"O happy dagger, This is thy sheath." At the end of the tragic, yet romantic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, both lovers die. The love sick decisions they made is what contributed to their death, however, the selfishness of many also killed them. The love struck pair fought many battles to be together and never gave up on one another, regardless the obstacle to overcome. Romeo and Juliet faced the selfish, violent, hateful, and vengeful ways of their feuding families just to try to be happy together. All together, no matter what setback they were hit with or the hatred they received their love for each other never died. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues made the love of Romeo and Juliet a tragedy. Romeo belonged to the Montagues, while Juliet belonged to the Capulets. Both families were wealthy and prominent in Verona. Their love was forbidden and Juliet's parents urged that …show more content…
However, when she finds out she astonished yet her love for him wouldn't change. She insisted she wanted to marry him and Romeo insisted he wanted to marry her, his feelings for Juliet took over his feelings for Rosaline. Juliet told her most trusted ally, the nurse, whom took care of Juliet like she was her own child that she was head over heels for Romeo and couldn't bear to marry Paris. While Romeo expressed his love for Juliet to his greatest ally Friar Laurence. Although, the nurse and Friar Laurence knew that the two should not marry because of the dangers that they will face for following through with their plan of marriage, they couldn't not help them wed due to the love they both obtained for each other. One of the many dangers that accompanied their rebellious act was Lady Capulet, Juliet's mother, threatened to kill Romeo because of the death of Juliet's cousin Tybalt. Her wish, however, was not granted and poor love sick Romeo was punished with banishment from