Romeo And Juliet Impulsive Decision Analysis

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In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” act 3, a very often demonstrated theme is impulsive decisions. In Act IV, scene II, Lord Capulet makes the impulsive decision of changing Juliet’s wedding from Thursday to Wednesday. When Juliet returns from speaking to the Friar about her marriage to Count Paris, she tells her father that she has changed her mind and ironically, begins to say how excited she is to marry Paris. . When her father hears this great news, he immediately changes the wedding date. He says, “Monday! Ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon. / A’ Thursday let it bea’ Thursday, tell her, / She shall be married to this noble earl” (3.5.19-21). He originally plans the wedding for Thursday because Wednesday is too soon, but when Juliet