Impulsive In Romeo And Juliet

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Steig Larson says, “Impulsive actions lead to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.” Being impulsive is doing something without forethought. Doing so often guides us to harsh consequences from poor personal self-decision making. Impulsive decisions are found in everyday life, and not only the decisions but the consequences as well. Some people may believe that making an impulsive decision is not amiss, but we should still believe impulsive decisions lead to certain consequences. Both Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the tragic flaw of being impulsive which leads to the suicides and tragic resolution. To illustrate, being impulsive was Romeo’s flaw that leads to the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet because his decisions he makes …show more content…
William Shakespeare writes in Romeo and Juliet “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” (II.ii.145-149). Furthermore, this evidence reveals how Juliet’s reaction towards Romeo’s proposal shows how Romeo makes decisions too quickly by his decision to ask Juliet to marry him. By Romeo asking Juliet to marry him, it reveals how Romeo is impulsive by his unthoughtful decisions and not thinking what will follow the decision. In the same way, Romeo interferes in the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio, which leads to Romeo killing Tybalt. He does this without thinking what will happen …show more content…
For example, Juliet marries Romeo without thinking about what will follow after marrying Romeo and her arranged marriage with Paris. “But my true love is grown to such excess I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth” (II.vi.33-34). With regards of this, this evidence demonstrates that Juliet is now “officially” married to Romeo. By Juliet now being officially married to Romeo, she has to decide what to do about Paris because of their arranged marriage and how she and Romeo’s marriage will work out, this happens because of her consent to marry Romeo and not thinking about what will follow after marrying Romeo. In addition, Juliet takes the potion that will cause her to seem dead because she does not want to follow through with her arranged marriage with Paris, and does not realize the miscommunication that there could be with Romeo and if taking the potion is really worth it. “Romeo, Romeo Romeo! Here’s drink, I drink to thee” (IV.iii.59-60). As you can see, because of Juliet taking the potion, it exemplifies how carelessly Juliet makes big decisions without thinking about what the consequence will be that follows. Her making this decision leads to the tragic ending, this is because Romeo hears that Juliet is dead without knowing Juliet’s plan