Theme Of Lack Of Communication In Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the tragedy of the young lovers is caused by lack of communication and poor choices.
The young lovers allow the interference of adults to rule over them, due to dishonesty and inadequate information. Firstly, lying contributes to a tragedy in the play that results in a lack of communication.“I will not marry yet, and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris” (3.5.120-123). This demonstrates that Juliet is dishonest whilst she states that she will not marry Paris, and would prefer to marry Romeo, an enemy of Juliet's family, despite the fact that she secretly loves Romeo. This leads to the tragedy because Juliet is being dishonest and is hiding secrets from her family. Since Paris offers marriage to Juliet, Juliet proceeds to decline Paris' offer however, Juliet does not want to let her father down yet, has no choice but to demand Friar Lawrence to assist a solution that will not reveal Romeo and

Balthsar states “her body sleeps in Capels’ monument and her immortal part with angel lives” This creates a conflict because Balthsar then rushes to Mantua to inform Romeo that Juliet is not alive, not knowing Juliet is still alive. (5.1.19-20) Therefore, this demonstrates the lack of communication in the play. A person’s decisions often lead to poor choices that cause them to be impatient as well as being thoughtless. Friar Lawrence suggests Juliet a sleeping potion that will cause her to be unconscious, which the poison will make Juliet appear as if she were dead for 42 hours. As Juliet chooses to take the poison she is continually impatient. “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drinks, I drink to thee” Juliet makes a poor