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Examples Of Secrets In Romeo And Juliet

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Everyone has secrets, but there are times where their secrets must retire. There are many examples found in the play Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare. Romeo & Juliet is a love story between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet staged in Verona, Italy. Due to a family feud, they fear if their relationship comes to light they would be separated. However, some secrets need to be revealed, or they can have serious consequences. In reality, there are times when secrets must be told.
Secrets must come to light when they can cause someone to get hurt or die. For example, after Juliet tries to poison herself after Romeo used his poison, she gives up and tries another option. Juliet proclaim, “[Juliet] snatches Romeo’s dagger. This is thy sheath; …show more content…

She stabs herself and falls on Romeo’s body” (Shakespeare 5.3.174-176). Eventually, she stabs herself after her failed attempt at trying to poison herself by kissing Romeo. Moreover, if Juliet’s relationship with Romeo was not secret she would not be dead. Next, Romeo is looking for poison from the Apothecary, the Apothecary does not want to sell to Romeo, but he needs the money. Romeo asserts, “I pay thy poverty, and not thy will” (Shakespeare 5.1.79). Presently, Romeo tells the Apothecary that he is paying for the poison and not his will to sell it to him. Surely, if the Apothecary warned Romeo’s parents he would still be alive. Meanwhile, Juliet asks the Nurse what is the masked Romeo’s name for she would never find another if he is married. As soon as she learns of Romeo’s Montague blood, she states, “My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too

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