The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a fictional story about two lovers in households that hate each other. Shakespeare shows the two lovers being willing to do anything to be together. They go through great lengths to be together, and even plan to marry in secret. Complications arise in their plans, and Juliet is forced to fake her death, leaving Romeo thinking that she actually died. In the end, Romeo and Juliet take their lives so that they can be together for all eternity. Even though most would say that this is a tragedy, some would argue that the play is more of a comedy than a tragedy. The argument stands because Romeo is a very hard character to sympathise with, Juliet is even worse than Romeo, never …show more content…
The way that Romeo’s character was created makes the audience very unsympathetic toward him because he is very over emotional, and often times doesn’t think things through before he acts. When Romeo is speaking with Benvolio, he tell him that “[he] has lost [himself]; that [he] is not here,” and even though it is a very sad statement, the audience doesn’t feel sorry for him. He is sad because the person that he loves, Rosaline, doesn’t love him back. Later on though, when he is talking with the Friar he tells him, “With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No I have forgot that name and that name’s woe,” showing that even though the day before he was completely heartbroken over her, the moment he saw Juliet, he had completely moved on and no longer cared about Rosaline. That just shows that his emotions and feelings are not all together. When Romeo hears that Juliet died, he goes to man named Apothecary and asks for a “dram of poison,” saying that it needs to “disperse itself through all the veins,” meaning that he is asking for something to kill himself with. Even though he doesn't really know Juliet, he has convinced himself that she is his true love, and that without her, he cannot live. This just shows how much of an emotional wreck he is, and is what causes the audience to be extremely unsympathetic towards