How Did The Forces Of Love Influence Romeo's Death

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Did the forces of love contribute more to Romeo’s death? Or did the forces of hatred have a stronger influence? Or both? I think that love and hatred were both strong and apparent causes of Romeo’s fate. I believe that if he had never met Juliet, or if he and Juliet’s families had never fought, that he probably wouldn't have died at such a young age. I think that love had a major influence on Romeo’s fate because if he had never fallen so deeply in love with Juliet, he would have never had a reason to commit suicide. If he had never gone to the masquerade party he would have never met her at all. “Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r. O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, They pray– grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. Saints do not move though grant for prayers’ sake. Then move not …show more content…

If their families had never fought, the Friar wouldn’t have had to make the sleeping potion for Juliet, and Romeo wouldn’t have mistaken her slumber for her death. Romeo and Juliet also wouldn’t have had to sneak around to see each other. They would have been able to see each other whenever they wanted if there wasn’t so much hate between the two families. “And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in the dark to be his paramour? For fear of that, I still will stay with thee, And never from this palace of dim night Depart again. Here, here will I remain With worms that are thy chambermaids; O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest,” (Shakespeare 5.3. 105-111.) I strongly believe that Romeo was also jealous that death had a hold on Juliet but he couldn’t. I also strongly believe that jealousy falls in the same category as hate, since jealousy is usually a tremendously negative thing that can cause a lot of problems between people. Romeo hates the fact that death is holding Juliet so he decides to join her, so that he can take her back from