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Death In Romeo And Juliet

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"But as/All is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love/In folly," (As You Like It, II, iv, 54-56). The prevalence and necessity of the themes of love and death in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is apparent. In fact, the heartfelt relationships of the play's characters are the roots of the horrid outcome. Demonstrated through the actions and words of the characters in the play, five types of love: unrequited love, parental love, romantic love, friendship, and love of family honour are herein displayed. Ultimately, the ill-advised actions of the characters in Romeo and Juliet catalyzed by love, lead to each of the six deaths observed within the play. The events occurring during the public duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, and later …show more content…

This later leads to Tybalt's death, when Romeo slays Tybalt. Tybalt's goal for solemnity among his family members resulted does quite the opposite in the end as solemnity does not ensue. Furthermore, Mercutio's death at the hands of Tybalt, only happens due to his close friendship with Romeo. Mercutio feels responsible for defending his dear friend, who was getting badgered by Tybalt. Mercutio can not continue to see, "[This] calm dishonourable submission," (Romeo and Juliet, III, I, 70) on Romeo's part, and decides to fight Tybalt himself. Arising from benevolence, but also due to his outspokenness, Mercutio accomplishes his goal to defend his good friend, but has to pay an eternal price for his actions. The love that Tybalt has for his family and Mercutio, for his good friend, Romeo, are major contributions to the demise of these two boisterous …show more content…

Following the banishment of Romeo from Verona, Lady Montague, Romeo's mother, passes away from a heart attack as a reaction of Romeo's banishment. This is not discovered until later, after the suicides of Romeo and Juliet, when Montague says, "Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight/Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath," (Romeo and Juliet, V, iii, 210, 211). Romeo's decision to kill Tybalt does not only lead to his banishment, but also his mother's death as this was too much to bear. Although little information about Lady Montague is presented in the play, it is only logical to think that her death is due to her great parental love for her son, Romeo. This conclusion seems only more reasonable when one considers the independence of Romeo compared to the

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The love Mercutio has for Romeo makes him want to fight Tybalt, which leads to Tybalt stabbing him and his death. Love destroys by making Mercutio fight for Romeo. Additionally this can also be seen with Juliet killing herself when she sees Romeo

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Romeo does nothing to fight back so Mercutio steps up and fight Tybalt but loses his life in doing so. After Mercutio dies Romeo is full of anger and craves vengeance, he immediately chases after Tybalt and kills him. Romeo starts off not wanting to fight but after the death of Mercutio he is conflicted with so many different emotions and he only listens to one, anger. Mercutio lost his life defending Romeo who refused to fight Tybalt, but his death made Romeo do the exact thing he lost his life for.

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Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's best and most memorable plays with two lovers experiencing troubles to be together. Yet, controversies in the play still come into view. One of those controversies is who is to blame for the tragedy but so many people in this play could be potential people of interest. Tybalt and Mercutio started the tragedy with Tybalt killing Mercutio and eventually ending with Tybalt dying due to Romeo’s desire to get revenge. However, the occurrence of the fight was due to the hatred between the households which could leave that possibly at blame.

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Neither Tybalt nor Mercutio truly know one another. Both characters assume what one another’s purposes are or who they are, however, they continue to fight to the point of death. Due to Mercutio’s anger, he ends up getting killed by Tybalt, an act of violence caused by fury. After Mercutio’s death, Romeo is unable to control his anger and violently exclaims “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul … Either thou or I, or both, must go with him,” on pg.1092. This leads to Romeo having a duel with Tybalt and Romeo does not think of the consequences.

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