Dumber The Leader In Romeo And Juliet

Imagine this scenario, a radical political leader comes to power. His promises lead a small group of people to believe in him and trust his guidance. However, his party is sent crashing down leave his supports scattered. A question then arises, “Who is dumber the leader or those who followed him.” Ultimately, those who blindly follow leaders are the dumbest. This analogy fits the story of “Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo is the psychotic leader with impossible goals, and Juliet is the blind follower who meets her inevitable doom. Juliet followed Romeo no matter what and only questioned her choices when it was too late. Overall, Juliet's clouded judgement, poor decision making, and putting her trust in the wrong places lead to her tragic death.

When read a story, the decisions a character makes can seem so idiotic and pointless, that it makes you want to yell at said character for doing such stupid things. This can be applied to Juliet's ideas throughout the story. Although there are several examples
She makes poor and irrational decisions that land her in hot water. This poor choice making also leads into a much bigger problem, her inability to put her trust in the right places. She not only married someone and dedicated her life to someone she just met, drunk a potentially lethal poison because of a convoluted plan to avoid marriage and pushed away those that she could truly trust. A perfect example to show that Juliet pushes people away is the nurse. She insults her and criticises her for minor things, even though the nurse is more rational than her. In Act ii Scene V, the Nurse criticizes Juliet’s choice to marry Romeo. “... ; you know not how to choose a man. Romeo? No, not he.” (Shakespeare page 417) Nurse points out that she is too young to make quick decisions like this but Juliet refuses her advice. However, the Nurse was right and the marriage leads to death and