Many characters and people make rash decisions when they are emotional. Emotions like anger, love, hate, depression, happiness, sadness, and many more may force people into making rash decisions. In Romeo and Juliet, a play written by the famous playwright Shakespeare, many characters make rash decisions by following their emotions of mainly love, anger, and desperation.
             The emotion of anger is very strong in this play and takes over the character's mind as soon as anger is in them. For example, in act three scene one Mercutio gets killed by having hatred and anger towards Tybalt, and when they engage in sword combat Mercutio dies. I think that the fact that Mercutio took offense when Tybalt made fun of Romeo was going too far. He was going too far by actually taking out his sword and engaging in combat. Another example is when Tybalt gets killed for drawing his sword to kill Romeo. Tybalt's hatred towards the Montague family gets the better of him. If he got to know Romeo better I doubt he would've fought him, but the hatred and anger of the Montague – Capulet feud overwhelmed his conscience. I think that this portrays an idea of how real people are. When they get really angry the adrenaline goes up, but when that happens their brain shuts off and then they do things without thinking.
             The emotion of love is a very emotional feeling. It can overwhelm a person as powerfully and completely as hate can. For instance, when Tybalt crashes the feast and determines to kill him just as Romeo catches sight of Juliet and falls instantly in love with her. From that point on, love seems to push the lovers closer to love and violence, not farther from it which is weird because love is supposed to be a peaceful emotion. Another instance in Act III, scene iii, is when Romeo wields a knife in Friar Lawrence's chamber and threatens to kill himself after he has been banished from Verona and his love. Also Juliet threaten
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