Romeo throughout the play has been shown to have extreme emotions, and not thinking about making decisions based on his first instinct/reaction which makes him very unreliable and unpredictable making him highly gullible.
There is Romeo and Juliet from the play called “Romeo and Juliet” in it these characters are from two different families located in Verona Italy where they despise each other and have been at war for decades and this is the story between two desperate lovers who find themselves being put in risky situations which have almost gotten Romeo killed as he is trying to chase down his love for Juliet. Eventually, they plan to have a wedding and get married but Juliet's cousin Tybalt and Romeo’s sibling Mercutio end up meeting and
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Once Mercutio sees Tybalt he starts making fun of Tybalt, which results in a fight that Romeo tries to stop, now here he does have some thoughts since he knows what will happen if anyone fights or dies from the family conflict and he also just wants to stop the violence, but he doesn’t think it all the way through since he is trying to intervene in a fight between 2 grown men wielding swords and only have hate for each other, the result of this is Mercutio dying because Romeo got in the way and as revenge Romeo killing Tybalt.
“This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe others must end ''. (Shakespeare Act 3. Scene 1. line 125)
This quote shows what Romeo is thinking after hearing that Mercutio died and that is either Romeo dies, Tybalt dies, or they both die but both of them won’t leave alive. This shows that Romeo took his first big emotional hit because he is the reason that the prince’s son, Romeo’s best friend, is dead. This part of the play is the second time that we can see Romeo slowly losing it because instead of leaving he fights to the death even if he dies. But even if he does kill Tybalt he will be greatly punished by the prince, yet he did it anyway.
“Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?” (Shakespeare Act 2.
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Romeo is losing his mental state throughout the play until he eventually kills himself, through his life in the play nothing goes his way and everything backfires on him. This ultimately ends up with him making wild uncontrolled decisions, with him taking the risk and attending the Capulet party so he can find someone that will take the broken place in his heart left by Rosaline and him killing Tybalt because he got in his way distracting him and ended up killing
This happens often, and this is tiring. Albeit, Mercutio stepped in for Romeo to fight Tybalt, not any of the three did not know that this would result in death, a curse, a little extra death, and banishment. (3.1) this all occurred by Romeo’s choices. Had he not gone to the party, no one would notice him, which would include Tybalt with his trigger-happy attitude. Despite Mercutio wins in convincing Romeo to come to the party with him, Romeo should have had a stronger opinion on this and decide to not leave for the party.
Tybalt takes offense to Romeo's presence at the Capulet's party and challenges him to a fight, despite attempts by Mercutio to claim the situation. This leads to Mercutio’s death. “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!” (3.3.118-120).
In this quote Mercutio truly expresses his disgust for Romeo’s refusal to fight Tybalt and sees it as a dishonorable and vile act of submission, so in his friend's honor, Mercutio draws on Tybalt. This quote highlights Mercutio’s prideful nature and his desire to defend his friend’s honor. Mercutio’s provocative behavior and mocking words towards Tybalt further escalated the situation, so in response, Tybalt drew his sword. During the heated battle, Romeo tried his hardest to bring the duel to a stop, which led to Mercutio’s death when while being held back by Romeo, his abdominal area was left open. A swift thrust with Tybalt’s sword connected, and this blow would be the end of Mercutio.
Those words made Mercutio snap, and he drew his sword declaring if Romeo won’t fight Tybalt, he would. The fight ended with Mercutio’s death that occurred because of Romeo intervening, and giving Tybalt an opportunity to strike Mercutio.
This sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet. If Tybalt had not provoked the fight, Romeo would not have been banished and the tragic ending could have been avoided. "O calm, dishonourable, vile submission!" - Act 3, Scene 1 In this quote, Mercutio is criticizing Romeo for his reluctance to fight Tybalt. Mercutio's taunting leads Romeo to finally engage in the fight, which ultimately results in Mercutio's death.
Before Mercutio’s death in act three Tybalt remarks “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain.” (Shakespeare.3.1.61-62). As exemplified by this citation Tybalt clearly states his disdain for Romeo and this addition creates an underlying tone of disdain for their relationship as a whole. This has the opposite effect as intended on the two as their relationship grows stronger because of this adversity and this ultimately leads to their deaths to do irrational decisions made in the haste of love. Ultimately the decision that Tybalt makes that directly leads to the death of the lover is as Tybalt asserts “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries That thou hast done
In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the cast of characters have a variety of individual personalities. One of the main characters, Romeo, is characterized by his impulsiveness and unwavering loyalty. Romeo is depicted as impulsive throughout the play, leading to many unfavorable outcomes. This is first demonstrated when Tybalt tries to pick a fight with Romeo, but he rejects it. Tybalt then starts a fight with Mercutio, resulting in Mercutio's death, which provokes Romeo to take revenge by killing Tybalt.
In the text it states “Staying for thine to keep him company; Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” In these lines, Romeo is saying that Mercutio is above their heads waiting for either Tybalt, Romeo, or both of them to be there with him. I do not think that Romeo thought this out thoroughly. Romeo had just married the cousin of Tybalt which is a Capulet about an hour before this scene takes place, Romeo should have thought about his wife than of revenge. In this scene, Romeo goes to find Tybalt so they can fight about Mercutio’s death.
“And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow.” (3.1.44). Mercutio was then killed by Tybalt himself, sending Romeo into a deep rage, as well as forcing him to believe he needed avenge his friend. Romeo was able to kill Tybalt, yet it was not without consequence.
Make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out. Mercutio is saying that he was going to fight Tybalt because Romeo didn’t want to fight Tybalt. If Tybalt never fought Mercutio and killed him, he would have not been killed and got Romeo banished.
Age plays a significant role on decision-making not only in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet but also in modern times. In the play, Romeo and Juliet are only young teenagers which influences on making childish and no-thought decisions. This is shown In Act 2 where Romeo is depressed because Rosaline, who he had confessed his love to has rejected him, and refuses to crash the Capulet’s party. It’s not until his friends Mercutio and Benvolio force him to go when he lays his eyes upon Juliet and proceeds to forget about his love and fall in love with Juliet instead.
Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and he declines the challenge and insists that he won’t fight Tybalt. Mercutio is angered by Romeo’s “cowardice” and takes on Tybalt himself. Romeo wants Mercutio to stop fighting Tybalt so he decides that it’d be a good idea to block his arm in mid combat and Tybalt stabs Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm and Mercutio falls dead after rambling about plagues and a pun or two. Romeo doesn’t realize that it is his own fault that Mercutio died after Mercutio even blamed his wound on him. Romeo lets his emotions decide his actions and becomes enraged and ignores that Tybalt is now his family and fails to see that he was the reason Mercutio was killed.
Romeo allows his thirst for revenge to cloud his logical reasoning when he kills Tybalt who has just murdered Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt’s insults with comebacks and later his sword. As Romeo attempts to intervene, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt and Romeo is enraged. Once he finds out from Benvolio that the wound had killed him, Romeo,”Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (III.i.173), kills Tybalt and flees the scene. Romeo declined to
“Never make permanent decisions on temporary emotions.” -Wiz Khalifa. Often times people make the mistake of getting caught up in how they are feeling in the moment and make quick, illogical decisions that they would not normally make. If the characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are delineated, it is clear that they often do this.