Romeo And Juliet's Mistakes Essay

Romeo and Juliet were deeply attracted to each other when they first met, but one of their first mistakes was assuming their attraction was love. The decision they made to kiss on the first night they met was a bad one. They knew at this point that their families were enemies, but they didn’t let that stop them. Juliet shares her thoughts about this after Romeo leaves her balcony; “My only love sprung from my only hate, too early to be seen, and too late to be known! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.” (1.V. 137-140) She uses the word love when they have known each other for barely a few hours. She acts like she has no choice but to love someone from a family that her family despises. Romeo pursues her from

They jump right in without pausing to think what the consequences might be. Had they realized that their feelings were more on the surface than real love is, then they would not have continued seeing each other and creating a big conflict between the families. The decision to get married was even worse than when they thought they fell in love at first sight. They did not ask their family for permission to get married. After just meeting Juliet, Romeo goes to Friar Laurence and asks, “[him] consent to marry [them] today.”(11.11.64) This is ridiculously fast and not thought through. First, Juliet is fourteen and Romeo is not much older, they are way too young to be getting married, they are still kids. The fact that they kept a secret from their parents was childish. They also let Friar Laurence come up with a secret plan that most adults would think was a bad idea. They follow him because they let their feelings of passion guide their actions. If kissing and getting married was a bad idea, then definitely faking your death is even worse. Most of the poor decisions they made involved hiding information from their parents and