The long standing-family feuding and fate is ultimately to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Some people may think that Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their own deaths, because they both killed themselves. They are wrong, the
Choices and Consequences in Romeo & Juliet (ROUGH DRAFT) Many choices in Romeo & Juliet lead to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, but the most responsible are the decisions of Romeo and Juliet. Even though the choices of people like Friar Laurence, Tybalt, and Lord Capulet lead to the deaths of Romeo & Juliet, the choices Romeo and Juliet make throughout the play ultimately leads to their death because of Romeo and Juliet’s decision to be married and Romeo’s decision to go to the party. Romeo’s choice to go the Capulet party is the most influential and contributing to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Due to Romeo’s depression Mercutio & Benvolio convince him to go to the Capulet party.
Colton Prewitt Miss. Oresko English 9 7 March 2023 Decisions, Values, and Consequences in Romeo and Juliet Countless amounts of people value love and loyalty. Which can often cause people to make decisions they would not make with though no loyalty. This is shown with a character in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Where two teenagers love each other so much they are willing to die for each other.
In the beautifully written play, “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare writes of two lovers that end their lives in the name of love. Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family, the Montagues and the Capulets, have a family feud between them but the lovers try to make their relationship work. The couple, however, do not make the best choices and that is why their tragic ending is the way it is. Romeo and Juliet’s immature choices and devotion to their relationship directly resulted in their deaths. The first action that led to Romeo and Juliet’s death is the choice Romeo made of going to the Capulet’s feast.
The debate of who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” has been going on for centuries. Romeo and Juliet take their own lives but it’s not at the fault of their own, but instead at the fault of fate and the ongoing feud between the Capulet and Montague families. When analyzed and looked at more deeply, you can connect the feud with their deaths. Some believe that the youth and impulsiveness of the two caused their deaths.
Looking around a highschool classroom and studying the faces of the students. Wondering about the choices they have made, universal choices that will permanently affect them and their future, like ripples on the water of a usually still lake. Contemplating where they would be if previous decisions had been decided in a different manner, curious of where and who they would be. The decisions that they have previously made will continue to ripple and affect their lives. It truthfully really leaves a person to wonder, why humans are unable to base decisions off of other people’s mistakes whether fictional or real.
The human mind during the teenage years often acts very irrationally. This is very much the case for Romeo in the play written by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo made countless bad decisions that led to his death at the end of the play. These bad decisions were influenced by the adolescent mind. In Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, the experiences of Romeo are influenced by the adolescent brain through irrational adolescent behavior, impulsive behavior, and the rush of dopamine.
One issue people often face is whether to make decisions in life based on their head or heart. It is clear that in Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet, and life, a person should prioritize their heart. Reasons for this include keeping them and their family safe and preventing impulsive decisions. It is clear that in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, a person should prioritize their head to keep themselves and their family safe. In the novel, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence advises Romeo on love and making decisions.
Although many think fate and destiny was the reason for their deaths, Romeo and Juliet died because of their own terrible, irresponsible choices. Another possible interpretation is that it all was part of God’s plan or destiny. However, the majority of the text evidence points to immature decisions. At the beginning of the play, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s were in a feud. Romeo, the only son of Lord and Lady Montague, sneaks into a party held by the Capulet’s.
“Never make permanent decisions on temporary emotions.” -Wiz Khalifa. Often times people make the mistake of getting caught up in how they are feeling in the moment and make quick, illogical decisions that they would not normally make. If the characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are delineated, it is clear that they often do this.
Teenager’s relationships and decisions are impacted by outside influences. Adults and friends can impact the decisions that teenagers make. Teenagers sometimes take advice from people that they shouldn’t take advice from, which leads them to making risky decisions. Romeo and Juliet are teenagers who make many decisions about their relationships based on outside sources. Romeo’s relationships with his friends have affected the decisions he has made.
The death of the two star-crossed lovers is often mistaken for a choice that they made on their own. Even though Romeo and Juliet took their lives on their own will, fate and the long lasting family feud is to blame for the tragic death of the two star-crossed lovers. The major falling-out of Romeo and Juliet was all caused by the long lasting family feud and also fate. Most people, that read the story or only hear of the story, are led to believe that their deaths are their fault, and no one else had a part in it since they took their own lives.
It can be hard for one to think wisely and slow, and those who don’t are forced to face the consequences. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, a story is told of two star-struck lovers who have a family feud in their way. When someone acts quickly and rashly, it can result in great consequences, which is proved numerous times in the text. The playwright develops this theme when Romeo gets married to Juliet, and when Capulet bashes Juliet after her refusal to court Paris.
Romeo and Juliet is notorious for being a timeless story due to the enduring theme of teenage rebellion seen in our own society and literature today. Romeo of the Montague family is a headstrong character whose nature can be seen as immensely impetuous. He falls extremely in love with a girl named Juliet of the Capulet family, the Montague’s rival. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is ultimately the origin of the deaths of both himself and Juliet because of his passionate belief in fate, his impulsive disposition, and his dependency on Juliet. Romeo’s extreme reliance on fate makes him feel powerless to help himself, so he makes rash decisions, causing the deaths of himself and Juliet.
In “Romeo and Juliet” Shakespeare tells you at the end that Romeo and Juliet died from making rash decisions without thinking about the consequences. The story is about two lovers that should have thought things through and learn from their mistakes but end up failing in the long run. So these two people are enemies but lovers. Their family does not want them to love each other. They