Bad Decisions In Romeo And Juliet

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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers fall in love only to find out that their families are bitter enemies. Romeo, formerly in love with Rosaline, is now mesmerized by Juliet’s beauty and completely forgets about his former love. Romeo and Juliet is a story about the teen’s forbidden love and their struggle to be together. Sadly enough, Romeo and Juliet has a very tragic ending where Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves. While fate ultimately decides the outcomes in Romeo and Juliet, several characters contribute to the tragedy by the decisions they make. One character who makes a bad decision leading to the tragedy is Romeo. First of all, when Romeo attends the Capulet party, he dances with Juliet.…show more content…
First of all, Capulet wishes to have Juliet marry Paris and tells his wife: “’Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed; acquaint her here of my son Paris’ love and bid her… a Thursday, tell her, she shall be married to this noble earl’” (3.4.17-24). Capulet’s verdict to say Juliet will marry Paris without her consent leads to the disaster because Juliet is already married and does not want to break her promise to Romeo. Even though Capulet has no idea of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, he still should have asked if Juliet would like to be married to Paris. Because Capulet did not ask Juliet first, she was hysterical when she was told the news of her wedding to Paris. Secondly, when Juliet tells Capulet that she does not want to marry Paris, Capulet declares to Juliet: “’But, and you will not wed, I’ll pardon you. Graze where you will, you shall not house with me’” (3.5.215-216). Juliet’s father tells her that if she will not marry Paris, she will no longer be allowed to live in his house. By threatening Juliet, Capulet hopes to make Juliet marry Paris. Pressuring Juliet to make a choice that she does not want to make caused the tragedy at the end of the play. Lastly, in the same conversation, Capulet tells Juliet: “’An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the…show more content…
Romeo’s own bad decisions lead to the tragedy. Capulet’s poor judgement adds to the catastrophe. Friar Laurence’s terrible choices also lead to the final disaster of the play. Every character’s decisions in the play somehow lead to the deaths of Romeo and
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