Overcoming Misjudgement: How Misconceptions Lead to Consequences Stories in fictional books can be true. Well, the concept can be at least. Misjudgement, for example, appeared throughout many stories in ways that they could come about in the real world. A character could be trapped in a situation they can’t control and be looked down upon. Or, a character can be elevated to the point of no questioning. Whatever the case, oftentimes a plot may reflect what is happening throughout the real world and can give the reader insight into what might be going on around them. In the stories Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, several characters grappled with and eventually overcame misjudgment, showing the reader …show more content…
The play followed the stories of two people trying to come together with the help of the friar. Putting their trust in him, though, proved to be fatal, as his plans were not as successful when being executed. Before Juliet, one of the lovesick teenagers, took a temporary deadly drug given to her by the Friar to help resolve her problems, she said to herself, “What if it be a poison which the friar / Subtly hath ministered to have me dead…?” (Act 4 Scene 2 Lines 24-25, 27). Although, when thinking of his status, Juliet dismissed that thought, saying, “and yet methinks it should not, / For he hath still been tried a holy man” (Act 4 Scene 2 Lines 28-29). This shows how one can spring up misconceptions of someone based on a person’s high status, even when the risk is exponential. Another scenario with an overabundant amount of trust was when Juliet was excused by her mother to go to Friar Laurence, her mother misjudging the capabilities of the friar to help in a conniving plan. It was the reliance of the friar that helped spur the plots that made him a crucial part in Juliet’s death. The reader can interpret from these scenarios that all too often people in power are assumed to be correct and that they can do no wrong, but no one should make assumptions about someone until they are exceedingly sure they are