Romeo and Juliet , A Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is known as a comedy, tragedy, and
sometimes both comedy and tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because there are arguments, young lovers, and deaths.
Everyone that reads Romeo and Juliet knows there’s a disagreement between two families, Capulets and Montagues ( Higgens, Lacey 1 ).
The two families have been in a feud for many years, this may have interfered with the outcome of Romeo and Juliet. The two families have been in a furious feud for over six long years then Romeo and Juliet committed suicide. If the disagreement of Tybalt and Mercutio wouldn’t have happened Romeo most likely would not have been banished. Romeo and Mercutio argued about going to the Capulets’ party if they wouldn’t have Romeo never would’ve met Juliet in the first place. Therefore, arguing makes this novel more of a tragedy to the reader. Since Romeo “gave in” to going to the dance he ended up meeting Juliet and fell in love with her at the first sight, which ended up being a very bad thing. The following sentence makes it even more of a tragedy, which I am trying to prove.
The two characters in the book that everyone knows about is Romeo and Juliet. I mostly think it’s a tragedy because the word tragedy, is in the title, but that is just my opinion. If Romeo wasn’t forced to go to the dance, he would not have met Juliet
( Chen, Chris. 1 ).
If Juliet would not have kissed Romeo maybe he wouldn’t have fallen in love with her. Juliet could’ve also told him that she was a Capulet maybe Romeo would back off. Shakespeare is just trying to make this novel dramatized by putting a young relationship in it ( Nevo, Ruth 2 ).
The Essay on Romeo Juliet Tragedy Love Characters
Romeo and Juliet is a very well known love story and is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. The story is about two young lovers whose love was destined and fatal. They did not imagine that their love would lead to the tragedies that it did. These two young people did nothing wrong except fall in love. There are many reasons why the tragedy occurred. The feud between the Capulet and the ...
In my opinion this is more ironic than anything else. Since Romeo and Juliet did meet it makes this story what it actually is, a tragedy.
Lastly, but certainly not least, if there weren’t so many deaths in the story, the stress wouldn’t be so high. The main reason Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy is because they choose to kill themselves instead of living their lives like they should
( Best, Michael. 2).
Maybe Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have committed suicide. The main reasons why they even committed suicide is that they had too much stress around them and they were very young at the time. Since Tybalt killed Mercutio it caused Romeo to get angry. So, Romeo killed Tybalt and got banished for doing so. This made it hard for Romeo to see Juliet creating stress which leads to Juliet creating a fake death. Romeo sees it so he does kill himself ( Chen, Chris. 1).
Juliet wakes up and kills herself for real this time creating a tremendous tragic ending ( Jorgensen, Paul A. 1).
William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because there are deaths, young lovers, and arguments. They are all symptoms of a tragedy and the title even has the word tragedy in it, therefore Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy in my opinion. Anyone else can have their own opinions, but this is mine and the reader needs to respect that. If none of the previous sentences would have happened then it really would not have been a tragedy, but I believe that since it is in the title then it should be considered a tragedy in my opinion. The reader does not have to agree with me. In most instances the reader agrees with me, but the writer is usually right.
