One could argue that their death was fate or simply a series of poorly made decisions. The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet consists of an enormous amount of hastily made decisions. As ill-fated as the two lovers may have been, the root of all their problems can be traced back to rash decisions.
The reason Romeo and Juliet meet in the first place is because they decide on a whim that they are going to go to the Capulet party to show Romeo that there are other beauties besides Rosaline. In the beginning, Romeo’s obsession over a woman named Rosaline displays his ‘hopeless romantic’ persona. It also reveals his inner conflicts with women and falling in love. However, when sneaking into the Capulet’s ball and laying eyes on Juliet for the first …show more content…
In turn, Romeo does not think his choices through properly because he allows love to control his actions, proving that he is impulsive. Romeo’s bold but risky actions towards falling in love with Juliet result in him marrying her within the day without consent from either family.
As for Juliet’s role in this tragedy: “I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (2.2.123) Juliet was well aware of her rash decisions and the consequences they could have, she tries to explain to Romeo that she is afraid that their rash decisions could cause their love to cease to be but soon after that when Romeo woos her she is blinded by her passion and quickly forgets the result it is likely to bring about.
Obviously Juliet's final decision in the play is her most hasty and foolish. She was quick to drink the potion, without considering the damage she would cause to her own family. She wakes up to find her lover dead in her tomb, and like Romeo ignores the advice of the Friar. Instead however she picks up Romeo's dagger "This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die"(5.3.183). She takes her own life because she does thinks she can never be happy without Romeo. Shakespeare emphasises the ideas of foolishness, haste and too and blind
The reason Romeo and Juliet meet in the first place is because they decide on a whim that they are going to go to the Capulet party to show Romeo that there are other beauties besides Rosaline. In the beginning, Romeo’s obsession over a woman named Rosaline displays his ‘hopeless romantic’ persona. It also reveals his inner conflicts with women and falling in love. However, when sneaking into the Capulet’s ball and laying eyes on Juliet for the first …show more content…
In turn, Romeo does not think his choices through properly because he allows love to control his actions, proving that he is impulsive. Romeo’s bold but risky actions towards falling in love with Juliet result in him marrying her within the day without consent from either family.
As for Juliet’s role in this tragedy: “I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (2.2.123) Juliet was well aware of her rash decisions and the consequences they could have, she tries to explain to Romeo that she is afraid that their rash decisions could cause their love to cease to be but soon after that when Romeo woos her she is blinded by her passion and quickly forgets the result it is likely to bring about.
Obviously Juliet's final decision in the play is her most hasty and foolish. She was quick to drink the potion, without considering the damage she would cause to her own family. She wakes up to find her lover dead in her tomb, and like Romeo ignores the advice of the Friar. Instead however she picks up Romeo's dagger "This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die"(5.3.183). She takes her own life because she does thinks she can never be happy without Romeo. Shakespeare emphasises the ideas of foolishness, haste and too and blind