The Destructive Nature Of Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In Act 3 of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, he illustrates the destructive nature of love by describing the events in which love makes a person blind. In Act 3 Tybalt kills Mercutio and in revenge, Romeo kills Tybalt. The prince then banishes Romeo from Verona but, Romeo won’t leave until he is able to say goodbye to his love, Juliet. Now, Juliet not only has to deal with the death of her cousin and the banishment of her secret husband, but also the arrangement of a marriage of which she does not want. Before Mercutio got killed by Tybalt, Romeo was trying break up the quarrel between the two. “Gentlemen, stop this disgraceful fight. Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince has banned fighting in the streets of Verona. Stop, Tybalt. Stop, good Mercutio,”

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