Though the fault may seem collective, almost every event in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet can be traced back to one person. One singular person caused the death of at least 6 people, the impulsive nature of Romeo was one of the main reasons that the events of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet played out the way they did. Romeo’s obsession with Rosaline, ability to fall in love in seconds, and terrible decision skills is what lead to this misfortunate event. In the beginning of the play, Romeo does not even know Juliet exists. Instead, Romeo is head over heels for a mysterious girl named Rosaline. If this obsession was anything like his with Juliet, it’s safe to assume he was love struck, and has probably been multiple times. Rosaline is …show more content…
Romeo is the type of decision maker that thinks a girl he just met is worth killing himself for, and the type to marry someone after knowing them for less than 12 hours, and also they could die from marrying them. Situations like Romeo’s do happen, one happened in Yemen, where two young adults fell in love but weren’t able to marry because of family disagreeance. They planned to escape across the border by disguising both of them, they were both caught, but handled it like reasonable people. According to the BBC, “She was arrested on charges of illegal immigration. Huda's family claimed Arafat had used "magic" on their daughter, according to reports. Arafat returned to Yemen and he too was arrested, for helping Huda.” (BBC). Unlike Romeo and Juliet, no one killed themselves because their plan wasn’t perfect. After this, they were even able to negotiate with the UN to be labeled as Yemen Refugees, and not be returned to their families, with a bit of reason and smooth talk Romeo’s situation could have resulted more like this than having him end up