The Impulsive Behavior In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

“Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean… A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (Prologue. 4,6). Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is known for the death of two lovers , the ones who are responsible are Romeo and Juliet. In the first place, Juliet's bad decision making skills lead down a path that ended with her death. Furthermore, Romeo’s impulsive behaviour caused him to be in situations he could have otherwise avoided. As well as the couple's low maturity level, it did not help them, and only caused them more pain. The only people who are to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s downfall are themselves since it is their actions and decisions that lead to them killing themselves. Juliet could have made other decisions, wiser decisions, but she decided to go down the path that lead to her …show more content…
To begin with, Juliet is not old enough to be able to make decisions as big as the ones she does during the play. When Lord Capulet is talking to Paris, he speaks of her age: “She hath not seen the change of fourteen years” (1.2.9). Her age makes her lack experience in life that would help her make decisions better and learn to follow her stomach. As well as, Romeo’s impulsive behaviour shows how immature and unprepared he is for the responsibility that he decided to take on. Romeo kills Tybalt and Paris in cold blood. Romeo must lacks enmity since he did not care that he killed people, how he took their lives, or that they have love ones that care for them. The couple kill themselves as if death is a joke. Not to mention, by the end of the play both Romeo and Juliet are dead by their own hands, upset over how the other is dead. Romeo and Juliet must have been too young to realise the consequences of their actions and how when you die, that is it, there is no coming back. Romeo and Juliet’s maturity levels impacted their way of thinking and contributed to their decision