Romeo And Juliet: Romance Or Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet has many elements of romance and tragedy, but some people argue that it is more of a romance than a tragedy. How can Romeo and Juliet be a romance if they were doomed from the start? Romeo and Juliet is more of a tragedy than a romance because their relationship was kept secret, they were not able to love each other to their full potential and they both commit suicide at the end due to a misunderstanding caused by one mistake. The first reason Romeo and Juliet is more of a tragedy than a romance is because they kept their relationship a secret. Because the Capulets and Montagues were enemies, Romeo and Juliet thought it was best to keep their love for each other and marriage hidden. What is romantic about keeping a relationship hidden from the world? I assume that if Romeo and Juliet did not commit suicide, they would eventually fall out of love due to the constant lying and hiding. The tragedy could have been avoided if they confessed to the families. “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor into pure love,” (Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 31-32). When Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet, he was under the …show more content…
Throughout the play, Romeo mentions suicide a number of times, and by the middle and end of the play, Juliet begins to mentions it. The fact that Romeo and a Julie committed suicide for each other is not romantic. It is tragic because it was the result of a misunderstanding. “What’s here? A cup closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end,” (Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 165-167). “Yea noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die,” (Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 174-175). Juliet realizes that Romeo did not know about the plan and has killed himself. Eventually, the emotional pain becomes unbearable, so she commits