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Romeo And Juliet Decisions

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The story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and this is because of the ending; however, it would have been the perfect love story if the characters weren't so rushed and immature. The first mistake we see Romeo make is fall in love with someone, he knows he can't be with; nonetheless, love takes the win in this situation. Moreover, Romeo and Juliet became an item after time passed but failed to tell anyone but the nurse and the friar about their love. This begs for the question, had more people known about the love they had for each other would this relationship ended with happiness rather than grief? It seemed logical to keep their love a secret but in their scenario, they had to tell multiple people that they trusted. If they had done that, they would have been able to stop the confusion that led to their suicides. As the story carries on, Romeo and Juliet get married less than 2 DAYS after meeting each other. There is no reason to marry someone that you meet after 2 days; that is the second hastiest decision made in the tragedy. The decision was hurried, hasty and unnecessary. Time passes and they are seeing each other in secret, etc. One day, the Montague and Capulet have a quarrel …show more content…

Meanwhile in Verona, Juliet is crying over Romeo but her parents think she is crying over Tybalt and decide they should marry her. Paris and Juliet are set to be married and this is a sin because Juliet is already married to Romeo. The friar decides to give Juliet a poison that makes her seem dead for 48 hours, this is believable and cancels the wedding in place for a funeral. Romeo hears that Juliet is "dead" and purchases a potion to poison himself and die with Juliet. At this point Romeo commits his final hasty decision and drinks the poison BEFORE he sees Juliet to see if she is really dead. He reaches her tomb, kills poor and innocent Paris and dies near Juliet. Juliet wakes up to Romeo's dead body and kills

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