Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo makes a series of poor decisions, causing the tragic death of two people from three families. This began when he went to a Capulet party, which he should never even have considered, because the Capulet's were his family's rivals. Another poor decision was his following Juliet to her balcony and hiding in the bushes until she came out to talk with him. The third and worst thing is when he decides to marry her, without their parent's permission or without them even knowing.

Benvolio, a friend of Romeo, persuades him to go to the party. Romeo must certainly have known this was a mistake or a bad idea, as they wore masks to disguise themselves. Romeo, though reluctantly, eventually agrees to go, with the excuse "I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendor of mine own" (i.2.93-94). However, they wore masks knowing that the other family was going to be there and knowing it would cause problems.

He pursued Juliet to the balcony of her home and hid in the bushes. That was a bad idea from the start, but it continues the fact that loving each other later gets them killed. His talking and spending more time with her also shows poor judgment, because this just increases their love, which worsens matters. Even Friar Laurence, a trusted friend, said, "These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder" (ii.6.9-10). Romeo ignores this advice, as well.

Romeo then makes his greatest mistake by asking Friar Laurence to secretly marry them, in an eventual fatal attempt to be together forever, despite knowing that it could not end well. Romeo foolishly ignores everyone's advice, the fact that the two feuding families would never allow it, and that he would never get away with deceiving them.

The way that Romeo chose to disregard all fate and odds