Throughout William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, characters demonstrate impetuosity in everyday actions, which ultimately lead to their demises. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, and Juliet are only some of the characters in the play that have an impulsiveness about them, yet they are some of the most important characters in moving the play towards its tragic ending. These characters also meet untimely deaths that are scattered throughout the play, which cause a domino effect that leads to the death of others. In this play, an ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets cause Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, to take drastic measures to preserve their love. The unnecessary hate between the Montagues and the Capulets cause the youth of the families to act in desperation. Particularly, Mercutio’s impulsive act of making jokes at inappropriate times led to the demise of characters in this play. When Tybalt is searching for …show more content…
In the Verona streets when the Montague and Capulet servants are fighting Tybalt says, “Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death” (1.1.63). Tybalt’s hatred of Benvolio stems from the fact that Benvolio is a Montague. Tybalt’s violent impulses caused him to be in the middle of this fight, whereas Benvolio’s peacemaking impulses caused him to be in the middle of the fighting, but to break up the fighting, not to join it. Also, when Tybalt sees Romeo being an interloper at his family’s party, he commands a servant to “[f]etch me my rapier…” (1.5.53) in the middle of the party. He intends to fight with Romeo because Romeo is a Montague. His rage causes him to act impetuously, even when it was not the socially correct thing to do. He exhibits zero common sense and thinks only of his desire for vengeance. Often when someone lets his/her emotions overpower he/she, he/she can be blind to common