Romeo And Juliet Loyalty Essay

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In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet shows loyalty to Romeo because of their endless for each other. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is Capulet. Their two families are enemies and do not like each other. When Romeo meets Juliet they fall in love but know it will not work out well because of their families differences. They set up a secrete marriage but soon after Romeo gets banished for killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Juliet drinks poison which makes it seem she is dead. When Romeo finds her he does not know she is actually alive so he kills himself. After Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo laying there dead she takes her own life to be with her husband. Juliet shows loyalty to Romeo by taking many risks that could potentially get her banished …show more content…
They go to Friar Lawrence and ask for his help. He marries them secretly so their families do not find out. They wanted to take actions fast so the day after they met they were husband and wife. “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow, By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite; And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world” (Shakespeare act 2 scene 2 lines 140-150 ). Juliet shows loyalty by disobeying her parents by not marrying Count Paris, but setting up a marriage that her parents do not know …show more content…
Juliet is heartbroken and does not feel any reasons to live. Her Nurse does not like to see her like this and takes her to Friar Lawrence. The Friar comes up with a plan to give Juliet this potion that will make her seem she is dead. Her parents find her in her room on the floor unconscious and set up a ceremony for her pretend death. Juliet gets put in a casket next to her cousin, Tybalt, which died a few days before. Romeo comes to find Juliet in a casket not breathing, since the letter the Friar sent never received to Romeo. He did not know about their plan and thought she was dead so he decided to drink poison that would kill him. Soon after Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo laying there dead so she takes a knife and stabs herself. “Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die” (Shakespeare act 5 scene 3 line

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