Romeo and Juliet is a tale of love, death, and heartbreak, and is a story that still clings to the hearts of many today. However, the way death is displayed and treated by Shakespeare is much more dramatic than if it were to be a quiet, sorrowful mourning, and was treated differently pertaining to each character’s role. All of the deaths were a tragic result of climatic actions that took place, putting characters Mercutio, Tybalt, Juliet, and Romeo in their graves. The casualties of these characters share many characteristics in specific pairs, and could very well explain what effect Shakespeare wanted to pull the readers or watchers in concerning the characters and their deaths. First and foremost, in the comparison of the deaths of Romeo
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Romeo and Mercutio, towards the beginning of the play were not expected to die the way they had, or when they had. Mercutio’s death was simply a result from a spur of the moment when he had decide to defend Romeo as it says in the play, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! To choke carries it away. Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk away?” (3.1.25.).The negative result of his death began with an even greater divide between the Capulet and Montague households. The way of Romeo’s death is by poison and that aspect of it, as well as the time is most unexpected, as he and Juliet were thought to live happily once Juliet’s plan worked. The negative effect of this was Juliet’s death afterwards. The play states, “Here's to my love! [Drinks.] O, Pharmacist, you told the truth! Your drugs are quick. So, I die with a kiss.” (5.3.15.).The way Shakespeare treats the death of these characters is with compassion and a sense of despair. When Romeo’s death is realized Juliet reacts in pain, strife, and regret, and similar emotions are displayed by Romeo towards Mercutio’s death. The legal issue with their deaths is that both departures to the next life were done by matters that would have resulted in severe legal punishment, because Mercutio was murdered and Romeo used an illegal substance. In conclusion, Romeo and Mercutio’s deaths were …show more content…
Tybalt was killed by the angry, regretful Romeo, and Mercutio was killed by the instigator, Tybalt. In the play it states of Mercutio’s death, “I am hurt; A plague on both your houses!” (3.1.34.) Also stated is, “Yes, yes, a scratch, a scratch; by Mary, it’s enough. Where is my page? Go, villain, get a doctor,” (3.1.34.) Tybalt picked a fight with Mercutio, and then sliced him with his sword, and to seek revenge Romeo called Tybalt out to duel and stabbed him with his blade. Tybalt, a Capulet, killed Mercutio, a Montague, and Romeo, a Montague, killed Tybalt, a Capulet. The way death is treated by Shakespeare for these characters is with conflict and an undesirable tension that mounts to a climatic end of Tybalt and Mercutio’s lives. The moral issue pertaining to their homicides is that the formulated reason behind them was a family dispute over an undetermined and unreasonable cause. The issue between the Capulet and Montague was the equivalent of fighting over nothing. This portrayed a sense of child-like behavior, and that love for family should never justify the hatred (or death) of an enemy. Therefore, the casualties of the two characters were unjust, careless, and
Romeo and Mercutio, towards the beginning of the play were not expected to die the way they had, or when they had. Mercutio’s death was simply a result from a spur of the moment when he had decide to defend Romeo as it says in the play, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! To choke carries it away. Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk away?” (3.1.25.).The negative result of his death began with an even greater divide between the Capulet and Montague households. The way of Romeo’s death is by poison and that aspect of it, as well as the time is most unexpected, as he and Juliet were thought to live happily once Juliet’s plan worked. The negative effect of this was Juliet’s death afterwards. The play states, “Here's to my love! [Drinks.] O, Pharmacist, you told the truth! Your drugs are quick. So, I die with a kiss.” (5.3.15.).The way Shakespeare treats the death of these characters is with compassion and a sense of despair. When Romeo’s death is realized Juliet reacts in pain, strife, and regret, and similar emotions are displayed by Romeo towards Mercutio’s death. The legal issue with their deaths is that both departures to the next life were done by matters that would have resulted in severe legal punishment, because Mercutio was murdered and Romeo used an illegal substance. In conclusion, Romeo and Mercutio’s deaths were …show more content…
Tybalt was killed by the angry, regretful Romeo, and Mercutio was killed by the instigator, Tybalt. In the play it states of Mercutio’s death, “I am hurt; A plague on both your houses!” (3.1.34.) Also stated is, “Yes, yes, a scratch, a scratch; by Mary, it’s enough. Where is my page? Go, villain, get a doctor,” (3.1.34.) Tybalt picked a fight with Mercutio, and then sliced him with his sword, and to seek revenge Romeo called Tybalt out to duel and stabbed him with his blade. Tybalt, a Capulet, killed Mercutio, a Montague, and Romeo, a Montague, killed Tybalt, a Capulet. The way death is treated by Shakespeare for these characters is with conflict and an undesirable tension that mounts to a climatic end of Tybalt and Mercutio’s lives. The moral issue pertaining to their homicides is that the formulated reason behind them was a family dispute over an undetermined and unreasonable cause. The issue between the Capulet and Montague was the equivalent of fighting over nothing. This portrayed a sense of child-like behavior, and that love for family should never justify the hatred (or death) of an enemy. Therefore, the casualties of the two characters were unjust, careless, and