Who Is To Blame For Romeo's Decisions

884 Words2 Pages

The Domino-Romeo Affect
Picture having to sneak around to be in a relationship with someone you barely know and that your family hates. That isn’t a very well thought out plan is it? In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the character Romeo Montague makes some bad choices, which end up having negative repercussions. Romeo is very emotional and doesn’t really think through his actions, but more acts on a snap decision. If not for Romeo’s fast-paced emotional rollercoaster and ‘quick-to-act’ attitude, more characters throughout the tragedy may not have died. There are many characters that could be blamed for this tragedy, but Romeo has had the most impact and is the one to blame.
To start off, Romeo is one to move on quickly. …show more content…

He doesn’t think before he acts, or the consequences his actions may have. When he is at Juliet’s tomb making his famous speech, he distinctly says, “Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And death’s pale flag is not advanced there” (Shakespeare, 227) These lines give evidence towards Juliet still being alive. He starts to talk about how she looks as if she is still alive due to she still has color left in her face. This should give some indication that she still is. Another not well thought through decision was the marriage between the two “star-crossed” lovers. Juliet is a Capulet, it should have been plainly obvious that they were going to have to sneak around to be together, “I must be gone and live, or stay and die.” (Shakespeare, 157). The fact that to spend the night together as a married couple, he had to sneak into her room should be a sign that they didn’t think this through very well; that and the fact that they knew each other for barely an hour. Even after this, Romeo still has more evidence piling up against that proves him …show more content…

It all started the day he and Juliet got married. As Mercutio and Tybalt were joking around with their swords, Romeo tried to stop them with his own. Let’s just say it didn’t end very well. “[Romeo attempts to beat down their rapiers. Tybalt stabs Mercutio.]” (Shakespeare, 121). It just goes all downhill from here. After Mercutio dies, Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge his death; even though it is his fault in the first place that Mercutio got stabbed. When Juliet fakes her death to avoid marrying Paris and Romeo goes to kill himself to be with her at her tomb, he runs into Paris, who he ends up getting to a misunderstanding with, which turns a fight in which Paris is killed. After Romeo has committed suicide, she wakes up and finds his body. In distraught over his death she kills herself too. Later we find out that Romeo’s mother had died from sadness over him being exiled from Verona, “Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” (Shakespeare, 237). This was a total of 6 deaths in

Open Document