It is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main charactersdie in the end, and in his comedies people marry.
Since Romeo andJuliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes theseevents happen. The person(s) who started it all and did somethingthat led to all the other events that caused the death of a pair ofstar-crossed lovers. The Capulets and Montagues would be mostresponsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if theirancestors didn’t start the fighting, and they didn’t continue it,nothing terrible would have happened. The first lines of the book tell us about the hate and envybetween the two houses. Choir: Two households, both alike indignity, From ancient grudge to new mutiny,.
The choir tells usthat the whole conflict started a long time ago with really littlethings, and then grew into huge fights involving many people. Noleader of either household ever though about making peace, theywere all too busy to spoil everything for the rival family. Only afterthe death of their children they realized how wrong they were. Romeo and Juliet first meet each other at a party at theCapulets’ house.
They fall in love with each other at the first sightwithout knowing that they are from rival houses, and when they dolearn about it, it is too late. Juliet says: My only love, sprung frommy only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!. Juliet realizes that it was a mistake to fall in love with Romeo,because he is one of the people she should watch out for. He is herfirst and only love, but he is an enemy of her family.
Luckily forRomeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as unreasonable hatebetween their parents wouldn’t stop her from loving Romeo andgetting married with him. She is sorry that their families areenemies, though, because everything would be much easier if theyweren’t. So this is the first time when the hate between Capuletsand Montagues becomes an obstacle to Romeo and Juliet’shappiness. Only after their children die, do the Montague and Capuletcome to their senses? The Prince accuses them of killing Romeoand Juliet: ” . . .
Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laidupon your hate, That heavens finds means to kill your joys withlove!. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all thetime, that all because of their hate, because they couldn’t let theirchildren love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that,Capulet and Montague make peace, and Montague even says thathe will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do, itis too late, nothing will bring their children back. It is totally Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that Romeo andJuliet died. If they didn’t hate each other so much, they would lettheir children marry, and they would be able to live happily everafter.
There was only one person that realized how unreasonablethe fighting was and even tried to stop it, and he was Benvolio. Benvolio was a Montague, but the Capulets didn’t have apeacemaker such as Benvolio. They only had Tybalt, whose onlygoal was to destroy all the Montagues. Also we don’t really knowhow Romeo and Juliet’s parents would have reacted if they hadknown that their children love each other. Romeo and Juliet didn’teven try to tell them about love between them because they wereafraid that their parents wouldn’t understand them, but maybethey would. The problem is, we don’t know, because Capulet andMontague learned about their children’s love when they werealready dead.
It is still mostly Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault thatRomeo and Juliet died, but maybe it was just their fate to die. Romeo and Juliet A Tragic PlayIt is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main charactersdie in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo andJuliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes theseevents happen.
The person(s) who started it all and did somethingthat led to all the other events that caused the death of a pair ofstar-crossed lovers. The Capulets and Montagues would be mostresponsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if theirancestors didn’t start the fighting, and they didn’t continue it,nothing terrible would have happened. The first lines of the book tell us about the hate and envybetween the two houses. Choir: Two households, both alike indignity, From ancient grudge to new mutiny,. The choir tells usthat the whole conflict started a long time ago with really littlethings, and then grew into huge fights involving many people.
Noleader of either household ever though about making peace, theywere all too busy to spoil everything for the rival family. Only afterthe death of their children they realized how wrong they were. Romeo and Juliet first meet each other at a party at theCapulets’ house. They fall in love with each other at the first sightwithout knowing that they are from rival houses, and when they dolearn about it, it is too late. Juliet says: My only love, sprung frommy only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!.
Juliet realizes that it was a mistake to fall in love with Romeo,because he is one of the people she should watch out for. He is herfirst and only love, but he is an enemy of her family. Luckily forRomeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as unreasonable hatebetween their parents wouldn’t stop her from loving Romeo andgetting married with him. She is sorry that their families areenemies, though, because everything would be much easier if theyweren’t.
So this is the first time when the hate between Capuletsand Montagues becomes an obstacle to Romeo and Juliet’shappiness. Only after their children die, do the Montague and Capuletcome to their senses? The Prince accuses them of killing Romeoand Juliet: ” . . .
Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laidupon your hate, That heavens finds means to kill your joys withlove!. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all thetime, that all because of their hate, because they couldn’t let theirchildren love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that,Capulet and Montague make peace, and Montague even says thathe will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do, itis too late, nothing will bring their children back. It is totally Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that Romeo andJuliet died. If they didn’t hate each other so much, they would lettheir children marry, and they would be able to live happily everafter. There was only one person that realized how unreasonablethe fighting was and even tried to stop it, and he was Benvolio.
Benvolio was a Montague, but the Capulets didn’t have apeacemaker such as Benvolio. They only had Tybalt, whose onlygoal was to destroy all the Montagues. Also we don’t really knowhow Romeo and Juliet’s parents would have reacted if they hadknown that their children love each other. Romeo and Juliet didn’teven try to tell them about love between them because they wereafraid that their parents wouldn’t understand them, but maybethey would. The problem is, we don’t know, because Capulet andMontague learned about their children’s love when they werealready dead.
It is still mostly Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault thatRomeo and Juliet died, but maybe it was just their fate to die.
