Irrational Decisions In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet was a love story, despite what some people may say. Even though they knew each other for such a short period time, they still claimed to be in madly love. Saying from personal experience, you would not hurt/ harm yourself in a serious manner like Romeo and Juliet did, for a person you claim to love, but you actually don't. Even though they did make irrational decisions, being a teenager was not the main cause of all of that. Romeo and Juliet could have fallen in love with each other at first sight, hence love at first sight.
Before Romeo met Juliet, he was very sad and depressed because Romeo says, “Out of her favor where I am in love” (1.1 168). Romeo was in love with a girl shortly before Juliet came into his life but unfortunately,