A Tragic Unity “Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky” (Sonia Gandhi). Just like William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , the Columbine sShooting of 1999 illustrates how one tragedy can bring people together. Even if a tragedy is complex, the human race can get over the tragedy when they are united. The deaths in Columbine and in Romeo and Juliet brought people together. As a result of the shooting at Columbine, “thirteen people were shot dead” (C. Shepard). In the hours following the assassination, the gunmen committed suicide. Juliet also commits suicide after finding out that Romeo died. “O happy dagger/ This is thy sheath; and let me die” were Juliet’s last words; she killed herself with
