Was it lust or love that Romeo had for Juliet? Romeo’s actions played a significant role in the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo has a very impulsive and hasty personality, which ultimately led to the deaths of multiple characters in this story. He never really would think things through and let his emotions guide his thoughts and actions. By looking more closely at Romeo’s flaws, we see that he is to blame for this tragedy at the end of the play. In the beginning of the story Romeo brings up to Benvolio that he has no love and goes on to say “A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving sweet” (1,1), showing how much self conflict he has with love. Romeo has an unstable mindset when it comes to loving people, his mindset leans more towards the want for lust, not love. In the next scene Romeo and Benvolio get invited to the Capulet dinner party by one of the servants, Benvolio in convincing Romeo to go to get his mind off of Rosaline. Romeo agrees, only to prove that Rosaline is the most beautiful woman out there. This is him showing his want for a beautiful woman rather than someone who has an amazing personality who he could grow a healthy relationship with. …show more content…
When Romeo agreed to go to the party, he was asking for a conflict to happen. When Tybalt spotted Romeo he asked Capulet if he could take care of the “situation”, when he was told no he spat out “I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall now seeming sweet to bitt’rest gall.” Romeo’s tension with people increases after he enters Juliet's life. After Romeo and Juliet decide to get married, Tybalt approached Romeo later that night asking him to fight, resulting in not only Tybalt being killed but also Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, causing Romeo to be