Romeo and Juliet

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

And that has made all the difference.”

(Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken”)

Everybody makes choices. Some are good and some are bad. Some choices may even be fatal. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet every character makes choices. These choices cause the tragedy with Romeo and Juliet.

The parents’ choices play a large part, even if they were not main characters. Juliet’s parents’ choices showed that they did not care much for Juliet’s happiness. They were trying to force her to marry Paris. As her father said “’But, and you will not wed, I’ll pardon you! Graze where you will, you shall not house with me’”(III v ll 189-190). This line says that if Juliet refuses to marry her father will kick her out of

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The Friar made the mistake of not thinking his plans threw quite carefully enough. Romeo, in being his hasty self, decided to kill himself because he thought Juliet was dead. They both lied continuously throughout the whole play. If he had cared a little more and tried to convince Juliet to tell him exactly why she could not marry Paris the whole tragedy could possibly have been prevented. Some are good and some are bad, but they all influence our future, however close it may be. “Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least”(Lord Chesterfield, Letters to His Son). This end to the feud would have solved all of Verona’s problems. If she had just come out and said that she was married to Romeo, she would not have had to fake her own death and Romeo and Juliet would not have killed themselves.

The Nurse and Friar made some very bad choices. This proves that Lord Capulet did not care about the happiness of Juliet. The characters chose to make these choices and they were fatal. If they had announced to the public that the Montague and Capulet families were joined in marriage the feud between the families would have come to an end. She twisted her words just enough so that she was not lying and yet she wasn’t telling the truth either.

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Approximate Word count = 595
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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