Irresponsible Actions In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare portray how carefree and naive Romeo, Juliet, and Lord capulet are. The actions of the three cause the tragic consequences of the play. Romeo’s rash and irresponsible actions contribute to the tragic consequences of the play because he let his impulse and hot-headedness guide him. In the beginning of Act II, Romeo decides not to join his friends leaving the Capulet party and instead goes back to the orchard in hopes of seeing Juliet again: “Can I go forward when my heart is here?/ Turn back dull earth and find thy center out” (2.1.1-2). Here, Romeo is the dull earth, and the center he wants to find is Juliet. This metaphor exhibits exaggeration and devotion, therefore it demonstrates Romeo’s passion

Because of his decision to try to find Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are able to meet privately and swear their love to one another, which leads to impetuous plans to marry. Shortly after meeting for the first time, Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. Romeo emerges from the chapel only to find himself in a duel with Tybalt, who accidentally kills Mercutio. In response, Romeo cries out, “Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads,/ Staying for thine to keep him company:/ Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.121-124). Mercutio’s soul is above Romeo’s and Tybalt’s heads because he is dead, and Romeo swears that either he or Tybalt must keep him company, which is a challenge to duel to the death. Because of Romeo’s decision to challenge Tybalt immediately after Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt, his wife’s cousin, in a rash passion of anger, and the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona. Tybalt’s murder shows that Romeo can act irrationally, and his banishment leads to problems communicating with Juliet. Towards the end of the play, Romeo learns that Juliet is dead and buried in the Capulet monument, so he buys poison from an

Romeo's past actions curse Juliet's current days, she is utterly shocked by her husband, whose actions are so confusing that she can not decide whether to love him or hate him, because of this their relationship becomes untrusting and unstable which ultimately leads to their untimely deaths. Soon after Juliet finds out about the murder, she attempts to justify her husband's activity so she does not go mad in his absence, “But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?/That villain cousin would have killed my husband. Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring!” (3.2.100-102). This crazy demonstration of juxtaposition proves Juliet's bipolorness, she is willing to turn on her family whom she's known her whole life for a man she met less than a month ago. She has to contradict thoughts in her head so she can convince herself to trust him, which ultimately leads to her demise. Not long after Juliet finds out she is to be married she decides to get poison from the Friar to put her into a deep slumber, in her last experiences with her family she says, “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again./I have fain cold fear thrills through my veins/ That almost freezes up the heat of life./I'll call them back again to comfort me./Nurse!- What should she do here?” (4.3.14-18). Juliet's surprising words, confuse her family because they believe she will wake up in a few hours but her text suggests she will not. At the end of her words, she gets scared about the