Examples Of Impulsiveness In Romeo And Juliet

Does your partner ever act out without thinking? Do they ever hurt your feelings and don't even realize it? This is called impulsiveness. It is seen everywhere throughout the world and in people's relationships. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is seen as this kind of impulsive character that hurts Juliet. He has the same kind of harshness and acts without thinking impulsiveness that we see in relationships nowadays. The blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet lies on Romeo's shoulders since he was the one that initiated the relationship and as a result of his impulsiveness he and Juliet died.

Romeo's initiation of the relationship led to Juliet feeling forced into something she didn't know she was getting into which eventually led to her death.

Romeo's impulsiveness when killing Tybalt led to Juliet fleeing Friar for help. Friar came up with the plan for Juliet to fake her death to get out of marriage with Paris. If Rome had not acted so impulsively with Tybalt, Juliet would not have had to go to such extreme lengths to conceal their love. Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo, but Mercutio stepped in and took his place and ended up getting killed by Tybalt. Seeing this, Romeo acted out and fought Tybalt. He was so outraged by Mercutio's death that Romeo did not stop to think about his actions and even offered his own life as revenge for Mercutio even though this would impact Juliet so much. In Act 3.1 Romeo states, “Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.” This is demonstrating how Romeo was willing to kill Tybalt or give up his own life to avenge Mercutio. Romeo acted without considering how this may impact others. Once Juliet found out that her husband killed her cousin she was very distraught. So, she fled to Friar for help. Friar came up with the plan to have Juliet fake her death and this all connects back to Romeo for he is the one that initiated everything due to his impulsive behavior. The faking of Juliet's death made Romeo die and in the end, she ended up dying as well. This further proves my point that due to Romeo's impulsive actions, Juliet's death and his death were his

However, there is a number of people who believe Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for the deaths of these star-crossed lovers. This is incorrect because Friar Lawrence is a friend of Romeo's, and Romeo in a way influenced Friar. Romeo's friendship with him forced Friar to come up with a bad plan in an attempt to save his friend's wife from a treacherous marriage. He could not have foreseen that the plan he made to help his friend would be the reason they died. Romeo's actions also build up this point so it could not have been Friar's fault. After the masquerade capulet party and after Romeo goes to see Juliet and he asks her to marry him, Romeo has to go see Friar to talk about marrying them. When Romeo goes over to Friars, Friar is shocked but agrees to marry them. Friar warns Romeo and Juliet of what could go wrong during the wedding. In Act 2.6, Friar Lawrence says, “These violent delights have violent ends”. In this way, Friar is warning Romeo and Juliet that there are things that can go wrong but due to Romeo and Juliet's impulsive actions, they blow past this and in the end, are dead. This demonstrates that it is not Friar's fault because he was never trying to hurt them in any way and was only trying to do his best to help his friend with his newfound