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Impulsive Choices In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The people to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death is nobody else, but themselves. In the play Romeo and Juliet made idiotic and impulsive choices, which led to their tragic death. One example is when the play, Romeo and Juliet states, “This fight will decide who dies. They fight. Tybalt dies.” (Romeo. 3.1. 128) This illustrates, that Romeo couldn’t compressed his anger and decided to commit a felony. His actions were caused by anger and rage which reveals that Romeo has made reckless and impulsive decisions in the play. The murder of Tybalt, caused Romeo to be banished from Verona. If Romeo didn’t act imprudent during the play, then it would have been easier and possible for Friar Lawrence to tell Romeo the plan of Juliet’s fake death. It wouldn’t be necessary for Friar Lawrence to send a messenger to Romeo, if Romeo was still in Verona. …show more content…

That banishment is worse than the murder of ten thousands Tybalts.” (Juliet.3. 2. 113-115) This reveals how vacuous Juliet can be when she finds out that Romeo killed her cousin, Tybalt. Juliet still chooses to love and mourn for Romeo, after he murdered one of her family members. She made a foolish choice for choosing to stay with the man she has known for a few days, and who’s also the murderer of her cousin. Although Juliet acknowledges the fact that Romeo is a murderer and she barely knows him, her irrational thinking causes her to stay with Romeo instead of finding a new lover. Juliet stayed with Romeo by her own will, which would later cause Juliet to fake her own death and actually kill herself. Therefore, the teenagers are to blame because when they think they are making wise choices for their fate, they’re doing the complete opposite, which led to the end of their

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Although Tybalt kills one of Romeo’s closest friends, it is rash of him to respond to the murder by committing another murder. As a result, Romeo is banished from Verona and given a small amount of time to leave. This could have all been avoided if Romeo would have resolved the issue in a peaceful manner by confronting Tybalt about what had happened without fighting.

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Tybalt is the trigger that sends Romeo and Juliet off on their downward path. He is always causing trouble and never once in appears in the play without being in the context violence. He is constantly harassing Romeo and trying to make him fight. When Romeo finally does fight him to get revenge, he ends up killing him. Romeo getting banished means that when Friar Laurence and Juliet plan their devious scheme Romeo is not able to hear about it straight away, and in fact never hears about it, which leads to him killing himself on top of her still living body.

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In response Romeo says “Tybalt, I love you for a reason that allows me to ignore the rage that I would normally feel in response to such a greeting. I am not the villain ”(Shakespeare 39) this quote shows that due to his love for Juliet he won't let the hate from Tybalt's comment get to him so that end up hurting Juilets beloved cousin. In the end he ends up hurting him anyway, but it was only done because he had killed Mercutio. In act 4 juliet takes a vial from friar lawrence, saying “To avoid marrying Paris I’d jump from the top of a tower; or walk down thief-infested alleys; or sit among a nest of serpents; or be chained up with wild bears; or be shut up every night in a crypt full of rattling bones…”(shakespeare 58). This quote is her saying that she would do anything, even dying, to avoid marrying Paris, and stay pure to her love, which follows, that if she didn't want to be with Romeo, she wouldn't have made this

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This leads Romeo to his banishment from Verona. To further explain, “Shakespeare transcends his source by developing Romeo’s stature as a tragic protagonist as Romeo chooses here to decry his love for Juliet as an effeminate force, rendering him a ‘weaker vessel’ (1.1.14-15) and consequently he embraces the macho ethic of Tybalt’s revenge code” (Holmer 15). As a way to prove his love for Juliet, Romeo allows Tybalt to brag and tease Mercutio and Romeo. Mercutio, however, acts irrationally and attacks Tybalt, resulting in his death. Riled up with rage and anger, Romeo kills Tybalt, disposing of the “nice guy” act.

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