The Consequences Of Misunderstandings In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, jumping to conclusions leads to many problems caused by misunderstandings, including unintentional deaths and destroyed family relationships. In Act I, scene v of the production, Romeo, a Montague, risks his life to be at a Capulet party to see Rosaline. While at the party, he impulsively falls in love with Juliet instead. Throughout this scene, multiple people are quick to judge and assume traits and intentions about others before they know them. For example, once Tybalt realizes Romeo is present at the gathering he automatically presumes he’s there to ruin the banquet. “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,/ A villain that is hither come in spite,/To scorn at our solemnity this night” (I,v). However,

So they plan a wedding that they hope will soothe her grief about her cousin’s death without consulting Juliet first. During this scene, many speculations are made about Juliet, her emotions, and what she wants. For example, Lord Capulet believes Juliet is unable to see anyone because she is sad about her cousin's death. “Things have fall’n out, sir, so unluckily,/ That we have had no time to move our daughter:/Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,/ And so did I:—Well, we were born to die./’Tis very late, she’ll not come down to-night” (III,iv). Although Capulet has good reason to believe his daughter is grieving, she is actually having her wedding night with Romeo in secret. Because of Lord Capulet's unawareness of the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, he plans a second, unwanted marriage for her. The news

Juliet approaches the Friar very desperate, and he offers up a plan to stop the event which involves her faking her own death. Throughout this scene, Juliet’s needs and desires are concluded even after she voices her opinion. For example, Paris and Capulet still believe a quick marriage is exactly what Juliet needs to feel better about Tybalt’s death. “Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death,/ And therefore have I little talk’d of love;/For Venus smiles not in a house of tears./Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous/That she doth give her sorrow so much sway,/ And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,/To stop the inundation of her tears” (IV,i). On the contrary, the wedding is only making her situation worse and causing her to make irrational decisions. Because of Capulets continued hastiness, Juliet goes along with the Friar's incoherent plan. Without Lord Capulet’s wedding plans, the arrangement to avoid the wedding wouldn’t be be created. Because the faulty plan ends in Paris, Romeo and Juliet's deaths; without the original wedding dispositions they all might still be alive. In Act V, scene iii of the show, Paris and Romeo both go to Juliet’s grave in hopes of saying one last goodbye in private. However, they accidentally arrive at the same time and don’t recognize one another; soon a fight breaks out between