In Beatdom #11, Zeena Schrek wrote “When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.” Her words ring true in William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In this cataclysmic tale,Romeo and Juliet, the children of two feuding families fall in love and become married in secret. A day later, Romeo is banished and against her own wishes, Juliet accepts a separate marriage proposal. In a desperate attempt to reunite them free of familial burdens, Friar Lawrence devises a plan for Juliet to fake her death and run away with her husband. This plan ultimately falls through when Romeo learns of his wife’s death and takes his own life, Subsequently,