Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet Essay

There are many tragedies to Romeo and Juliet. The obvious one, being the death of them both, at the end of the film.

However, there are more. Another of the main tragedies is the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.

I will recount the story and then point out the tragedies.

Romeo and Juliet meet at a party, at Juliets house, and fall in love at first sight.

But, because of their feuding families, they have no other choice but to keep their love for each other a secret.

Romeo tells friar Lawrence that before he met Juliet he hadnt felt true love, and asks him to marry thembehind their parents backs.

Romeos mother is worried about her sun because when he is home he closes all of the windows and curtains and makes himself an artificial light; I think she is worried that her son is becoming depressed because the girl that he likes, Rosalyn, has been teasing him. Benvolio tries to talk to his cousin Romeo and asks him about love.

Later on that night Mercutio manages to get invitations to the Capulets party, they get there and after a while Romeo sees Juliet, and they fall in love.

They get married the next day, and thats when the real trouble begins. About three hours after Romeo and his Juliet were married, Romeo killed Juliets cousin Tybalt. Juliet is heartbroken, but refuses to deny her love for Romeo. Romeo then goes to see his new wife. Early, next morning Romeo wakes up from a nightmare and flees Juliets room just before her mother comes in.

Juliets mother comes into her room, and tells her that her father has arranged a wedding between her and Dave Paris. Juliet isnt happy about it at all and tells her mother. Her mother then tells her dad, who becomes abusive and hits Juliet and pushes her to the ground. He also hits her mum and her nurse.

He tells Juliet that if she doesnt marry Dave Paris he will throw her out of the house and basically leave her for dead.

Being heartbroken, Juliet goes to see friar Lawrence and tells him that she doesnt want to live anymore. Friar Lawrence decides to give Juliet a kind of potion that will make her sleep for 24 hours, and make it seem like shes dead.

Juliet takes the potion and falls asleep.

The next morning she is found and believed to be dead. She is taken to the church and given a funeral. During the funeral Balthazar goes to the church and sees Juliet laid out. He then goes to Romeo, who has been living just outside of Verona, to tell him that his wife has died. Romeo is so upset that he storms off to Balthazars car and they both go back to Verona. Once inside Verona walls, the police chase after Romeo. Balthazar then drives Romeo to the pool hall, and the proprietor gives Romeo poison.

Romeo then goes to the church, where his one true love lies and says his final goodbye just as Juliet is waking up.

Juliet wakes up as Romeo finishes drinking the poison, Romeo then, with a final kiss, dies. Juliet then finds Romeos gun and shoots herself in the head.

There are many tragedies within this story. I will now briefly out line them for you.

There is the heartbreak of knowing that they both have to keep their love for each other a secret, or else suffer the consequences of being shunned from their families.

There is the feud between the two families, which drives them both to a secret marriage, and eventually suicide.

The murders or Mercutio and Tybalt are among the first tragedies in the film.