The Play That Ended with Six Characters Dying.
Everyone knows Romeo and Juliet, or at least knows how it ends, Romeo and Juliet die. But not only do Romeo and Juliet die, 4 other characters, Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, and Paris, also die. Romeo and Juliet died of suicide, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris are killed in fights. Lady Montague died of grief. Shakespeare treated each downfall differently, two of these six losses of life were more prevalent than others. Juliet and Romeo’s death was a result of personal and familial issues. Juliet killed herself with the dagger because of Romeo’s death. Romeo only died because of Juliet’s family, the Capulets, and their wishes for Juliet to marry the county Paris, and as a cause of the Capulet’s …show more content…
Mercutio is stabbed under Romeo’s arm by Tybalt. This deadly scuffle was started because of the pure detestation between the Montagues and the Capulets. Not only does Mercutio die, Tybalt is also murdered by Romeo in his rage over Mercutio’s untimely death. Tybalt was definitely an antagonist in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and such when he was murdered the majority readers were probably jubilant that he was dead, but of course his death was the start of a line of deaths, because of his death Romeo is banished from Verona ergo Juliet must fake her death to prevent her arranged marriage to the county Paris, and because of her ‘death’ Romeo believes she is dead and visits her ‘grave’ and fights with Paris and kills him and then kills himself and then Juliet kills herself because of Romeo’s suicide and then Lady Montague, Romeo’s mother, dies of heartbreak over her banished son. Lady Montague’s death was definitely because of familial and personal issues, after Romeo is banished, she is so incredibly upset that she basically grieves herself to death. Her death was also surprising and incredibly sudden as Romeo was banished one day and then she died the very next …show more content…
Romeo’s death was suicide and more familial and personal, while Mercutio was killed by Tybalt and his death was more moral. Their last words are also incredibly different, Romeo’s was more about his love for Juliet and his own death, Mercutio’s last words were basically cursing the Capulet and Montague name, “A plague a’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me.” (Shakespeare) Mercutio and Tybalt are two incredibly different characters, Tybalt is more of a villain and Mercutio is much more of a comic relief. Mercutio is also slain by Tybalt in a street sword fight. Their deaths are very similar though. Both of their deaths are moral and familial issues, seeing as Mercutio is a Montague and Tybalt is a Capulet. They also both die by sword, Mercutio by Tybalt’s sword and Tybalt by Romeo’s sword. A difference is that Tybalt’s death was more of payback while Mercutio’s death was because of the hatred between the Montagues and the
Everyone knows Romeo and Juliet, or at least knows how it ends, Romeo and Juliet die. But not only do Romeo and Juliet die, 4 other characters, Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, and Paris, also die. Romeo and Juliet died of suicide, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris are killed in fights. Lady Montague died of grief. Shakespeare treated each downfall differently, two of these six losses of life were more prevalent than others. Juliet and Romeo’s death was a result of personal and familial issues. Juliet killed herself with the dagger because of Romeo’s death. Romeo only died because of Juliet’s family, the Capulets, and their wishes for Juliet to marry the county Paris, and as a cause of the Capulet’s …show more content…
Mercutio is stabbed under Romeo’s arm by Tybalt. This deadly scuffle was started because of the pure detestation between the Montagues and the Capulets. Not only does Mercutio die, Tybalt is also murdered by Romeo in his rage over Mercutio’s untimely death. Tybalt was definitely an antagonist in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and such when he was murdered the majority readers were probably jubilant that he was dead, but of course his death was the start of a line of deaths, because of his death Romeo is banished from Verona ergo Juliet must fake her death to prevent her arranged marriage to the county Paris, and because of her ‘death’ Romeo believes she is dead and visits her ‘grave’ and fights with Paris and kills him and then kills himself and then Juliet kills herself because of Romeo’s suicide and then Lady Montague, Romeo’s mother, dies of heartbreak over her banished son. Lady Montague’s death was definitely because of familial and personal issues, after Romeo is banished, she is so incredibly upset that she basically grieves herself to death. Her death was also surprising and incredibly sudden as Romeo was banished one day and then she died the very next …show more content…
Romeo’s death was suicide and more familial and personal, while Mercutio was killed by Tybalt and his death was more moral. Their last words are also incredibly different, Romeo’s was more about his love for Juliet and his own death, Mercutio’s last words were basically cursing the Capulet and Montague name, “A plague a’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me.” (Shakespeare) Mercutio and Tybalt are two incredibly different characters, Tybalt is more of a villain and Mercutio is much more of a comic relief. Mercutio is also slain by Tybalt in a street sword fight. Their deaths are very similar though. Both of their deaths are moral and familial issues, seeing as Mercutio is a Montague and Tybalt is a Capulet. They also both die by sword, Mercutio by Tybalt’s sword and Tybalt by Romeo’s sword. A difference is that Tybalt’s death was more of payback while Mercutio’s death was because of the hatred between the Montagues and the