Romeo And Juliet Tragedy Analysis

A Shakespearean tragedy of a drama or literature is where a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, has been placed in a stressful situation and ends with a fatal conclusion. In the play and movie, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, this specific type of tragedy was portrayed clearly throughout the story. Although, the story leads up to create one major tragedy, there are also several tragedies which lead up to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Even though the play was created in the 16th century, there are many concepts that contributed to the tragedy such as love and hate, occur in today’s society where groups of people still hate each other for many reasons – race, religion etc. and the context between the Elizabethan audience and and contemporary audience. In the play, Act 5 Scene 3 is the death of Romeo and Juliet, and in which will be analysed to determine how the overall tragedy was constructed. The tragedy will be analysed through the literary devices, the characterisation and the themes that brought the play to be a tragedy.

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Their power of love is the play’s most important theme as the play is based on their love. The love between Romeo and Juliet described in many terms whether in death or happiness. Their passionate love supersedes the conflict between their families and has not caused them to forget their love for each other. Romeo and Juliet does not include their family’s tradition, however, this portrays their passion of being in love, overpowering force that supersedes several other values, loyalties, and emotions. “O my love, my wife, death, that hath suck 'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.” This identifies their love through the belief that Juliet is dead leading up to Romeo’s death. Consequently, their love is powerful and this idea of the power of love is major theme in the play that contributes to the