Banishment In Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is about two eager teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, of two opposing households who fall in love with each other and secretly get married. Unfortunately, their marriage ends in the untimely death of both the newlyweds, ending the pre-existing conflicts between the enemy households. All the events surrounding and relating to Romeo and his love of Juliet are prime examples of how extreme love can be exceedingly problematic. Romeo shows extreme excitement and eagerness when it comes to anything relating to Juliet. He loves her to such a degree that he would risk his own life and citizenship of Verona to be with her. One of the ways this is displayed throughout the play is when he misinterprets his banishment

Romeo sees his banishment from Verona as something worse than death because he cannot see the love of his life. However, he does not realize that his banishment is a mercy, and he should be dead by now for killing Tybalt, which the Friar is trying to make him realize. Because Romeo’s passion for Juliet is so strong, he completely ignored how he experienced a miracle and will still risk his life by going back to Verona after banishment just to see her. Juliet shows extreme passion and love for Romeo by defying her family and refusing to marry Paris. During this time, the best thing a father could have done was to marry his daughter to a wealthy man, which is what Capulet wanted for Juliet. When Juliet refused to marry Paris, it filled Capulet with rage. “Get thee to church a Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me.” (Acts 3, Scene 5). Juliet cares so much about Romeo that she would rather have her family never speak to her again than marry Paris. It could be said that Juliet did not want to marry Paris simply because of his personality, but this is not the

Lastly, as it is the reason for the conflict resolution in the play, the death of Romeo and Juliet was caused by committing suicide. This was driven by the extreme passion and love that they both had for each other. Here's to my love! [He drinks the potion] O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. Dies. ]” (Act 5, Scene 3). After believing that Juliet is dead, Romeo sees that there is no other life he can live without Juliet in it. He does not decide to live and make the most of it, but rather he ends his life immediately. His love and passion for Juliet is what kills him, as well as his mother. “Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight. Grief of my son's exile hath stopped her breath” (Act 5, scene 3). Montague explains that the death of his son was so hard on Lady Montague, that she died of what was probably a heart attack. The love Romeo had for his wife did not kill only one individual, but two. As for Juliet, she unfortunately woke up only seconds after the death of Romeo. Similarly to her husband, she does not believe in a life without