Who Is More Mature? Romeo or Juliet?

Nick Hotujec
English
4/26/2010
Who is more mature?
Have you ever been in love before? I don’t think I have been before, but I know what it feels and looks like to be in love. But if you have been in love, you may have wanted to move very fast in your relationship and may have to be reminded to slow down. If you don’t slow down in relationships, you may be making a mistake. This topic can be related with the story "The Tragedies of Romeo and Juliet". The story is about 2 families who despise each other, but the children on each side fall in love. Romeo is rushing Juliet into marriage and living together, and it makes him look immature. Romeo appears to be immature because Romeo killed Tybalt, he is rushing into marriage, and he almost committed suicide over Juliet.
In the story "The Tragedies of Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's cousin, named Tybalt, absolutely hates the Monique’s and everything about them. When the Capulet's have a party and Romeo decides to sneak into is, Tybalt finds out about Romeo sneaking in and becomes very angry and decides to seek revenge. He decides to go to Romeo and tell him what he has done and plans on killing him. But as he tries to kill Romeo, Tybalt and Benvolio start fighting, and Tybalt kills Benvolio. Romeo becomes very angry and ends up killing Tybalt. In this quote,   “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now. Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (Act 3 Scene 1) this shows that Romeo has absolutely no control over his anger issues and how he controls them. Although before this incident he was taking the situation very maturely, he still let his nerves get the best of him and killed Tybalt.
If you have heard anything about the story “The Tragedies of Romeo and Juliet”, you may...