Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story of lovers whose misfortune and immaturity were the cause of their own destruction. The characters individually show their immaturity and together demonstrate how ignorance of the world affects more than just their own lives. Romeo and Juliet, as expressed in the following examples, quickly fall in love due to their naivety. Juliette is revealed to be immature in an opening scene where her father tells a wife-seeking Paris that his daughter is neither old nor an adult. enough to get married. “My child is yet a stranger to the world, she has not seen the accusation of fourteen years…” (Lines 8-9, scene 2, act 1). This is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after only knowing him for a day and not even being sure herself that Romeo wants to marry her. “If your love is honorable, your marriage plan, send me word tomorrow... And I will lay all my fortune at your feet, and I will follow you my lord throughout the world” (Lines 142-143, 146- 147, scene 2, act 2). After her marriage, her nanny tells her that she must marry Paris. In blind fury, she runs towards Brother Lawrence with a knife to her body, thinking her only option was to die or hear a plan presented by Brother Lawrence to get her out of a second marriage. "If in your wisdom you cannot provide any help, call upon my wise resolve, and with this knife I will help at once. . . Between my extremes and me, this damned knife will play the role of arbiter. . . " (Lines 53-55, 63-64, scene 1, act 4). Romeo's tendency to fall in love easily was first manifested in his love for Rosaline. This was perfectly illustrated during his first meeting with Juliette. "Has my heart loved until now? Give it up, sight. For I have never seen true beauty until this night." (Lines 50-51, scene 5, act 1) He says this but he seems to have forgotten Rosaline like old news, even though he speaks of Juliette as he spoke of Rosaline a few short hours before. "One more beautiful than my love! The all-seeing sun has never seen its equal since the creation of the world" (Lines 94-95, scene 2, act 1). Romeo's immaturity was further demonstrated by how he handled Tybalt's murder of Mercutio..