The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
The Tragedy of Romeo and JulietThe Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo lives in a world “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean”, and where prejudice actions literally lead to human destruction.
This play was not only one of a love tragedy, but one of human life and morals. From start to finish Shakespeare makes the audience feel for the characters, as though they were part of our own world, and as though we had known them our whole lives. Act III Scene I in which Mercutio is slain by Tybalt is a perfect example of how Shakespeare makes us feel the agony that Mercutio must have felt as he lie on his death bed and say to Romeo “a plague o’ both your houses!” In my opinion that line is the most important line in the play, for the simple reason that it stresses the fact that not only Montagues and Capulets are effected by the childish feud but the city, the innocent people, and the friends of both families.
The only person close to both families and had no grudge toward either household was the Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence could see the true love in Romeo and Juliet and was the only man who was willing to help them be together. He agrees to marry Romeo and...
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