The Play That Ends with Six Characters Dying.
Everyone knows Romeo and Juliet, or at least knows how it ends, Romeo and Juliet die. But not only do Romeo and Juliet die, 4 other characters, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, including Lady Capulet, also die. Romeo and Juliet died of suicide, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris were slain in fights. Lady Montague died of grief. Shakespeare treated each downfall differently, two of these six losses of life were more prevalent than others. Juliet and Romeo’s death was a result of personal and familial issues. Juliet killed herself with the dagger because of Romeo’s death. Romeo only annihilated himself because of Juliet’s family, the Capulets, and their inclination for Juliet to marry the County Paris, and as …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were suicides. Lady Montague’s death was grief. Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris’ death’s were murders. Although they were different types of demise, all six deaths were involved in family problems, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris’ deaths were moral deaths and Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were personal. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are similar in that they were both suicides and they committed suicide over a dead, or thought to be dead, loved one. Romeo and Mercutio’s deaths were different because Romeo’s death was more familial, personal, and legal, while Mercutio’s death was much more of a moral and familial death. Finally, Mercutio and Tybalt’s deaths were similar because they both departed to the afterlife over moral and familial issues and by sword fight, but they were different because Tybalt’s death was due to Romeo being enraged by Mercutio’s assassination. Basically although most people that have read, and some who haven’t read, the play believe ‘The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’ is a sappy love story, it is much more than that, it is a play that ends with the two main lovers dying along with four other characters, so it ended with six people
Everyone knows Romeo and Juliet, or at least knows how it ends, Romeo and Juliet die. But not only do Romeo and Juliet die, 4 other characters, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, including Lady Capulet, also die. Romeo and Juliet died of suicide, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris were slain in fights. Lady Montague died of grief. Shakespeare treated each downfall differently, two of these six losses of life were more prevalent than others. Juliet and Romeo’s death was a result of personal and familial issues. Juliet killed herself with the dagger because of Romeo’s death. Romeo only annihilated himself because of Juliet’s family, the Capulets, and their inclination for Juliet to marry the County Paris, and as …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were suicides. Lady Montague’s death was grief. Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris’ death’s were murders. Although they were different types of demise, all six deaths were involved in family problems, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris’ deaths were moral deaths and Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were personal. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are similar in that they were both suicides and they committed suicide over a dead, or thought to be dead, loved one. Romeo and Mercutio’s deaths were different because Romeo’s death was more familial, personal, and legal, while Mercutio’s death was much more of a moral and familial death. Finally, Mercutio and Tybalt’s deaths were similar because they both departed to the afterlife over moral and familial issues and by sword fight, but they were different because Tybalt’s death was due to Romeo being enraged by Mercutio’s assassination. Basically although most people that have read, and some who haven’t read, the play believe ‘The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’ is a sappy love story, it is much more than that, it is a play that ends with the two main lovers dying along with four other characters, so it ended with six people