Examples Of Hasty In Romeo And Juliet

The Real Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The real tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are the consequences of the hasty, and poorly thought out plans by the characters. Throughout the entirety of the play, the reader is given multiple examples of people making quick decisions, from quick marriage plans, to poisons, most of the characters are not thinking through their actions. One example of the characters making hasty decisions is when Romeo and Benvolio arrive at the Capulet’s party, even though they know they are enemies. “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown, / But to rejoice in splendor of mine own” (Shakespeare 1.2. 103-104). Romeo decides to go to the party just to see Rosaline again and does not fully let it sink in that this is a Capulet

One of the biggest decisions made is Romeo and Juliet deciding to get married, and Friar Laurence marrying them together. The two teenagers have only seen each other for a full two days and decide to get married, even after the fact that they found out they are from enemy families. In act 2 scene 6 Romeo and Juliet come together and are married by Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence did not say no, and revoke Romeo’s plead to marry them. Friar Laurence predicted it would go south when he said, “These violent delights have violent ends/And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,/Which, as they kiss, consume” (Shakespeare 2.6. 9-11). Friar Laurence had the power to stop the marriage but he did not think clearly of the repercussions it could lead to. If Friar denied the request to marry the two “lovers,” that could have given Romeo and Juliet more time to really think about the consequences of the actions they make. These two hasty decisions led to the worst decision made in the

“Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee. She drinks and falls down on the bed, hidden by the bed curtains” (Shakespeare 4.3. 59). After Romeo got banished and was sent to Mantua, to get out of her marriage to Paris, Juliet takes a sleeping potion given to her by Friar. The plan was for her to take it Wednesday night, so the Friar would have time to send the letter to Romeo, but because of another hasty decision by Lord Capulet to move the wedding a day early, everything was a day off. Her decision to take the potion that night led to Romeo finding out by Balthasar and not the Friar. Romeo did not know Juliet was still alive and decided to kill himself, another hasty decision, even though he only knew Juliet for less than a week. When Juliet awakens and sees Romeo dead, she also decides to take her own life. She and Romeo did not even think about what they were doing and thought only on impulse. The poor thought out plans made throughout the play slowly led up to the death of the Capulet’s daughter, and Montague’s