Romeo And Juliet Bad Decisions Analysis

As shown in the book hasty decisions lead to bad things. William Shakespeare has also mentioned this multiple times. There are numerous examples of this in his play Romeo and Juliet. Nevertheless impulsive choices make up most of this well known writing. These decisions are made by various characters and in different ways.

For instance, in act one, scene one a group of young men decides to have a duel, the scuffle took place between a Montague and a Capulet. Meanwhile these two families were in the middle of a feud. Afterwards the Prince came to discontinue the fight, the Prince having enough of the ancient feud issued a death sentence to the heads of the Montague's and the Capulets if there was ever another fight between the two families

again. These young men were the reason of death sentences for the heads of their families. If they had been civilized and not chosen to fight the lives of their family member would have still been safe. This was only the beginning of numerous accounts when characters are caught making hasty decisions that lead to dreadful situations.
Later in act one , scene five Romeo, a Montague, attends a social at Lord Capulets home. While at the party the nephew of Lord Capulet, Tybalt, recognizes Romeo as a Montague. Following this, Tybalt had also spotted Romeo wooing over the daughter of Lord Capulet, Juliet. On the account of Romeo's actions Tybalt stated that he wanted to assassinate Romeo. After some time Tybalt and Romeo engage in a quarrel during act three, scene one. During the brawl Romeo does away with Tybalt. After his actions Romeo had to face the punishment of being banished from Verona. Altogether this was one deadly example of rushing to make assumptions about others.
After the Capulets finished grieving over the death of a loved one they are approached by a young man named Paris.

In addition to being a rich, nice, and suitable man, Paris was not a Montague. Lord Capulet was impressed with Paris and scheduled an abrupt wedding for the marriage of Paris and Juliet, without knowing of the secret matrimony of Romeo and Juliet. When Juliet heard news of her arranged marriage she soon fled to a trusted friend, Friar Lawrence, for a tactic to get out of the soon to be marriage. The Friar quickly brewed up a vial that had the capability to make one appear dead while they were still alive. In addition to making the vial the Friar also sent word to Romeo that in two days he need to return to Verona to be there when Juliet woke up from her sleep like coma. As fate would have it Romeo received word that Juliet had past on, but not that it was only a medically induced coma. Immediately after hearing the horrible news of his wife's death Romeo few back to the tomb of Juliet's body with a bottle of lethal poison. When he arrived Paris was at Juliet's tomb, nevertheless Paris blames Romeo for the death of Juliet's death. Meaning that Romeo broke her heart when he killed her cousin Tybalt. They were soon consumed in a fight, but in the end Romeo kills Paris. Romeo was consumed with grief and drinks poison that puts him to rest. Soon Juliet woke up to discover the dead bodies of Paris and Romeo, the sight of the bodies caused her to stab herself in the

heart with Romeo's dagger