Examples Of Betrayal In Romeo And Juliet

A thematic statement for the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespere is that the betrayal of trust can have devastating consequences for both the person who betrays and the person betrayed. The theme of betrayal is shown throughout the entire play. One of the first examples we see a character getting betrayed is when Romeo's friends mocked him for being upset about his love life. While this betrayal is small, it sets the tone for the entire play of watching people constantly betraying the people they care about for love. Another example of betrayal right in the beginning is that Juleit Capulat feels betrayed by her own parents because they are claiming that they will disown Juliet if she doesn't marry Paris. They convince Paris to try

Meructio, however, decides that he will fight Tybalt instead, leading to him being stabbed by Tybalt when Romeo tries to get in between them to stop them. Romeo inadvertently causes his best friend's death, resulting in another betrayal, this time done by Romeo. Mercutio exclaims how he feels betrayed by Romeo in his final moments, “Why the devil come you between us? I was hurt under your arm” (Shakespeare 3.1.64) Finally, the biggest betrayal in the play is Friar Laurance betraying Romeo and Juliet by giving them a risky plan to fake Juliets death so they can go to a different down and be together, however when Romeo finds Juliet as ¨dead¨ he kills himself, and then when Juliet wakes to find Romeo dead, she kills herself as well. All of the examples of the people in Romeo and Juliet betraying each other has consequences for the people on both sides of the betrayal, most of which ultimately leading to Romeo and Juliet's tragic deaths. Juliet's parents threatening to disown her if she does not marry Paris is what forces her to have to fake her death to be with the one she truly loves. The consequence being Juliet's parents lost their daughter and Juliet lost her

Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare 1.5. 49-51) Romeo betrays his family and risks his life along with others for her and to be with her. He even marries Juliet just days after he met her. Romeo even kills himself so he does not have to live a minute without the woman he loves. Romeo loves deeply and passionately, however this can blind him, and lead to him making both impulsive and immature decisions. Some could argue that his whole love for Juleit was impulsive and immature. Most mature people do not believe that you can fall in love at first sight, or fall in love as deeply as Romeo did that quickly. When he found Juliet at what he thought was dead he almost immediately killed himself, even though, if he waited just a few minutes, he would find that she was not even dead. He did many things throughout the play without much thought like marrying Juliet so soon, or breaking into his family's rival's orchard, and killing