Why Is Romeo And Juliet Considered A Tragedy

Tragedy, a tragedy is an events with common elements that causes suffering. William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy. The love shared by Romeo and his loved one Juliet can not be exposed to society due to their family feuds.This story is a tragedy, because of the common elements of drama, heartbreak, and death. Drama is a major element that causes tragedy. The drama between the two loved ones families is absurd and leads to tragic scenes. For example, in Act three scene one, Tybalt a Capulet kills Mercutio a Montague a good friend of Romeo. Romeo finds out about it, and due to the drama of their family and the feelings of revenge and rage Romeo kills Tybalt.” This displays how the story consist of drama. In addition, the drama between Romeo and paris causes them to fight in Act five scene three, “The drama finally ends between us may you rest …show more content…
Such as heartbreak. Therefore heartbreak is an element of tragedy, one of the main purposes of this story is love, and heartbreak is love’s enemy. A messenger lied to Romeo and told him that Juliet was dead, this caused Romeo to be heartbroken. In act five scene three, Romeo bought illegal poison after he was told of Juliet’s “DEATH” he decided to visit Juliet's tomb, kill Paris, and after commits suicide. This was one of the most tragic scenes in the story and all because of heartbreak. Drama and heartbreak are not the only common elements that lead to tragedy in this story, however there is one more. Death, death is a common element that leads to tragedies. In this story death leads one of the most important scenes into a tragedy. For example, in act five scene three, when Juliet awakens from her deep sleep she discovers Romeo lying on the tomb’s floor dead. Juliet decides to take Romeo’s dagger and kill herself, all because of Romeo’s death. This scene described tragic in so many