Hasty decisions for act 1 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Acts of Hastiness in Act 1

At the VERY beginning, Romeo drops Rosaline like a hot rock because she left off to become a nun.

Romeo and Benvolio decide last minute to go to their enemy's party in hopes of getting Romeo over Rosaline.

Romeo and Juliet at the party fall in love in a matter of minutes

Juliet doesn't even know Romeo and she kisses him

Juliet doesn't know that Romeo is her arch enemy but "falls in love" anyway

When Romeo sneaks out to Juliet's "tower", he asks for her to marry him

At the "tower" he tells Juliet that she has to send someone to set a date and time for the marriage

Romeo asks Juliet to profess her love to him and he will do the same (remember: it hasn't been more that 24 hours) after her.

Romeo dropped Rosaline like a hot rock at the start of the play.
In this way, the very name 'Romeo' is used for every man since that play was written to describe those who love too often, yet too little. Rosaline was just as unattainable as Juliet.
First hasty decision.

Romeo kills Tybalt for an act by Tybalt (which did, indeed kill Mercutio) that was essentially an accident. Tybalt didn't mean murder. Romeo did, and carried it out.
Another hasty decision.

Juliet says a lot of stupid things regarding marrying (is it Paris?) the man her folks want her to marry, because she's upset that Romeo was deported... thus causing her parents to make that marriage date still closer.
Hasty speaking on Juliet's part.
The friar can hardly keep up with all of this.

Juliet drinks a poison that will make her appear to be dead for 48 hours... to avoid the marriage she herself caused to be the next day, and to wait for the friar to bring Romeo and solve everything... [!]
Hasty action on too little planning. Juliet has no idea who may see her 'dead' and do just what Romeo did-- anyone could have plopped her in a tomb, really.

Romeo doesn't wait but a few lines or so before he kills himself... VERY hasty action; typical of this character. He doesn't seek counsel from the friar or anyone else. He doesn't want to be grieving, alone, so he suicides.
Hasty and, as we know, unnecessary-- except when you're writing a 'tragedy.'

Then Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead, and not long dead, and uses his dagger to (supposedly 'deflower' herself with death) to off herself.
Hasty action... no thoughts of anybody else.
Tragic stuff, and all avoidable.

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