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Death In Romeo And Juliet

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Shakespeare`s classical and famous love story known as Romeo and Juliet was set in Verona during the 1500`s, as the play progressed it is clear Romeo and Juliet love for each other was not going to end well especially where they were positioned in such a nasty feud, the hate threatens to remove one from the other. Sadly, both hail from the feuding families, respectively from the Montagues and the wealthy Capulets. Because of this their short but dramatic love story is shortened as Shakespeare presents many bridges and obstacles in the wake for their pure love to grow, ultimately from the families uncontrollable hatred towards one another showcasing the young love between Romeo and Juliet to be sealed with tragedy as their death was fate. Late …show more content…

How such tragedy could occur is puzzling especially considering how young both Romeo and Juliet were. To find out more information on this breaking news of these tragic young deaths we will focus on the reports from the Prince ``this is a death no one in Verona was certainly not expecting, it is a shame that 2 families were more focused on the feud than the love and care of their children. Because of the hatred, their love could not be free or express happiness, instead, it was kept hidden out of fear or consequence. `` And Lord Capulet is quoted as saying ``I am the Lord who is the king of his family, I don`t have to respond to anyone for every one person in Verona is worthless. I would not hurt my child let alone kill her, it is a joke that I am a possible suspect to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. `` The balcony scene is a huge moment in the play as the lovers here decide their love is too powerful to ignore then causing a chain of reactions. During the scene, they show their deep love for each other and they deeply regret the fact that they were foes and begrudge the social restrictions placed upon their love just from their names being …show more content…

However the Friar was wrong and not only did it make things worse for Verona but it seemed more chaos arisen from his careless decisions like keeping unpleasant surprises from the families, creating poison and marrying two young children in secret, therefore, making him a clear suspect in the death of the two lovers. Tybalt is also at fault for the death because his pride could not let go of the fact that Romeo was his rival as the feud runs through his veins as pop viciously in rage every time he sees a Montague for example at the start in scene 1 he is wanting a fight with Romeo but he declines to leave Tybalt furious, killing Mercutio, nearly causing a scene as he urges his father he must fight Romeo in the Capulet household at the ball and fighting Romeo with his gang like members. Even though it was family honor Tybalt took it too personally with one having to ask was it really worth killing Mercutio from a

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