How is juliet foolish

The first instance of Romeo's immaturity occurs when he first encounters the lovely Juliet. He know that the party is hosted by the Capulets, and yet he still chooses to attend anyway. As a teenager, he loves to party and is sure that there will be pretty girls there in which to flirt with. Instead of being rational and realizing that this party was a bad idea for a Montague, he and his friends enter without fear. Once the party is over, Romeo hears Juliet on her balcony talking of how she loves Romeo and together they speak of their impending marriage.

It seems that they are obsessed, not in love. How could they love each other when in fact they have just met hours earlier? They are children who have crushes and plenty of melodrama to enhance it. He knows that Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, and that injuring him would wreck any chance of them getting together legitimately, yet he does it anyway. Instead of pausing a moment and thinking about the situation in an adult manner, Romeo allows "fire[ey'd] fury be [his] conduct Although a bit more realistic than Romeo, Juliet has instances of emotional drama and impatience that symbolize a thirteen year old girl with a terrible infatuation.

True, her father is insisting that she marry Paris, but Juliet never lets her feeling for Romeo be known to her parents. Instead of telling the truth about her marriage to Romeo, she leads her parents to believe that it is Tybalt she is mourning for. When Lady Capulet tries to comfort Juliet, Juliet tells of how she will "venge her cousin's death" instead of how it is really Romeo she is crying for. Her parents may have still forced her to marry Paris, but maybe they would've reconsidered had they known how strongly Juliet felt for Romeo.

By my holy order, I thought thy disposition better tempered. Hast thou slain Tybalt? Here, Friar Laurence and Juliet's Nurse prevent Romeo from committing suicide because he's afraid Juliet hates him for killing her cousin, Tybalt. The Friar's critique of Romeo's rash and foolish behavior is successful here anyway , but we're not sure which is more foolish—Romeo's desire to stab himself with his sword or Friar Laurence's insinuation that Romeo's emotions are "womanish" and unmanly.

Well, Wednesday is too soon. O' Thursday let it be. Do you like this haste? It's not just the young who rush into things; Juliet's father makes hasty decisions, too. Here, he argues that Juliet and Paris can't be married fast enough. What happened to waiting until she finishes puberty?

Oh, quick brain snack: puberty on average happened later for people in the 16th century—and most centuries, up until the middle of the twentieth. Good nutrition and possibly other factors have lowered the age a lot. Supposedly wiser and calmer than Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet and Paris also make a hasty decision that results in tragedy. Guess the adults don't have an advantage here. How oft tonight Have my old feet stumbled at graves!

Friar Laurence doesn't move fast enough to save Romeo and Juliet. Still, despite his slowness, he stumbles literally and symbolically as much as those who move more quickly. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources.

Study Guide. By William Shakespeare. Previous Next. I stand on sudden haste. They stumble that run fast. If he had been patient, and rational he and his love could have been together on earth. But because of his drastic measures, when Juliet awoke seeing Romeo partly dead she kills her self as well. The most traumatic scene in the play is because of the young lovers impatience.

The second example of impatience is the fact that Romeo is eager to marry Juliet the evening that they meet. He does not think about Rosaline and the connection that they had made, according to Friar Lawrence. He almost seems quite selfish to let himself fall in love with a Capulet knowing that his family detests them immensely.

Romeo is too impatient to give the situation a second thought. If that thy dent of love be honorable, they purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow.

This quote by Juliet is also an example of how the young lovers do not think before they speak. This quote was said the night they had first encountered each other at the party. This proves that Romeo is not the only impatient one in the relationship, but Juliet is as well.