Romeo And Juliet Bad Decision Analysis

Have you ever gone against your parents rules? There have been times in my life that I didn’t listen to my parents. For example, one time I invited some friends over for the night and we were really bored so we decided to sneak out and go meet up with some other friends of ours. Even though my mom said don’t leave the house we decided to anyway. We got home around 3:00am and my mom woke up when we were coming inside, she was very disappointed that we didn’t listen to her. Not only did I make a bad decision, but in the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Friar Laurance also made bad decisions. There was a feud between two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The feud went on for years, then it got to the point that they were sword fighting each other trying to kill one another. The fight did not need to go that far, but it did and people ended up dying. The Capulets and

Montagues could have just talked it out instead of fighting, but they chose the more violent way. Romeo and Friar Laurence made many precipitous decisions, but with better decision making techniques they could have prevented all this from occurring.
Romeo made bad decisions.

A servant approached Romeo on the streets of Verona asking him to read an invitation to the party at the Capulet's house. “God gi’ god-den. I pray, sir, can you read?” SERVANT (1,2,13). Romeo read the servant the letter.

“Signior Martino and his wife and daughters; County Anselme and his beauteous sisters; the lady widow of Vitravio; Signior Placentio and his lovely nieces; Mercutio and his brother Valentine; mine uncle Capulet, his wife—and daughters; my fair niece Rosaline; Livia; Signior Valentio and his cousin Tybalt; Lucio and the lively Helena.A fair assembly: whither should they come?” ROMEO (1,2,20-28).

After reading the invite Romeo made the decision to go to the party even though he wasn’t invited. He snuck into the party and nobody knew who he was because everyone had masks on. Juliet recognized Romeo and she could tell he was the guy for her at that given point. After Romeo snuck into the Capulet party, he climbed the fifteen foot wall dividing the two families to go to Juliet's balcony. Hiding in a tree, he heard her expressing her love to

him.
Friar Laurence also made numerous inadequate decisions alongside the Capulets and Montagues. Friar Laurence made a poor decision towards Juliet. Juliet didn’t want to get married to Paris so she asked for poison that would make her go to sleep. With no thought at all he handed her the poison and Juliet took it and fell asleep. Then this led to Romeo’s death. Heart pounding, he saw Juliet lying in the tomb asleep because he thought that Juliet died when she was actually just sleeping. “Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on the dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark. Here’s to my love! O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” ROMEO (5,3,127-131). He kissed Juliet then took the poison. Just after he took the poison Juliet started waking. When she was finally awake, she noticed that Romeo was dead, so she stabbed herself. If Friar Laurence didn’t give her the sleeping poison both of them would still be alive so that was a bad decision on his part. Another mistake Friar Laurence made is that he married Romeo and Juliet when they weren’t supposed to be married. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet, but he married them anyway. Juliet was supposed to be marrying Paris because he was also a Capulet, but she didn’t like him because she was falling for Romeo. “Come, come with me, and we shall make short work; For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone. Till holy church incorporate two in one.” FRIAR LAURENCE (2,6,35-37).
Friar Laurence and Romeo both made inadequate decisions but here are some ways to avoid that from happening. “Learn to distinguish smart risks from foolish ones by weighing the possible outcomes” (Stacey Colino, 3). Unlike Romeo and Friar Laurence you should always think of the outcome and the worst that can happen before doing something. For example, when Friar Laurence gave the sleeping poison to Juliet he didn’t think. What if it killed her? What if she never woke up? Because of him not thinking it through she could have been killed, luckily she woke up. Same as Romeo he didn't think before his actions and he could of gotton in trouble for trespassing on Juliet’s balcony. They should have thought their actions through before following through with them.
When it comes to good decision making Romeo and Friar Laurence could have thought it through better. Friar Lawrence made the decisions to marry Romeo and Juliet without their parents permission, and giving Juliet the sleeping poison. On the other hand Romeo snuck into the Capulet’s party, and climbed over the walls and to Juliet's balcony. Romeo and Friar Laurence made many precipitous decisions in the play Romeo and Juliet but with these better decision making techniques things could have been different.