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Theme Of Death In Romeo And Juliet

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Ava Boothe
Mrs. Dewberry/ Mrs. Wayt
English 9
7 March 2023 love into death

“Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty” (Shakespeare.5.3. 91-96) In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare describes the story and talks about how foolish and unmature the story gets over “love”. There are many examples of theme in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. One example of the theme is “Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty” (Shakespeare.5.3. 91-96) In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the theme when feuds are present death can occur can be seen through Romeo,Juliet, and Mercutio. Mercutio takes Romeo’s place in the fight between the two families, which leads to his murder. In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet he will discuss a lot of death. Mercutio takes Romeo's place because Romeo has never fought before (Shakespeare 3.1.45-70) Romeo bounced out of the fight between him and Tybalt because Mercutio took his place, Romeo doesn’t know how to fight, nor he ever got into a fight before. Without Mercutio taking Romeo's place, Tybalt would have put an end to Romeo. The author further illustrates, “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask …show more content…

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