William Shakespeare, author and producer of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet included multiple flaws and weaknesses of human nature throughout his play. Out of these many different flaws displayed, one flaw specifically stood out more than the others. Shakespeare focused most on the human nature of making impulsive decisions and living in the moment without enough thought of future consequences, he painted this idea throughout multiple acts and included them in various different characters. Not only is this idea visible in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet but additionally, the short story of “Pyramus and Thisbe.” It still continues to be a relevant and commonly used flaw in writing today. Romeo and Juliet set the scene of impulsivity when they meet at the Capulet's party and ironically fall in love; thus cascading a series of events that ends the lives of multiple characters and perpetuates the on-going feud between the Motagues and the Capulets. Within hours of their forbidden rendezvous, Juliet declares …show more content…
Their endearment could have grown unencumbered by the restraints of their family’s feuds. Shakespeare unfolds the play with a prologue that lends the readers a backside to the forbidden rendezvous, he writes, “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” Both star-crossed lovers wouldn’t have had to go to such extreme measures to be united with one another. However, Shakespeare makes it clear that impulsivity is the real convict in our bodily nature, where logic and reason are exchanged for hasty, emotional and physically dangerous