Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story of lovers whose misfortune and immaturity were the cause of their own destruction. The characters individually display immaturity and together demonstrate how the world's ignorance is not just limited to their lives. Romeo and Juliet, as expressed in the following examples, quickly fall in love due to their naivety. Juliet is shown immature in the opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris that his daughter is not old and grown up. enough to get married. “My daughter is still a stranger to the world, she has not seen the charge of fourteen years…” (Lines 8-9, scene 2, act 1). It is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after only knowing him one day and isn't even sure if Romeo wants to marry her. “If thy inclination of love is honorable, thy purpose of marriage, send me a message to-morrow…And I will lay all my fortunes at thy feet, and follow thee, my lord, throughout all the world” (Lines 142 -143, 146- 147, Scene 2, Act 2). After the wedding her nurse tells her that she will marry Paris. In blind fury she runs to Friar Laurence with a knife to her body, thinking her only option was to dye or listen to a plan presented by Friar Laurence to get her out of a second marriage. "If in your wisdom you can give me no help, call my decision wise, and with this knife I will help her at once...'Between me and my ends, this bloody knife will arbitrate..." (Lines 53-55 , 63-64, Scene 1, Act 4). Romeo's inclination to fall in love easily was first manifested in his love for Rosaline. It was illustrated perfectly when he first met Juliet. "Has my heart loved until now? Deny it, sight. For I have never seen true beauty until this night." (Lines 50-51, Scene 5, Act 1) He says this but seems to have forgotten Rosaline as old news, even though he speaks of Juliet as he had spoken of Rosaline only a few hours earlier. "One fairer than my love! The all-seeing sun never saw her equal, since the world began" (lines 94-95, scene 2, act 1). Romeo's immaturity was further demonstrated by the way he handled Tybalt's killing of Mercutio.