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Essay About The Mistakes In Romeo And Juliet

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Throughout William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, two lovers quest for each other, falls through due to one's actions. Which one? The man of course! Romeo throughout William Shakespeare's masterpiece, messes up the “ and they lived happily ever after” bit at three crucial parts in the tragedy. The first mistake Romeo makes is killing Tybalt. Tybalt being a Capulet, sworn enemy of Romeo’s Montague family, gets in Romeo’s face. Romeo being just married to Tybalt's younger cousin, Juliet, does not want a fight his new cousin. Mercutio, friend of Romeo, steps in and fights Mercutio. Tybalt eventually slays Mercutio, launching Romeo into a frenzy. Another fight ensues between Romeo and Tybalt, leading to Romeo killing Tybalt. The Prince hears about this and banishes Romeo from Verona. Romeo is crying at the feet of Friar Lawrence, who tries to calm Romeo down. The killing of Tybalt forces Romeo to be away from his “star-crossed lover” making him very sad and suicidal. The mistake how ever …show more content…

The Friar was one of the few people in Verona, (pre-banishment) that listened to Romeo and gave Romeo advice on what to do with his young life. When Romeo’s servant comes to Mantua and tells Romeo of Juliet’s death, he instantly buys fast acting poison and rushes to her burial site. Romeo was so entranced by his feelings that Romeo did not even think to ask the Friar about the situation. Romeo just instantly decided that he was going to kill himself. These two lover sure like to talk about killing themselves! Romeo could have simply solved this problem with a brief check in with the Friar. A quick meet and greet, would have gotten all the information that should have gotten to Romeo, via letter, from the Friar. The Friar, being a good friend of Romeo and holy man of Verona would have given Romeo the exact details of the plan to allow Romeo and Juliet to “live happily ever

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