Romeo And Juliet Rash Decisions

At only age thirteen, couples can not know what true love feels like, especially when they have only known eachother for a couple days. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, the so called “star-crossed lovers’” act foolish, rushing into a marriage and not thinking about the possible consequences that might happen to such a controversial relationship because of their feuding families. Ultimately, the rash decisions lead to the deaths of not only Romeo and Juliet, but along with Paris and Mercutio. Romeo and Juliet's’ rashness to get married and kill themselves along with Friar Lawrence’s hastiness to marry the lovers despite his beliefs, make a dangerous potion, and fail to deliver the letter to Romeo, all play a major role in the tragedy.

Alarmed that she is preparing to kill herself, the Friar rushes to make a perilous potion. This was a bad idea since Romeo was uninformed and does not receive the letter from Friar John. Sending Friar John to deliver the letter by himself is a rash decision, when he should remember as Brian Gibbons points out that, “the rule of the Franciscan order forbade Friar John to travel without the company of another Friar.” If Friar Lawrence had simply gotten someone to accompany Friar John, the letter would get to Romeo, changing the end of the play's tragedy

If they would have never made the two get married, Friar Lawrence would never give Juliet the dangerous potion, therefore the two lovers’ would still be alive and happy.

Another act of hastiness is the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio. If Mercutio would have let things go, two lives would have been saved. Along with that, Romeo would have not killed Tybalt so would have never been banished from the city. If he had never been banished, it would be easier to communicate with Friar Lawrence and may in fact received the letter on time.

“It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden."(2.2.118) Juliet's words reflect herself and the play as a whole. Throughout Romeo and Juliet the theme hastiness is shown in all the characters at least once. Between the lying and scheming, the lovers’ are the most obvious characters containing hastiness by getting secretly married and killing themselves irrationally. Friar Lawrence also contributed by marrying the lovers, giving the potion to Juliet, and failing to deliver the letter to Romeo. Juliet’s parents also contribute because of the rushed marriage of Paris and Juliet. In addition, Tybalt and Mercutio’s violence also are rash. In conclusion, all the characters in some form or another ultimately play a major role in the