Tragedy In Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

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"You hurt the ones you love the most." This connects to the play, Romeo and Juliet mainly because both lovers do some crazy things because they love each other too much. With Romeo fighting and killing ultimately two people in total, it was all for the love that the two shared. Staging her own death just so she wouldn't have to marry another man really hurt a lot of people, especially Romeo. Ultimately, the love that they shared was both strong and a little crazy. The genre of the play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and the author of the play is William Shakespeare. So basically what happens in this tragic play is there's two young people from two different families that are sworn enemies. However, the love that the two young teens …show more content…
An example of this includes the following. "Doth with their death bury their parents strife," (pg. 992) said the Chorus. This piece of evidence supports my topic sentence mainly because since they'll end up killing themselves in the end, it's just that that would have to end the horrible feud between the two families. There could have been so many other ways for the families to end, but the way they ended it was because of the deaths of their two children. Another piece of evidence includes the following. "O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand," (pg. 1101) said Capulet. This piece of evidence supports my topic sentence because Capulet basically saying that the feud will continue on no more. He also asks for Montague's hand which is pretty much a sign of remorse and peace. The feud is responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Even though there was many contributors, the feud was one of the main …show more content…
Friar Laurence caused Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide. The reason for this is mainly because he gave Juliet the idea of the two day lasting poison and if he didn't do that, then it may have never even came upon her mind. Along with that, the Capulets and Montagues fighting was a huge contributor. This is because if they would just let Romeo and Juliet be together, then there would be no need for them to even think about dying. Finally, some may say that Capulet was the reason for the sudden deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This is mainly because Capulet was just being a father to Juliet and yes, he could have been a little more laid back with Juliet, but he was still trying to do the best for Juliet. The entire play was very romantic and somewhat crazy. Just the whole idea of two young teens falling in love and then loving each other so much that they were willing to die for each other was cheesy, yet sweet. There were many people at fault for the two lover's deaths, but Friar Laurence and the families' feud were the two main

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