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Love Is To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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When people think of love, they generally think of positive emotions. Romeo and Juliet is a well-known tragic love story written by Shakespeare. In the story, Romeo and Juliet constantly fight for love, despite the many obstacles the run into. Love is what brought them together, but could love be Romeo and Juliet’s downfall? Going into detail, the emotion of love caused Romeo and Juliet to take many risks and distort their ability to make proper decisions based on logic. That’s why love is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Love caused Romeo and Juliet to take many risks. Romeo speaks to Juliet at the balcony while she is in the middle of private thought. (II.ii) It was a great risk for Romeo and Juliet to talk to each other from the balcony because one of the Capulets could catch Romeo. However, they desperately wanted to see each other and talked anyway. In Act 3 Scene 1, in response to Tybalt’s threat to fight, Romeo says “Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.” (III.i.50) Instead of fighting Tybalt or fleeing from him, Romeo tries to take the pacifist approach and tell Tybalt to put his sword away and stop fighting. Because of his experience with Juliet, Romeo …show more content…

Many people blame fate for the death of Romeo and Juliet. One reason being that Romeo and Juliet’s meeting at the party was determined by fate. However, Romeo went to the party because of love, and he wanted to see if he could find some else better than Rosaline. He saw Juliet and found a new love. Therefore, love is a stronger competitor than fate for their meeting. Moreover, another argument is that the prologue calls Romeo and Juliet “star-crossed lovers”, also known as lovers who are doomed because of outside forces (such as fate). While Romeo and Juliet may have had tough circumstances regarding their relationship, their doom was their own decision. They killed themselves in the name of love, not because of chance or

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