Hatred is not something that is planned. People are all born hating something. Hatred can pull families apart and even bring families into a seemingly never-ending feud. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a moving play about two teenagers who come from two rivaling families that have hated each other for generations. At the end of this horrible tragedy, the hatred that these two families feel ultimately caused the deaths of Romeo, Juliette, and many others. The main question that must be answered is who holds the responsibility. In William Shakespeare’s Tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Romeo holds this responsibility as a result of his impulsiveness and his unreasonable nature that reveals the dramatic effects of hatred on peoples’ lives. Throughout …show more content…
Romeo is not just impulse but he is also unreasonable meaning once he sees something a certain way his mind can not be changed and he is set on feeling or thinking in a certain way. When Romeo killed Tybalt, he went back to Friar Lawrence's cell to hide where Friar Lawrence brought him the news that he was banished and not going to be executed. The Friar expected Romeo to be happy that he had avoided death, but Romeo is the opposite of happy. Romeo cries “Ha, banishment”? Be merciful, say ‘death’ for exile hath more terror in his sight.”(Shakespear 141). Romeo sees banishment as worse than death since he will no longer be able to see his wife Juliet, whom he has only known for a couple of hours. His mind is set that he would rather kill himself than be exiled, which is just another death in this tragedy and his mindset contributes to the tragedy at hand. When Romeo hears of Juliet’s death, he wastes no time running back to Veronia to die next to Juliet. On the way there, he stops and gets poisoned. He arrives at Juliet’s tomb and after seeing her dead body he drinks the poison and says “O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.”(Shakespeare