Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo Montague allows his emotions to determine his decisions. Romeo is a rash young man, who puts himself before others. The only time that Romeo actually thinks something through is before his decision to go to the Capulet ball. When Romeo arrived he decided that he was in love with Juliet at first sight, which was a very quick careless decision. This launches the chain reaction of Romeo’s impulsiveness that is Romeo and Juliet. After meeting Juliet at the ball, Romeo decided to marry her the next day. This one act radiates into the rest of the play and has a negative effect on the ending of the play. Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to ask him to officiate the wedding. The Friar
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After receiving the news of Juliet’s ‘death’ Romeo traveled to Verona to lay in death with his wife forever. His last utterance being “‘O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick/thus with a kiss I die”’ (ll.1.130). Waiting as little as ten minutes to grieve could have prevented the tragic ending of this play. There were an infinite amount of other options than killing himself, yet he just chose the first one that popped into his head. When Juliet awakens from her faux death she finds Romeo’s dead body, the thought of living without her husband was so unbearable that, she too killed herself. Her last words were “‘O happy dagger! This is thy sheath/ [stabs herself] there rust and let me die”’(5.3.181-184). Even after death, Romeo has taken lives with his rash decisions.This is the final quick decision that Romeo makes before he meets his demise. This is the literal ‘tragic end’ the Romeo and Juliet. Each irrational decision Romeo made lead to another, and another until he committed suicide. Romeo’s impulsiveness shaped the tragic end of the play. There were so many instances in the play where waiting five minutes could have prevented the entire tragedy from happening. While this chaos never could have happened without the bad choices of the others, it almost always comes back to Romeo. This play. While being a classic, consists (in simple terms) of Romeo making bad decisions and no none calling him out on them, and terrible timing. Over the course of three days six people
After receiving the news of Juliet’s ‘death’ Romeo traveled to Verona to lay in death with his wife forever. His last utterance being “‘O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick/thus with a kiss I die”’ (ll.1.130). Waiting as little as ten minutes to grieve could have prevented the tragic ending of this play. There were an infinite amount of other options than killing himself, yet he just chose the first one that popped into his head. When Juliet awakens from her faux death she finds Romeo’s dead body, the thought of living without her husband was so unbearable that, she too killed herself. Her last words were “‘O happy dagger! This is thy sheath/ [stabs herself] there rust and let me die”’(5.3.181-184). Even after death, Romeo has taken lives with his rash decisions.This is the final quick decision that Romeo makes before he meets his demise. This is the literal ‘tragic end’ the Romeo and Juliet. Each irrational decision Romeo made lead to another, and another until he committed suicide. Romeo’s impulsiveness shaped the tragic end of the play. There were so many instances in the play where waiting five minutes could have prevented the entire tragedy from happening. While this chaos never could have happened without the bad choices of the others, it almost always comes back to Romeo. This play. While being a classic, consists (in simple terms) of Romeo making bad decisions and no none calling him out on them, and terrible timing. Over the course of three days six people