Romeo's guilt in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, it is clear of love's driving force, though Romeo's actions turn love's driving force into a tragic end. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, despite Capulets and Montagues being enemies, the character of Romeo who belongs to the Montagues falls in love with Juliet, a girl who is to marry County Paris and is from the Capulets because of this, Romeo's marriage with Juliet in combination Romeo's actions force many issues, including going against their families' familial and social requirements, as well as resulting in the murder of Tybalt, all leading to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet. Knowing this, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it is Romeo who is
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After Mercutio's death by Tybalt, Romeo angrily kills Tybalt (a Capulet), resulting in his exile by the prince, best seen when the nurse says "Tybalt is gone and Romeo banishèd. Romeo that killed him—he is banishèd." Considering this quote, it is important to consider how, through Romeo's killing of Tybalt, he not only cuts away any possible approved relationship between him and Juliet, though also importantly contributes to a tragic miscommunication between him and Juliet because of his exile. Due to how Romeo got exiled after his killing of Tybalt, he left his town (Verona) for Mantua, a problem that in combination with Romeo also leaving Mantua, leads to Romeo not receiving word of Juliet's fake death. Since Romeo did not receive word of Juliet's faked death, he believed she had truly died and eventually committed suicide, an action which completes half of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet as well as being one of the largest contributing factors to the complete tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Considering all this, these issues were derived from Romeo's decision to kill Tybalt, something which was not at all forced, meaning it is Romeo's actions which caused these problems, helping expose Romeo's guilt for the tragedy of Romeo and