Romeo and Juliet Literary Analysis

Romeo and Juliet Literary Analysis Paper In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet the immaturity of the characters affected the outcome of the two Star Crossed Lovers because they make very irrational decisions and they weren’t at an old enough age to make the most mature actions either. While reading the play you could come across the deaths of the main characters as decisions not fate. One immature decision that influenced the death of Romeo and Juliet was the choice to keep the feud going between the Capulets and the Montegues. Not until the end of the play did they decide to end the feud and come together and that was because children from both sides were dead. At the end Capulet said, “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie, Poor sacrifices of our enmity” (V.III.307-308). When this was said you could tell that it had to come to the death of their children to finally end an immature feud. In the play it wasn’t just the immaturity of the feud that contributed to the outcome, Romeo and Juliet had a big part in it themselves. When Juliet found out that Romeo was banished she was really upset and said, “But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. Come, cords, come, Nurse, I’ll to my wedding bed, and death, not Romeo take my maidenhead” (III.II.135-137). In this quote you could configure that Juliet was saying that she was going to kill herself which is not a mature or stable decision by any means. Romeo made immature decisions and had just as much fault as Juliet. When Tybalt killed Mercutio in a very immature fight Romeo got very mad and decided to kill Tybalt. When Romeo finds Tybalt he says,
Alive, in triumph, and Mercutio slain.
Away to heaven respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
Now Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again
That late thou gav’st me, for Mercutio’s soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company.
Either thou, or I, or both must go with him.
(III.I.118-125)
By reading this quote