The Theme Of Death In Romeo And Juliet

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The claim of this story is, Romeo and Juliet is that the story is a true death story. In the story there are multiple deaths between the two families, which is why the story could be seen as a story of death for the theme.
Death of a Montague. One example of death in the story is when mercutio dies. Mercutio dies in the story because Tybalt. Tybalt kills mercutio in the story trying to find Romeo, Tybalt wanted to kill Romeo because Romeo showed up as an unwanted guest at the Capulet party in Tybalt’s opinion, So he sent a letter to the house of Montagues saying Romeo better watch his back because if he doesn’t then he will die.
Death of a Capulet, a second example of death would be Tybalt's death. Tybalt dies right after Mercutio dies.

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