Human nature relies on being impatient and hasty to fulfill a person's needs. The idea of being patient is very difficult for an individual to understand because humans require gratification from the quickest plan that comes to mind. These tendencies can often usher in a varied amount of consequences from a small hasty decision such as cheating on a test that carries over to getting a bad grade on that test to a huge decision to commit a crime such as a robbery that contributes to a lifetime in jail. In the drama, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, light is shed on the idea that a fast and hasty decision is not always the best one. The hastiness of Tybalt and Romeo lead to disaster as they make quick and irrational decisions that create an ample amount of problems that create a domino effect that ultimately contributes to the tragedy.
The hasty actions of Romeo and his wild behavior evoke conflicts in the novel that lead to a larger amount of vexations in Verona. His hastiness is shown when he is seething with anger over Mercutio's death and to redeem Mercutio, "either thou or I, or both, must go with him" (3. 1. 134). If Romeo had not let his anger build up over Mercutio's death and had gone to tell the Prince of Tybalt's wrongdoings, he could have saved himself from being banished. This rash behavior comes up again when Balthazar tells Romeo of Juliet's death and Romeo goes straight to the apothecary to buy the poison that will eventually seal his doom. Romeo made a foolish decision to turn to the idea of killing himself when he could have chosen to try and return to Verona, to make sure Juliet was dead. Then when Romeo sees Juliet in the tomb and proclaims "Beauty's ensign yet/ is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,/ and deaths pale flag is not yet advancèd there" (5. 3. 94-96), he does not stop to think that something is odd about this and lets depression take over his mindset and kill himself as a result.
