One of the most famous plays in the world is Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The two feuding families are brought together by the love and death of their only children. Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but their families won’t allow them to be together so they both decide to commit suicide so that they can be together forever in peace. Shakespeare’s play is a tragedy much more than it is a romance even though most people believe it is a romance. The first example as to why Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy rather than a romance is because of the fact that Juliet and Romeo both commit suicide because of their families feuding which causes the two lovers not to be able to be together. “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,” (Act 1,
