The Consequences Of Violence In Romeo And Juliet

Imagine getting so wrapped up in love that you no longer obey your parents. These fierce desires and desperate ambitions tend to lead to tragic events. Family should be number one, and should take priority in all cases. This however, was not the case for two young adults that were madly in love with each other. We all know that sometimes it may be hard to trust our parents and their decisions, but they are right most times. As we can see in Romeo and Juliet, not obeying your parents can have dire consequences. In short, with the characters Romeo and Juliet, along with tragic scenes of violence, and the real world connection to obeying parents. Shakespeare implements scenes of violence to prove the theme that tragic events act as centripetal

They are in a feud that is seemingly as old as time itself. However when a friend of the Montagues gets wrapped up in the feud he is killed. Mercutio was in the city square when Tybalt, a Capulet, arrives. Tybalt suggests that Romeo has hurt him which is when Mercutio draws his sword and instigates a fight. “Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out” (Shakespeare 3.1.76-77). This evidence shows just how willing the two sides or families are willing to fight. They fight in a friendly manner at first, but Tybalt accidentally strikes Mercutio. This angers Romeo so badly to the point where he kills Tybalt. The prince is called to the scene and demands an explanation. A cousin of Romeo’s explains what happened as the two families pour in after hearing the news. It is then brought to knowledge that the Prince was related to Mercutio. The Prince even recognizes the feud and says, “My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a bleeding” (Shakespeare 3.1.185). This evidence further proves the recognition of a feud. So, as you can see, a tragic event to the extent of a murder caused both of the families, and the Prince to come together and agree that the fighting was

After Juliet executes her plan to pretend to kill herself because her parents arrange marriage with a gentleman named Paris, Romeo hears the news and travels to the tomb. He finds Juliet lying supposedly dead, and proceeds to drink a poison he purchased later on in the day out of sadness. This, however, leads Juliet to wake up and find the love of her life dead right beside her. She is overwhelmed with a wave of sadness and desperation. She even attempts to drink the poison that is left off of Romeo’s lips to kill herself. This is the tragic part in the story where Juliet takes her life using Romeo’s sword. “ Then I shall be brief. O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die '' (Shakespeare 5.3.169-170). This quote highlights the farthest the two will go to be together. When the watchmen discover the two freshly dead in the tomb, they alert the two families. The Montagues and Capulets are brought back together once again to mourn the death of their children. Montague says “For I will raise her statue in pure gold, That whiles Verona by that name is known…” (Shakespeare 5-3 284). To which Capulet responds “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie, Poor sacrifices of our enmity” (Shakespeare 5-3 284). This shows us that the two families finally recognize the dangers of their feud and the