet that his love is true, but takes it to an extreme when he goes along with the secret marriage.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Both Romeo and Juliet are young and sprightly teenagers, Romeo being 15-16 and Juliet with the age of 13. They are teens that make impulsive decisions without thinking about the consequences. David Dobbs the author of the article “Beautiful Brains” explains why teenagers act the way they do throughout scientific research and studies. This article helps to understand Romeos and Juliets actions which led to their deaths.

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, many characters meet their tragic end as a result of a plethora of factors, from old rivalries to new love. It is a tragic story of two lovers, destined to complete each other, but also to end a bitter feud through their deaths (Prologue.3-6). However, if the blame had to be ascribed to one person in particular, that person would be Romeo Montague. Throughout the play, Shakespeare showcases Romeo’s irrationality and poor decision making, leading to the gruesome deaths of his loved ones. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic slew of deaths because he is oblivious, quick to act, and too urgent in his relationship.

Romeo led several people to their defeat because of the irrational choices that he made. He speaks boldly, but when he comes to action, he behaves like a coward. When he was challenged by Tybalt, the Prince of Cats, he refused to fight, therefore ending his best friend’s life, Mercutio. His quick actions overcome his words and the situation mostly concludes with failure. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo made a rash and desperate decision to fall into love with Juliet resulting in death and sorrow.

Famous singer-songwriter, Sinéad O’Connor once said “When you’re young, you don’t really know quite what you’re aiming at. You’re very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you’re kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction”(BrainyQuote). Adolescents typically make impulsive decisions when influenced by something important to them. Romeo and Juliet’s families are enemies, yet they fall in love in the matter of five days and make a impulsive decision to get married which end up costing them their lives. Romeo gets exiled and says he would rather die than be without Juliet and when Romeo does end up killing himself Juliet does the same because she will not live without Romeo. In Romeo and Juliet, William

Firstly, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he illustrates that adolescents show impulsivity. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet , Juliet cries “ Give me, give me ! O, tell me not of fear”(4.1.124). This illustrates that Juliet isn’t taking into

The first reason I gave you is that Friar Lawrence could have told everybody. He agreed to marry Paris and Juliet after Friar had married Romeo and Juliet. This leads to Romeo thinking Juliet is

In the play Romeo and Juliet ,by Shakespeare we are constantly bombarded with different meanings of words, contrasts, and characters who are quite irrational. They wish things upon themselves, and when they happen, are astonished. This piece of literature is filled with situations where the character intends one thing to happen, but his results are completely different. Throughout the following paragraphs the reader is to decide if the examples shown display opposite results from the original plan.

While in “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the two teens, Romeo and Juliet, make bad decisions, they do mature throughout the story. When At the beginning of the story, Romeo seemed to be very indecisive about his relationships, Friar Lawrence even pointed this out to him when Romeo told him that he now is in love with Juliet. Juliet matured when she decided to marry Paris. Both of the kids had to mature in some way otherwise they would have died before the end of the actual story. Romeo and Juliet maturing were good for both the story and the characters.

In the beginning of the play Romeo is gloomy and heartbroken.But after getting convinced by Benvolio to come to the Capulet’s party and meet new girls. “By giving liberty unto thine eyes, Examine other beauties.” ( 221-222.) Romeo gave in but not to meet search for a new lady, but to see Rosaline. Romeo gets rejected and instantly moves on to a young girl, Juliet. Throughout the play, Friar Lawrence gave Romeo wise advice. For example in Act 2 Scene 3 when Friar Lawrence says “Oh, she knew well Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell.”( 87- 88.) In Act 3 Scene 5, when Romeo gets banished, the Nurse tells Juliet that she should love Paris and forget Romeo because Paris seems like a better husband anyways. “I think it best you married