Romeo and Juliet is persuasive Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of a pair of star-crossed lovers whose passing was unexpected for many. However, their deaths were the result of their impulsiveness. It caused their troubled marriage, Romeo's preventable death, as well as Juliet's preventable death. First, Romeo and Juliet's problematic marriage was the result of their impulsiveness. In Verona the Capulet-Montaghi feud was infamous: even the servants hated each other. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet knew the consequences their marriage would bring since their families hated each other. However, they still took this risk and got married. Subsequently, their secret marriage caused a big problem for Juliet. Lord Capulet was unaware of the problems that arose from Romeo when he was banished for avenging Mercuito by killing Tybalt. His decision to kill Tybalt was not entirely thought out. In fact, after Romeo kills the Capulets, he exclaims that he is a 'fool of fortune' (73) line 132. Furthermore, his exile certainly contributed to his death because it kept him away from Verona and Juliet. If he hadn't been banished, he would have known about the plan that Friar and Juliet had devised. Unfortunately, Romeo was not informed of the plan, and upon learning of Juliet's death, he sincerely believed that she was dead. Balthasar, who told Romeo about Juliet's 'death', did not want to leave Romeo only because he believed he seemed '...pale and wild and would matter some misadventure...' (116) lines 28-29. Balthasar's suspicions were well founded because Romeo decided to take his own life. He didn't stop to ask how she died, or what Brother Lawrence had to say about her death. Romeo decided, in the spur of the moment, that his only solution to dealing with Juliet's death was to kill himself. Romeo's impulsiveness caused his preventable death, but he is not the only one who was impulsive and hasty in his