How Does Romeo And Juliet Make Decisions

Once in a while everyone makes a bad decision, usually these choices do not cause an enormous negative impact on their future. In the classic Romeo and Juliet, the outcome of the characters’ demise is a result of their fast pace- decisions, their ignorance, and their lack of ability in accepting responsibility.

Throughout the characterization of both Romeo and Juliet, they have made fast pace-decisions. To start off, Romeo’s quick transition between his unforgettable love for Rosaline to his immortal love for Juliet is unintelligent. Throughout the first act Romeo is obsessed with Rosaline Capulet, he says "the all-seeing sun ne'er saw her match since first the world begun." This is important because this shows how fast Romeo makes quick decisions

because as he said that he has seen nothing like her but later that night at the ball he thinks now Juliet is the most beautiful girl, without even knowing who she is exactly. Juliet herself also says that their love for each other was oo quick, as she also describes their love as ‘is too rash, too unadvis’d, too sudden,’. Secondly, the two lovers believe that they undoubtedly are in love. Their desire for each other is so strong that they believe that they can not survive without each other, which is the reason they get married. Prior to them getting married, Friar Lawrence warns Romeo and gives him advice on slowing things down.“These violent delights have violent ends/And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,/Which, as they kiss, consume./The sweetest honey/Is loathsome in his own deliciousness/And in the taste confounds the appetite./Therefore, love moderately. Long love doth so” (act 2).Which means These sudden joys have sudden endings. They burn up in victory like fire and gunpowder. When they meet, as in a kiss, they explode. Too much honey is delicious, but it makes you sick to your stomach. Therefore, love each other is Lastly, at the end when Romeo comes to see Juliet and finds her dead. Romeo makes the decision of death at the end based on incomplete information
"Beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death's pale flag is not /advanced there." Romeo says this to Juliet when she was in the tomb
..These fast-paced decisions that the protagonists’, Romeo and Juliet, are ultimately the reason for their tragic end.

The theme of ignorance and assuming things is another cause of the protagonist quietus in Romeo and Juliet.

Firstly, Juliet assumes that Romeo is a Capulet like her, Juliet also accepts that she was being too fast and assuming things. “ My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!(1.5.135). Further on, Juliet’s famous line from the balcony scene,"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/Deny thy father and refuse thy name./Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love” (2.2.33-35). This shows how she would ignore the family's deep hatred and go so far to say that she would no longer be a member of her family if she could be with him. Secondly, when Balthasar goes to tell that he saw Juliet in the Capulet tomb,” Her body sleeps in Capels' monument,”(5.1.18) Romeo reacts in a very impetuous manner. Balthasar says to calm down and think about what you are going to do. However, Romeo is so shattered with the assumption that Juliet is dead that he does not think wisely and decides on killing himself as well. Subsequently, Juliet at this time assumes that Romeo got the letter.All she had to do was wait for confirmation that Romeo received and understood the plan, and she could have saved both of them. she could have told the Friar to stay with her until Romeo got there to make sure he didn’t do something irrational. Continuing on, the major assumption that they made was that Juliet is dead. When Romeo sees Juliet dead he instantly falls apart emotionally he also says a few lines about Juliet's beauty which is something to take note of. Juliet's red lips and cheeks are both signs that she is alive, but Romeo who is assuming things is too sad to even notice this. Romeo ends up killing himself a moment before Juliet wakes up. When Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead she kills herself. The result of the ignorance of the two lovers is that they

die.