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Romeo And Juliet Decisions

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In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers make rash decisions that inevitably lead to the tragic deaths of both the main characters and others, by the end of the play. Romeo and Juliet both make impulsive choices that go against their parents' rules that end up leading to their tragic ends. Right before Juliet's potion starts to kick in she says, “o, look! Methinks I see my cousin’s ghost seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee” (Shakespeare 457). Furthermore, this quote relates to my claim because it shows that Juliet makes the decision to drink the potion that “kills'' her. …show more content…

Next Juliet foreshadows her own death and her wedding bed does indeed become her grave. In addition, this shows that Juliet determined her own fate by predicting her future and making her thoughts come true, based on the decisions she made leading up to this moment. Then, Romeo determines his own fate by making his own decisions. Finally, before Romeo attended the party, where he so easily fell with Juliet, he had some doubts about what the future withheld as he feared, “…for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date…and expired the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death” (Shakespeare 391). Lastly, Romeo determined his own fate because Romeo had a feeling, which he feared, that something destined was going to happen. Not only does he feel this, but he also mentions a despised life coming to an untimely death, foreshadowing young death in the play. This thought is proven true once both Romeo and Juliet passed away due to their passion for each other. But ultimately, Romeo was the one who still had doughnuts but made the decision to attend the party

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Shakespeare has Juliet to fight herself on taking the potion or not. She begins to show even more desperation as her argument continues. Juliet sits alone on her bed thinking thoroughly and shows some interest in taking the potion “ Romeo,Romeo,Romeo! Here's drink. I drink thee” She takes the sip of her potion and lays on her bed await of the deep sleep.

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“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)

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The moral decisions made by Friar Lawrence and Lord Capulet led to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they prioritized their personal desires and societal expectations over the well-being and happiness of the young couple. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tragedy that explores the power of love, hate, and moral dilemmas. The play revolves around the love story of two young lovers from rival families who struggle to overcome the barriers of their society and families' expectations. However, their love story is cut short by their untimely deaths, which were caused by the moral decisions and reasoning of some of the play's main characters. This essay will explore the role of Friar Lawrence and Lord Capulet in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by examining their moral decisions and reasoning.

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet brings a lot of light on the subject of fate and choice. Romeo and Julist were enemies, this is the fate of the story, but the choices are what lead to their untimely demise, so the story pointes a little more towards choice than anything. Romeo who was too hasty and Juliet was naive and acted on Romeo's foolish decisions, both made decisions that could only be described as dramatic or Irrational, and both used their ill-wits to make decisions that ultimately lead to their death. The decisions they made ended for the worst, but they could have turned it around. In the scene where Romeo and Juliet die, they both assumed the other was dead beforehand

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Throughout the play, Juliet and Romeo mention their presumed deaths. An example of this is when Romeo mentions his untimely demise before he enters the Capulet household for their feast. Romeo says: “I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” (1.4.104-105). Even before he meets Juliet and confronts the Friar, Romeo is being hinted at by fate that he will die shortly and sadly. Juliet hints at her demise again, this time after she is disciplined by her father.

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This creates an opportunity for the two to kindle their love, which leads to the sad ending of the play, as the love between Romeo and Juliet creates many consequential conflicts. One of these conflicts results in the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Once again, Romeo and his impulsive actions cause harm. In a rage, Romeo fights Tybalt, and Tybalt falls: “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain.”

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In Shakespeare’s the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers die due to their disobedient and deceiving ways. Since Romeo, Juliet, and even Friar Lawrence did not obey the leaders that were put in charge of them, they ended up paying the price, each in different ways. Romeo is the son of Lord and Lady Montague, he started out depressed over a girl named Rosaline who was not going to give her heart to him due to her commitment to the church. Romeo was invited to a party at the Capulet house where he met Juliet and instantly fell in love. All of this and the speed at which he was moving caused his blatant disobedience and death in the play.

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Romeo goes to Juliet's tomb when he thinks she is dead and he sees her lying there he thinks to himself she looks like she may still be alive but he know nothing so he sits there at Juliet's Deathbed and drinks poison he says “thy drugs are quick thus with a kiss I die”( 5.3 120). So before Romeo dies he gives Juliet a final goodbye kiss as a token of his love. the decision he made to die with Juliet shows the true love that they had for each other that they couldn't live without each other. Romeo says before he dies “for here lies Juliet and her beauty makes/ this Vault a feasting presence full of light/ death lie tho here by a dead man interred” 5.3 85-88 . He is saying here lies this beautiful woman who has died and I have nothing to do but to die with her.

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Romeo’s decision making skills amongst other flaws like impulsiveness and rashness, led him down a path that ended in his death. Juliet’s blind devotion to Romeo and haste in decision making left her feeling helpless and alone upon the realization that death was her only remaining viable option. The many minor characters in the play all helped push Romeo and Juliet’s already harmful decisions towards a place where they both ended up dead. Throughout the course of the play, it becomes very apparent that it’s not fate that causes the problems for Romeo and Juliet, but the disastrous decisions of everyone in the play combined, that create the plethora of problems that our two main characters have to deal

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As Juliet gets ready to drink the potion, she says, "Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here's drink - I drink to thee" (4.3.59). This quote shows Juliet's love for Romeo, when she willingly risks her own life, not knowing if the potion could kill her, but drinks it to hopefully be with him. When Romeo, who does not know anything of the plan, finds Juliet “dead”, he makes the impulsive decision to kill himself in heartbreak and sadness. When she wakes up to see Romeo dead, Juliet, also filled with grief, does the same.

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In the world that we live in today, there are many things that we face daily. Whether it be illness, love or just bad decisions, everybody encounters them and many more. Rash decisions are made on a very common basis among people. A lot of stuff affect the decisions you make. May it be, being too young and not having enough experience to make good decisions, or just the lack of care of the outcome.

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To expand, Romeo still believes Juliet has met her death, so he drinks poison which generates his death. Friar Lawrence’s letter would have stopped Romeo from committing suicide because he would know of Friar Lawrence’s plan to stop Juliet from marrying Paris, but the letter never reaches him therefore greatly modifying the play’s outcome. Furthermore, Juliet wakes up in the tomb realizing the love of her life, Romeo, has passed away, so she decides she must not live without him and she stabs herself. Juliet’s death from Friar Lawrence’s plan and letter not working results in changing the play’s outcome because she acts as one of the main characters of the play and without her, her family does not live the same way. The play’s outcome finishes differently due to Friar Lawrence’s letter brutally removing the lives of Paris, Romeo, and Juliet from the

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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.

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Tybalt killed Mercutio, a friend of Romeo, and Romeo was exiled. Then, Lord Capulet, Juliet 's father, decided she was going to marry County Paris, she freaks out and takes a potion which makes her seem dead for forty-two hours. Romeo hears of her “death” and buys a poison from the Apothecary and goes to the Capulet monument. Where he drinks the poison just as Juliet is waking, then

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