Mihir Bhadange Mrs. Raffle English Language Arts- 9th grade 16 December 2014 Troubles That Came with Juliet’s Tragic Flaw In Shakespeare’s timeless love story, Romeo and Juliet, many characters act in certain ways to influence the plot in a drastic way. Even though they came from two feuding families, the Montague’s and Capulet’s, they end up becoming star- crossed lovers. However, many times throughout the play, the reader believes the feud will end, but some miscommunication arises, leading to harsher problems. As the miscommunications between the two increases, a very interesting side of Juliet appears which ends up becoming her tragic flaw. This tragic flaw of being naïve goes on throughout the play because she stops thinking things through and taking the right steps forward. Juliet’s tragic flaw of being naïve is one tragic flaw that has caused many problems for her and other characters close to her. At the beginning of the play, when Juliet’s mom tries to talk her into marrying …show more content…
“My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain; / And Tybalt’s dead, that would have slain my husband” (III, ii, 105-106). Even after Tybalt got slain and Romeo almost died, Juliet did not think to tell her parents they were married, so just maybe Romeo might not have got banished. Also, Juliet being naïve causes great harm to her family and herself, when she talks to the Friar about faking her death. “When presently through all the veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse… Give me, give me! O, tell mot me of fear (IV, I, 95-121). Juliet is not showing good judgment because she didn’t think through the consequences, which could have separated her from Romeo, if even one thing in their plan went wrong. Her being naïve after meeting Romeo has blinded her of what is truly important in her life, which has led to many consequences and