Heraclitus once said, “The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become.” This quote applies to all people, including Romeo & Juliet, and Pyramus & Thisbe. Their stories are prime examples of how small choices can make a big impact. Even though the passages reference destiny many times, personal choice has more of an impact on the characters’ lives.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is a story about two starcross’d lovers that are unable to seek their love for eachother. During the play they are lead into circumstances where they need to talk to someone about what is happening. Both Romeo and Juliet both made very wise decisions, in their advisors during the play. Romeo choosing Friar and Juliet choosing her nurse, changed the outcome and events that took place throughout this play.
The play, Romeo and Juliet, shows how impulsiveness can lead to tragedy. Throughout the play, characters often
The opinions of others do affect our choices and destinies. They especially affected the choices and the destiny of the young couple, Romeo and Juliet. The choice that the searchers made when Friar John was going to Mantua, affected the whole plan that Friar Lawrence had made for Romeo and Juliet, which ended in the death of many people including young lovers. Friar John explains to Friar Lawrence that, “The searchers of the town, suspecting that we both were in a house where the infectious pestilence did reign, sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth, so that my speed to Mantua there was stayed” (Shakespeare 5.2.8-12). Friar Lawrence asks if he at least got the letter to Romeo, which then he replied, “I could not send it—here it is again— nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection” (Shakespeare 5.2.14-16).
Romeo and Juliet’s Decision Making Process A prologue reads: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes /A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (1.1.5-6). This famous quote was echoed around the story of Romeo and Juliet and told of two families and their feuding relationship. Written by Shakespeare, the story contains the theme “Think through the choices you make.”
(5.3.116) Romeo was shocked because he had just found out that his wife, Juliet, was “dead”. Instead of trying to find out what happened to her and discovering the full story, Romeo decided to travel to the Capulet tomb where he would poison himself. Romeo acted on despair and emotion with his decision and overall that caused his death and also Juliet’s. Emotional and rash decision making played an enormous part in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Many different characters used their emotion instead of judgement to solve
The play Romeo and Juliet has many immature characters. Most of the decisions the individuals make are very childish and harm them. Many of the adults also just allow the kids to do whatever they want and comply with their decisions like the Nurse and Friar Lawrence. The adolescents and adults are not acting in an appropriate manner given because they are making bad and hasty decisions as if they don’t know how to make good ones. The adolescents in the play act very childish and make many decisions that harm them.
Angel Salazar Mr. Young English I Have you made a bad decision, then wondered what the opposite decision would be? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, bad decisions are everywhere. These include the main characters getting married after knowing each other for less than a day, killing themselves, and letting lust run their lives. Nevertheless, even after all these bad decisions some still believe it was fate that led to this tragedy, because Romeo and Juliet would have never met if not for fate.
Romeo lacks the rationale to find an alternative means to handle his grief, which results in his impulsive decision to join Juliet in death. The events of this story would have been averted if not for the faulty judgment of Romeo, but other characters’ careless actions contribute to this tragic tale. With rational decisions by the Capulet household, the disastrous events of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are undoubtedly
Age plays a significant role on decision-making not only in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet but also in modern times. In the play, Romeo and Juliet are only young teenagers which influences on making childish and no-thought decisions. This is shown In Act 2 where Romeo is depressed because Rosaline, who he had confessed his love to has rejected him, and refuses to crash the Capulet’s party. It’s not until his friends Mercutio and Benvolio force him to go when he lays his eyes upon Juliet and proceeds to forget about his love and fall in love with Juliet instead.
Romeo being young and driven by emotions can’t see any other life without Juliet and decides in that moment that death is something he would welcome if he could be with Juliet again. In that final act of the play, Romeo commits his most impulsive and most remembered act of being driven by emotions, therefore, ending the tragic drama of Romeo and his
“A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worm’s meat of me. I have it, And soundly too. Your houses!” (3,1,103-105)
There are many decisions that people make when they are in love, that are not good for them, one example of this is Romeo and Juliet. The scene is written by William Shakespeare and is set after the party. After the party, Romeo visits the Capulet home, and overhears Juliet talking to herself. Juliet asks Romeo to marry her and he accepts. People don’t always make the right decisions when they are in love, such as putting themselves, and others in danger.
Despite being centuries old, the story of Romeo and Juliet incorporated many issues that are still relatable to people in modern times. The play (written in 1595 by William Shakespeare) addresses an arrangement of issues that people in 1595 as well as modern times can relate to, which is one reason why the play is still remembered today. In the story, the protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, both come from two warring families that are feuding over an “ancient grudge” that is not openly explained to us. Rash decision making, leading to further family feuding eventually incite Romeo and Juliet's demise. Throughout the story, key issues Shakespeare brings to light include the rashness of youth along with the importance of family.
Throughout our lives, we face countless decisions that require us to choose between what we feel in our hearts and what our rational mind is telling us. While there is no doubt that emotions play an important role in shaping our decisions and actions, it is often said that a person should prioritize using their head over their heart. This means that before making any big decision, it is essential to consider all available options, and think about the potential consequences of our actions. This is especially important in situations where the stakes are high, and the outcomes of our choices can have a significant impact on our lives or the lives of those around us.
