Romeo, one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, makes three crucial decisions throughout the play that ultimately leads to his downfall and demise. Throughout the passage Romeo continues to make mistakes that lead him towards death, but there are three main decisions that significantly lead to his downfall. The three main reasons were, attending a Capulet party his friends told him about, kissing Juliet at the Capulet party he attended, and killing Juliet's, who he had married, cousin Tybalt. The first bad decision Romeo makes is attending a Capulet party that his friends, Mercutio and Benvolio, told him about. Romeo says, "Give me a torch; I am not for this ambling." Being heavy, I still bear the light." (1.4.11-12) Romeo says this to let his friends know that he is sad and upset that he has to …show more content…
Romeo says, "...Staying for thine to keep him company." Either thou or I, or both, must go with him." (3.1.126-127) Romeo says this to Tybalt before they die, when Romeo says this it shows he is not afraid to die or get hurt if it means he is able to avenge his friend. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt he would have never been banished from Verona, which would have lead to him not having to return to see his beloved Juliet "dead". Romeo"s friend Benvolio says, "Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up and Tybalt is slain. Stand not amazed at the sight. The prince will doom thee death if thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away!" (3.1.131-134) Benvolio says this because he fears Romeo's life will be taken if he is caught for killing Tybalt. Romeo is banished by the prince after he kills Tybalt. This leads to Romeo's downfall because many things that happen later in the play like, Romeo returning to Verona to see Juliet, would not have happened if he hadn't been banished for killing
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet two star-crossed lovers take their own lives. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are from two feuding families. They meet at a party and fall in love with one another. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married the very next day. However, after they get married there is an unfortunate turn of events and Romeo is banished. Both Romeo and Juliet are devastated so Juliet turns to Friar Lawrence who comes up a plan to help her escape, Romeo is oblivious to the plan
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, these two protagonists were too blinded by others decisions and love to act with intelligence which ultimately leads to their deaths. These characters lived in a world where their love had to be kept secret or it would have been broken, which is why the characters looked to wiser peers for help. The deep feelings each lover had for one another was influenced by their family and three people who made destructive choices. Which leads the characters being
In the film Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli, we see the rash decisions made by young teens who fell in love. From the film, it shows how Romeo, a young teen apart of the Montague family, falls in love with his “star-crossed-lover” Juliet, an even younger teen apart of the Capulet family. They meet at a party/dance which they fell in love at. That same night, Romeo goes to Juliet’s home where he pledges to marry her. If Romeo OR Juliet were say 20 years older… would they have been so rash about
aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be”. This statement also applies to Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare. Romeo is often not as conscious of his decisions as he should be. He also weighs his feelings when making a decision more than common sense or reason. This drastically influenced his life, and the wrong turn that it took. The critical choices that Romeo makes are most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he makes his choices based on
The play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare is the story of a girl named Juliet Capulet and a boy named Romeo Montague who fall in love against the wishes of their families. The Capulets and the Montagues have been fighting for years and even the Prince must get involved to try and stop them. Romeo and Juliet are married by Friar Laurence and hide their love from their families in fear of disapproval. All is well until Mercutio, a good friend of Romeo’s, is killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin
Immature people both make idiotic decisions, and make decisions based off of emotions without thinking through the consequences. Romeo and Juliet do both those things and more throughout the entirety of Romeo and Juliet. They make impulsive, idiotic decisions and base everything on a love that is based off of looks. Romeo and Juliet are not mature. In fact they are the very opposite of mature. The actions of both Romeo and Juliet are very idiotic throughout the entirety of the play. After an hour
you made a major decision. In Romeo and Juliet, the characters make different major decisions based on their maturity and emotions. Emotions can make people not think and act rash without thinking of future consequences. Maturity can cause people to act with prudence. One of the major decisions made by Romeo is fighting Tybalt. Another decision made by Friar Lawrence was marrying Romeo and Juliet. Another decision was Romeo and Juliet’s suicide at the end of the play. When Romeo decides to fight
Romeo and Juliet were victims of young love. This caused them to make impulsive decisions without thinking of the consequences. Being victims of young love is what also caused them to be victims of their own actions, not victims of fate. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet made numerous decisions quickly without thoroughly thinking of the possible consequences they may have. In the short time period that they knew each other, they made decisions such as crashing the Capulet’s ball, marrying within
In life, you can unknowingly make hasty decisions towards somebody you love without the intent of hurting them in the time ahead. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers' immaturity and their sudden urge to get married causes hasty decision making which ultimately leads to their death. Both lovers disregard the unchallenged truth on how they only have known each other for an hour, but they manage to get married to each other with the help of Friar Lawrence. Starting at an
The tragedy Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells a story of Romeo and Juliet’s love. They are both children of the enemy families in Verona during the 1300s, the families are the Capulets and Montagues. The two lovers go through many obstacles throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses a tragic pattern of risk and quick decisions it is shown through actions and decisions.Specifically, Friar, Juliet, and Romeo make quick decisions that put both themselves and others at risk
The story of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story, but i'm going to show you some life lessons we need to learn from Romeo and Juliet I will show some of the rash decisions they made in the story some rash decisions like getting married too soon, the fact That Romeo kills Tybalt because of mercutio's death. Or the fact that Romeo and Juliet killing themselves just because they claim they couldn’t live with each other. In opening section 1 scene 1 Romeo says he loves someone, but
their own imprudent decisions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it is not chance, but rather desperate and impetuous actions that bring about the demise of Romeo and Juliet. In the Victorian era, fortune was due to events outside the control of humans, determined by a paranormal influence. However, by no means was the departure of Romeo and Juliet out of their control; It happened because of the choices they made, whether it was that of Juliet’s, Friar Lawrence’s or Romeo’s. Juliet always blames her
In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo plays the role of the tragic hero. In the play Romeo is an extremely impulsive individual. and makes his decisions without considering the consequences. Romeo makes terrible decisions that end up killing him. What Romeo Failed to see is that every decision he made had an even worse reaction. Romeo is an extremely impulsive individual. Romeo makes decisions without considering the consequences. Romeo tells Mercurio and Benvolio, “Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll
I explain as to how I decided my right decision, I would like to explain what exactly makes a heroic protagonist since this is what I mostly based my evidence on. According to Aristotle’s qualities of tragic protagonists (2018), he states that “a character should evoke emotions in the audience, determine their fate by their consequences, has consistency, has peripeteia and anagnorisis, has a moral purpose, and is true to themselves and others.” My decision was quite difficult to determine as there
Irrational and impulsive decisions can often lead to great trouble as shown in Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence, a holy man, and a well-respected priest has made many decisions that could act as the cause of Romeo’s death. Romeo, after losing his love for Rosaline, met a Capulet named Juliet and he immediately fell in this forbidden love. Besides being a priest, Friar Laurence was a source for help and a man with knowledge as shown in the beginning of the play. As the play moved on, Friar Laurence