Along with Romeo’s fatalistic views, he is impulsive as well and this further leads to his downfall. He has a habit of doing things before thinking about them first because he is very emotional, and can get overwhelmed by grief very easily. Romeo hears about Juliet’s death and immediately comes to Verona to see her. Before viewing her, he goes straight to a poor man around Verona, and asks him for “A dram of poison” that will make “the life-wary taker...fall dead...as violently as a hasty powder fired” (5.1.60.63 5.1.65) If Romeo took time to process the situation thoroughly, it would have been enough time for him to see Juliet wake up. But because of his impulsive personality, he rushes to get the poison without viewing Juliet, or finding out the complete story of her sudden death. Instantly after seeing Juliet dead, he decides to kill himself as well, and he forgets to think about the consequences that may come after because of his lack of processing stressful situations. Romeo’s tendency to jump to conclusions from being impulsive is how he is responsible for his own death. Romeo tends to rush things without thinking them through, but he is also erratic in
Along with Romeo’s fatalistic views, he is impulsive as well and this further leads to his downfall. He has a habit of doing things before thinking about them first because he is very emotional, and can get overwhelmed by grief very easily. Romeo hears about Juliet’s death and immediately comes to Verona to see her. Before viewing her, he goes straight to a poor man around Verona, and asks him for “A dram of poison” that will make “the life-wary taker...fall dead...as violently as a hasty powder fired” (5.1.60.63 5.1.65) If Romeo took time to process the situation thoroughly, it would have been enough time for him to see Juliet wake up. But because of his impulsive personality, he rushes to get the poison without viewing Juliet, or finding out the complete story of her sudden death. Instantly after seeing Juliet dead, he decides to kill himself as well, and he forgets to think about the consequences that may come after because of his lack of processing stressful situations. Romeo’s tendency to jump to conclusions from being impulsive is how he is responsible for his own death. Romeo tends to rush things without thinking them through, but he is also erratic in