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Examples Of Greed In Romeo And Juliet

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In today's world, there are many people who are greedy and think that money will always make them happy. Usually the most greedy people are the ones who are not happy. William Shakespeare expresses this same theme in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo goes to an apothecary to get poison Shakespeare throws in the theme that money can sometimes lead to bad things. In Act 5 Romeo says, “ There is thy gold-- worse poison to men's souls”. (Shakespeare 1037). This show my theme that money is a very evil thing because money can cause people to do crazy things. Money can cause someone to be rude because they might think that since they have money they can do whatever they want to do. Apothecary says that, “ such mortal drugs I have” ( Shakespeare
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