John Holt once said "The true text of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the characters tend to make impulsive decisions which have tragic endings. In this play Romeo and Juliet meet and instantly fall in love and get married the very next day; however, because their families have been feuding for years, they must keep their marriage a secret. A series of ill-fated events come about, and these events lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, and many others. The tragedy in Romeo and Juliet is the result of the character flaws of Romeo, Tybalt and Friar Lawrence, who all act too drastically when they didn't know what to do. Romeo is brash and impulsive, and has a tendency to act...