Acts of Hastiness in Act 1
At the VERY beginning, Romeo drops Rosaline like a hot rock because she left off to become a nun.
Romeo and Benvolio decide last minute to go to their enemy's party in hopes of getting Romeo over Rosaline.
Romeo and Juliet at the party fall in love in a matter of minutes
Juliet doesn't even know Romeo and she kisses him
Juliet doesn't know that Romeo is her arch enemy but "falls in love" anyway
When Romeo sneaks out to Juliet's "tower", he asks for her to marry him
At the "tower" he tells Juliet that she has to send someone to set a date and time for the marriage
Romeo asks Juliet to profess her love to him and he will do the same (remember: it hasn't been more that 24 hours) after her.
Romeo dropped Rosaline like a hot rock at the start of the play.
In this way, the very name 'Romeo' is used for every man since that play was written to describe those who love too often, yet too little. Rosaline was just as unattainable as Juliet.
First hasty decision.
Romeo kills Tybalt for an act by Tybalt (which did, indeed kill Mercutio) that was essentially an accident. Tybalt didn't mean murder. Romeo did, and carried it out.
Another hasty decision.
Juliet says a lot of stupid things regarding marrying (is it Paris?) the man her folks want her to marry, because she's upset that Romeo was deported... thus causing her parents to make that marriage date still closer.
Hasty speaking on Juliet's part.
The friar can hardly keep up with all of this.
Juliet drinks a poison that will make her appear to be dead for 48 hours... to avoid the marriage she herself caused to be the next day, and to wait for the friar to bring Romeo and solve everything... [!]
Hasty action on too little planning. Juliet has no idea who may see her 'dead' and do just what Romeo did-- anyone could have plopped her in a tomb, really.
Romeo doesn't wait but a few lines or so before he kills himself... VERY hasty action; typical of this character. He doesn't seek counsel from the friar or anyone else. He doesn't want to be grieving, alone, so he suicides.
Hasty and, as we know, unnecessary-- except when you're writing a 'tragedy.'
Then Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead, and not long dead, and uses his dagger to (supposedly 'deflower' herself with death) to off herself.
Hasty action... no thoughts of anybody else.
Tragic stuff, and all avoidable.
WC for above 6 paragraphs: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080509143929AA2eAab
You May Also Find These Documents Helpful
-
Juliet came to Friar Laurance and said I would kill myself here rather than to marry Paris, “’Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire,”[Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene 1, L63-64 Friar Laurance came up with a plan to make Juliet fake dead. Friar Laurance gave the drug to Juliet and told her to use it when she is told to go to bed. Juliet comes back home, told the nurse to leave her alone and then Juliet took the drug. The next day Lady Capulet sent the nurse to awaken Juliet, but found Juliet dead. Friar Laurance explained to Lady Capulet and Capulet that Juliet is in a better place and to go ahead with the funeral. Romeo was expecting good news from Verona but receives horrible news about Juliet, Romeo went to the nearest chemist to buy poison to commit suicide in front of Juliet. Paris was mourning Juliet’s death with flowers when he sees Romeo caring tomb breaking tools; Paris and Romeo fight, but only one person came out which was Romeo after that Romeo arrives at Juliet’s tomb. He see’s that Juliet is dead and drank the poison which killed him. Juliet awakes from the fake death when sees her husbands death, she grabbed Romeo’s poison but it was empty. Juliet grabbed Romeo’s dagger and committed suicide. Juliet and Romeo are dead and Friar Laurance had to explain why these two are dead. Since Romeo and Juliet’s are dead, it stopped the endless fight’s between the two families.…
- 1003 Words
- 5 Pages
Good Essays -
Romeo fell in love with Juliet way too fast. Romeo saw Juliet at this party and he…
- 727 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
Juliet's conceding to a forbidden relationship with Romeo was the starting point in which the tragedy would start to unfold. At the ball, Juliet falls in love with a masked Romeo and later Romeo and Juliet both confess their love for each other, both of them now knowing that they are enemies from both sides the family feud. At this point, Juliet had a choice of whether or not to pursue this new relationship. In the end, in the heat of things, she decides to give in to Romeo, even though she had doubts about this relationship just moments before. "Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, / By one that I'll procure to come to thee, / Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, / And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay, / And follow thee my lord throughout the world" (Act2 Scene2 Lines144-148). Here, Juliet seals her commitment to Romeo, proposing marriage and placing her fate in Romeo's hands as she would "follow him as her lord".…
- 1359 Words
- 6 Pages
Better Essays -
Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is about Romeo, a passionate young man that tends to act hastily and rashly. Friar Lawerence advises him to behave more moderately to avoid danger and mistakes. Yet Romeo does not listen. There are many times throughout the play where Romeo could have avoided a bad situation if he had only listened to the Friar. Romeo falls in love with Juliet Capulet, a member of the rivaling family, and Romeo decides to marry her within 24 hours of meeting her without consulting with anyone. This is not the first time Romeo has fallen in love so quickly. Before Juliet, he was in love with a girl name Rosaline but he quickly changes his mind when he meets Juliet. Romeo's hastiness and emotional unstability will affect him negatively and lead to his demise.…
- 535 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
Another important decision from the play is Romeo's decision to sneak back to the Capulet's home after the party to see Juliet. During the party he sees Juliet and falls in love just as she falls in love with him. Once the party ends and the Montagues prepare to leave the Capulet's party Benvolio and Mercutio realises that Romeo is missing. They assume he had gone to mourn of his rejection from Rosaline when in…
- 775 Words
- 4 Pages
Good Essays -
Juliet tells Romeo that he needs to get out of there. She tells him that…
- 603 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
The Friar’s plan to get Juliet out of her marriage to Paris, is unnecessarily complicated, and this caused the miscommunications and deaths. After his plan fails, Friar…
- 497 Words
- 2 Pages
Good Essays -
Not quite yet a full grown man, Romeo was still a teenager who had not yet been fully exposed to the world. Being born and raised in aristocracy, he would have be shaded from the harsh reality of the world. Romeo first claims he is in love with Rosaline, and becomes very depressed when he finds out she is going to become a nun (I. ii. 159-228). He becomes downhearted because he [thought he] knew that Rosaline was the wife for him, but as she decided to become a nun, she cannot marry. Romeo shortly thereafter meets Juliet for the first time, where he decides he is now in “love”…
- 753 Words
- 4 Pages
Good Essays -
When Juliet’s father told her she was going to marry Paris, she was furious and went to the Friar for help. The Friar gave her a potion that would put her to sleep for 42 hours and he would tell Romeo about the plan. She did this so that she would not have to marry Paris and could be with Romeo. Supposedly, Juliet had to plight Paris’s troth, however she felt strongly that she should not walk down the aisle with him and instead stay with Romeo. She rebelled against her father and did not marry Paris because she felt that she should stay with Romeo.…
- 688 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
Juliet: [angry] Heavens, no! Why would I marry a man that hasn’t even taken me on a date yet, Mama? Tell Papa that I ain’t gonna marry Paris, or anyone yet. If I were to marry, I’d marry Romeo! Though, you know I hate him.…
- 499 Words
- 2 Pages
Satisfactory Essays -
Romeo first encounters Rosaline at the masquerade ball, he cannot help feeling mesmerized by Juliet. Romeo’s fascination of her leaves him sitting by her window, feeling mesmerized by Juliet’s eyes which are “Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven...To twinkle in their spheres till they return” who leave him in a state of enchantment (2.2.15). At first site Romeo and Romeo distinguishes that Juliet remains as his one true love. Romeo judges Juliet by her physical appearance instead of her personality. Additionally, Romeo experiences such great elation in being in love with Juliet that he will do anything to prove it, including the act of marriage. To demonstrate Romeo’s love for Juliet will not pass, Romeo seeks Friar Lawrence and “pray[s]: That thou consent marry [them] today” (2.3.60). Just like that, it takes two days for Romeo to come across his darling and decide on marriage. The bliss Romeo senses for Juliet stands sturdier than any pain felt formerly. All in all, the physical attractiveness of Juliet and marriage, a proof of his love, shows that young love can take place in a matter of days in the form of happiness.…
- 624 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
She worries that the Friar has given her a real poison because he feels dishonoured that he married her to Romeo in secret and does not want anybody to find out. By going through her thoughts about the future, she allows the audience to bond with her and feel compassionate for her because of the immense pressure she is under. The self reflection she displays reveals her thoughts and has the audience guessing wether the Friar really is evil and what actually does happen in the end. However, Juliet rules out this scenario as impossible as she trusts the friar to be kind-hearted person as he has helped them all along and she claims "He ( the friar) hath still been tried a holy man."…
- 478 Words
- 2 Pages
Good Essays -
Rosaline’s decision not to love Romeo back causes Romeo to find Juliet and want to be with her. To get Romeo to go to Capulet’s feast, Benvolio tells Romeo, “At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s/ Sups the fair Rosaline…
- 606 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
With both families in a big feud it was hard for Romeo and Juliet. For one Romeo could not see Juliet. Also with the two families both shooting at each other it was difficult for Romeo to even live in his home city. But with the feud both of the families life was on the line but when it got rough it all went downhill. It all started with the Capulets where Tybalt and Mercutio where fighting, but when Tybalt accidently killing Mercutio, Romeo raged with anger then killed Tybalt. Then Romeo was banned from Verona. After that it just became harder to see Juliet. In addition to Romeo being banned Romeo says to Friar Laurence “Thou cutt’st my head off with a golden axe.” When Friar Laurence tells Romeo that he has only been banished and not sentenced to be executed, Romeo answers that to be banished and away from Juliet is worse than to be dead. So, Juliet decided to take a drug that made her seem dead. Preparing to take the sleeping potion, Juliet is almost overcome by fear. She says to herself “I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, that almost freezes up the heat of life.” During her plan it started to back fire and with that Romeo thought she was dead so he took a drug to kill himself when Juliet was still alive. After the drug wore off to where she was back functioning she then later found out Romeo killed himself she later than stabbed herself in the…
- 587 Words
- 3 Pages
Good Essays -
Juliet, by concealing the truth from her parents, she destroys her community and her life and love results in death. Juliet, when approached by Capulet and Lady Capulet to inform her of her marriage to the County Paris, she is erratic in her response of refusal because she has concealed the truth regarding her secret marriage to Romeo:…
- 1008 Words
- 5 Pages
Good Essays