(Stabs herself) There rust and let me die.”-P. 579 lines (169-171). It’s really sad that all of this could have been avoided if Juliet would’ve just left with Romeo or if their families gave up their hatred for one another. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s personality drastically changes. At first Romeo was love-sick and Juliet didn’t want anything to do with marriage. Then they meet, fall in love and get married.
Later, Romeo hesitates again about the party but Mercutio convinces him once again. Mercutio and Romeo are ready for the party, they leave: “I fear, too early for my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the starts shall bitterly begin his fearful date” (I.IV.106). This shows that Romeo does not know how to control himself by getting peer pressured again by Mercutio. Several time Romeo doubt his own feelings about not attending the party, but Romeo’s desires get the better of him by leading to his death. Further more, Romeo getting married to Juliet is another bad choice of his.
For example, when she trusts the Friar to get the information to Romeo. This information never gets to Romeo, which leads him to kill himself. Juliet could have told Romeo about her plan to take the potion and this would have prevented both of their deaths. Another bad decision was the marriage which complicated the already difficult situation. In conclusion Romeo and Juliet both sacrifice their own lives due to a lot of bad choices.
“Three words, dear Romeo, and a goodnight indeed./If they bent of love be honourable/Thy propose marriage, send me word tomorrow”(II.ii.142-144) After only mere hours of knowing Romeo, Juliet writes off her hand in marriage. Juliet hastefully makes the decision to get married without thinking of the outcomes. Juliet ignores the fact that Romeo and her family are enemies, and makes a choice based on what she personally wants. Also, when faced with the issues her secret marriage caused, one sees Juliet act even more as a child and her quick fix mind set causes the biggest disaster of the play. Speaking to the Friar Lawrence of the suggestion to use dead/undead poison, Juliet replies, “Give me, give me!
This is highlighted when the Friar succumbs to the desires of the young lovers, “you two shall not be alone, till holy church incorporate two in one”. By permitting the two to wed, Friar Lawrence’s intentions may have been good, but he ultimately contributes to their “doomed” romance by not informing Romeo and Juliet’s parents of their marriage. In contrast to the bliss of the marriage, Romeo is soon banished for murdering Tybalt, where Friar Lawrence remains ignorantly optimistic that he can somehow help the two young lovers remain together. Through this episode Friar Lawrence still strives for the young lovers happiness in hope that all will come together, but he fails to see the destructiveness of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, thus through lack of guidance can be held responsible for the continuance of their affair. This is further illustrated when Juliet is forced to marry Count Paris when Friar Lawrence presents her with an alternative, “I’ll give thee remedy”.
This brought on more problems Lord Capulet had put his trust in the Friar to guide Juliet and help her. He thought by marring Romeo and Juliet it would bring the Capulets and the Montagues closer and peace would be made. But Lord Capulet wanted Juliet to marry County Paris, she didn't want to marry because it would be a sin, when she is still married to Romeo. This is when Friar Lawrence’s plan had capsized. Finally Juliet had gone to the Friar for help, his plan had also become disastrous.
Romeo and Juliet wish to get married soon after they meet even though they know their marriage will cause great unrest for both families. Because Juliet wants to marry Romeo and not Paris, she drinks a sedative before she is to marry Paris to make her appear dead so that she may later marry Romeo. However, when Romeo hears that she is dead he becomes hysterical and gets drinks a vial of poison so he could be with her. None of this would have happened if the families could put aside their hate for each other. Similarly, Mercutio and Tybalt hate each other and will take any chance they get to kill the other.
These two key characters are the ones to blame for this whole confusion which ended in Romeo and Juliet dead because of no communication. The Friar Laurence played a key role in this whole mix up by giving Juliet the potion that would eventually end with Romeo committing suicide thinking Juliet did the same. While talking to Friar Laurence the day before her wedding Juliet comes up
“Romeo and Juliet” is a play about two “star-crossed lovers” and how they make hasty decisions to try and make their relationship work. The problem with making hasty decisions is that no matter what the decisions are someone always gets hurt. Romeo is a boy who falls in love too quickly and when his heart is broken he cries and weeps for days and stays in his room and almost never comes out. Juliet is a young girl who has almost never seen or explored the world. The first example of hasty decisions is when Romeo agrees to attend to the Capulet’s diner even though he was never invited to it.
From the beginning, Romeo acts without thinking of the consequences. Romeo decides to go to the party; knowing Capulet is his enemy. Secondly, Romeo kills Tybalt out of rage, even though he knows it makes things all the worse for his current situation with Tybalt's cousin, Juliet. then grieves his mistake by saying, "O, I am fortune's fool!" Lastly, if Romeo had just taken some time to say prayers or thought about what he was doing before he resorted to suicide, he could have been in the tomb in time for the Friar to arrive and explain everything or for Juliet to wake up.