It is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main characters
die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and
Juliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end.
Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these
events happen. The person(s) who started it all and did something
that led to all the other events that caused the death of a pair of
star-crossed lovers. The Capulets and Montagues would be most
responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if their
ancestors 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 envy
between the two houses. Choir: Two households, both alike in
dignity, From ancient grudge to new mutiny,. The choir tells us
that the whole conflict started a long time ago with really little
things, and then grew into huge fights involving many people. No
leader of either household ever though about making peace, they
were all too busy to spoil everything for the rival family. Only after
the death of their children they realized how wrong they were.
Romeo and Juliet first meet each other at a party at the
Capulets’ house. They fall in love with each other at the first sight
without knowing that they are from rival houses, and when they do
learn about it, it is too late. Juliet says: My only love, sprung from
my 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 her
first and only love, but he is an enemy of her family. Luckily for
Romeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as unreasonable hate
between their parents wouldn’t stop her from loving Romeo and
getting married with him. She is sorry that their families are
enemies, though, because everything would be much easier if they
weren’t. So this is the first time when the hate between Capulets
and Montagues becomes an obstacle to Romeo and Juliet’s
happiness.
Only after their children die, do the Montague and Capulet
come to their senses? The Prince accuses them of killing Romeo
and Juliet: ” . . . Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laid
upon your hate, That heavens finds means to kill your joys with
love!. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all the
time, that all because of their hate, because they couldn’t let their
children love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that,
Capulet and Montague make peace, and Montague even says that
he will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do, it
is too late, nothing will bring their children back.
It is totally Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that Romeo and
Juliet died. If they didn’t hate each other so much, they would let
their children marry, and they would be able to live happily ever
after. There was only one person that realized how unreasonable
the fighting was and even tried to stop it, and he was Benvolio.
Benvolio was a Montague, but the Capulets didn’t have a
peacemaker such as Benvolio. They only had Tybalt, whose only
goal was to destroy all the Montagues. Also we don’t really know
how Romeo and Juliet’s parents would have reacted if they had
known that their children love each other. Romeo and Juliet didn’t
even try to tell them about love between them because they were
afraid that their parents wouldn’t understand them, but maybe
they would. The problem is, we don’t know, because Capulet and
Montague learned about their children’s love when they were
already dead. It is still mostly Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that
Romeo and Juliet died, but maybe it was just their fate to die.
Romeo and Juliet A Tragic Play
It is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies main characters
die in the end, and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and
Juliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end.
Some events have to lead to their deaths, and someone makes these
events happen. The person(s) who started it all and did something
that led to all the other events that caused the death of a pair of
star-crossed lovers. The Capulets and Montagues would be most
responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if their
ancestors 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 envy
between the two houses. Choir: Two households, both alike in
dignity, From ancient grudge to new mutiny,. The choir tells us
that the whole conflict started a long time ago with really little
things, and then grew into huge fights involving many people. No
leader of either household ever though about making peace, they
were all too busy to spoil everything for the rival family. Only after
the death of their children they realized how wrong they were.
Romeo and Juliet first meet each other at a party at the
Capulets’ house. They fall in love with each other at the first sight
without knowing that they are from rival houses, and when they do
learn about it, it is too late. Juliet says: My only love, sprung from
my 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 her
first and only love, but he is an enemy of her family. Luckily for
Romeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as unreasonable hate
between their parents wouldn’t stop her from loving Romeo and
getting married with him. She is sorry that their families are
enemies, though, because everything would be much easier if they
weren’t. So this is the first time when the hate between Capulets
and Montagues becomes an obstacle to Romeo and Juliet’s
happiness.
Only after their children die, do the Montague and Capulet
come to their senses? The Prince accuses them of killing Romeo
and Juliet: ” . . . Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laid
upon your hate, That heavens finds means to kill your joys with
love!. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all the
time, that all because of their hate, because they couldn’t let their
children love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that,
Capulet and Montague make peace, and Montague even says that
he will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do, it
is too late, nothing will bring their children back.
It is totally Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that Romeo and
Juliet died. If they didn’t hate each other so much, they would let
their children marry, and they would be able to live happily ever
after. There was only one person that realized how unreasonable
the fighting was and even tried to stop it, and he was Benvolio.
Benvolio was a Montague, but the Capulets didn’t have a
peacemaker such as Benvolio. They only had Tybalt, whose only
goal was to destroy all the Montagues. Also we don’t really know
how Romeo and Juliet’s parents would have reacted if they had
known that their children love each other. Romeo and Juliet didn’t
even try to tell them about love between them because they were
afraid that their parents wouldn’t understand them, but maybe
they would. The problem is, we don’t know, because Capulet and
Montague learned about their children’s love when they were
already dead. It is still mostly Capulets’ and Montagues’ fault that
Romeo and Juliet died, but maybe it was just their fate to die.
