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Romeo And Juliet: One Of The Most Well-Known Tragedies In English Literature

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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well-known tragedies in English literature. It tells the story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who meet, fall in love, and within a week suffer untimely deaths. The rivalry between their families, the Capulets and Montagues, is what ultimately causes the demise of Romeo and Juliet. They have to hide their love and marriage in fear of being caught and punished. This leads to Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris, not knowing that she is already wedded. Their hatred also provokes many scuffles between the servants and younger generations and builds up until the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio causes Romeo’s banishment.
Without the hatred between the houses, Romeo and Juliet …show more content…

It tells the story of Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who meet, fall in love, and within a week suffer untimely deaths. The play takes place over five days and features many quick and poorly made decisions. The protagonist Romeo has a flaw of being impulsive and stubborn which ultimately causes his and Juliet’s death. His rash decisions, like marrying Juliet the day after meeting her, murdering Tybalt in a fit of rage, and his plan to kill himself right after learning of Juliet’s “death”, builds up and causes the play’s …show more content…

They have an instant spark and attraction between them, but that does not excuse his poor judgment when he accepts Juliet’s marriage proposal without hesitation: “If that thy bent of love be honourable, purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow” (II, ii, 143,144). Romeo is older than Juliet and understands the consequences of their actions better than her. However he is too stubborn to see the mess their marriage will create upon the families. If he were not so rash and adamant about his choice, everything would have been avoided. Romeo does not think before he

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