From the very beginning of the play Romeo is seen making very bad choices, he was heartbroken over Rosalie who did not love him back and he decided to attend a ball hosted by the feuding family the Caplet’s- despite the fact that he was not invited: just to see her. This was certainly a huge risk because if someone would have noticed him under his disguise it could have had huge consequences. At the ball he unexpectedly meets Juliet. He immediately falls in love with her. In this scene, it is clear that he acts rather impulsively.
He attended the ball claiming to be in love with Rosalie; however by the time he leaves he is professing his love for Juliet. It is at this point that he questions whether or not he even loved Rosalie in the first place stating “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I newer saw true beauty till this night. ” (1. 5. 53) When Juliet and Romeo meet up again, they make plans to wed. They decide that their love is so strong that they must be destined to be together. Romeo goes right away to seek the advice of Friar Laurence and to ask him to marry IM and Juliet.
They did not tell their families or anyone else about this. The Friar tries to warn Romeo to use caution in moving so fast into love with Juliet; as he reminded him that he was just in love with Rosalie by stating “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosalie, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? (2. 3. 65-67). However, with Romeos persistence he decided to marry them anyway. In fact Romeo sneaks away and spends the night with Juliet for their wedding night.
The two lovers at this point show hat they have similar character traits: Juliet is also like Romeo in that she is impulsive and a risk taker: She weds Romeo without her parent’s permission; knowing that she is to be wed to Paris soon and she allows Romeo to come up to her bedroom to spend their wedding night: ignoring the danger of possibly being caught by her parents. Romeo encounters a situation in which he finds himself in the middle of a fight between his best friend Mercuric and Table. He knows that he can’t fight Table because he is wed to Juliet at this point; making the two of them family members.
Mercuric and Table begin to fight; and Romeo steps in between them to stop it. However, Table stabs Mercuric under Romeos arm. Romeo then attacks Table and kills him. Romeo in this scene indicates that he is a victim of fate by stating “O, am Fortune’s fool! ” (3. 1. 133) However, this was no fate. Romeo was clearly acting out of rage because of his best friend’s death and made the choice to take the life of Table; Gullet’s cousin in revenge. Juliet upon learning what happened to her husband immediately rushes to Friar Laurence asking for his help; insisting she would rather die than marry
Paris. “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris. ” (4. 1. 77) Friar Laurence assisted her by giving her a potion that would make her appear dead for a short time. “No warmth, no breath shall testify thou lives; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to wanly ashes. ” (4. 1. 98-100) He is to get the message to Romeo in Mantra. Juliet in the meantime makes the choice to follow through with the plan, thus faking her own death. Her family is devastated to find her dead. At this point in the story, you can see just how cunning of a character Juliet can be.
