Summary: The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy as it contains elements of a tragedy, such as having little room for alternatives, and the events move with extraordinary rapidity, yet leaving room for lamentation. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy as a result of its many tragic elements. For example, the events are moving with extraordinary rapidity, but also letting the characters have leisure time for lamentation. (3.1.76-119) To begin the scene, Mercutio and Tybalt are seen playing with one another. Soon Mercutio initiates a fight with Tybalt saying, “Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives, that I mean to make bold withal”. This causes them to begin fighting, but Romeo manages to stop the two, under Romeo’s arm, Tybalt accidentally stabs Mercutio. Romeo, to avenge Mercutio, goes and kills Tybalt. Soon after Romeo is seen crying in Friar Lawrence's cell over being exiled saying, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death’, for exile hath more terror in his look”. All of these important events happened very swiftly. They happen within an

He sees Paris standing at the burial site, and when Romeo gets near Paris accuses Romeo, saying “(5.3.69) And apprehend thee for a felon here”. Provoking Romeo they fight and Paris perishes. Romeo then enters the Burial chamber and sees Juliet's body. At the sight of her body he becomes filled with a deep sorrow. He decides he can’t live without Juliet saying “Here’s to my love.” right before he kills himself with poison. Friar Lawrence comes in to find Juliet waking up. First, she is groggy, but soon wakes up and finds Romeo on the floor deceased. She takes a second to grieve, but in the end decides to take her life along with Romeo. She takes Romeo's sword and stabs herself in the heart. The scene moves very quickly with all the events happening within minutes of each other. From Romeo killing Paris then himself, and finally Juliet ending her life as