Violence In Romeo And Juliet

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is based on a destructive love between two families who have a strong hatred towards each other: the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. The passionate love between Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, ties closely with violence because of this inconvenience. In the play, the “star-crossed” lovers are too overwhelmed with their love, leading more to destruction than to happiness. The love that Romeo and Juliet share links with death from the moment it begins: Tybalt, a member of the Capulet family, notices Romeo at the Capulet party and determines to kill him simultaneously to when Romeo instantly falls in love with Juliet. Because of his duel letter addressed to Romeo, Tybalt ends up dying.

At the beginning scenes of the play, Tybalt, a member of the Capulet family, takes notice of Romeo’s existence at the Capulet party. Although Tybalt is instructed by Father Capulet to leave the situation alone, Tybalt finds an exception to do so. Following the party, he sends out a letter to Romeo, making him aware that he wants to have a duel. Because Romeo is clueless on the invitation to fight, at the scene, Romeo states, “I do protest, I never injured thee…” (III, I, 65) as he tries to draw from the match. Due to Tybalt’s irrigant personality, he did not allow Romeo to walk away. In turn, Tybalt loses his life. Following the Prince’s orders, Romeo leaves Verona and is sent to Mantua; far from his lover, Juliet. This action not only affects Romeo, but Juliet as

Because of Tybalt’s death, Juliet experiences an extreme feeling of despair and depression due to the lacking existence of her true love. Juliet believes there is no other way to deal with the pain and despair: indecisive on whether to stay alive, stating, “ If all else fail, myself have power to die, ” (III, V, 255). In addition, Juliet is extremely vulnerable when she realizes she has to marry County Paris because of the despair she is feeling due to Romeo’s banishment, caused by Tybalt’s death. Her large amount of vulnerability is leading her to believe that she has no one to turn to and everyone is working against her; concluding in a decision of life and death for the young girl. Before taking her life, Juliet decides to go to Friar Lawrence for advice, leaving his presence with a complex plan to reunite with Romeo. According to the Freytag’s Pyramid adapted from Gustav Freytag’s Technik des Dramas, because Tybalt’s death occurs at the climax of the tragedy, it is inevitable for the following scenes of the play to contain a series of unfortunate