Dbq Essay On Romeo And Juliet

Is love even a real thing, Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. The story is about two star cross’d lovers that end up killing themselves over what they call “love”. (Document: A) In the story the Capulets and Montagues already hate each other, the families start fighting which escalates the hatred between them. Two teenagers Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and instantly fall in love, not knowing that they are enemies at first but they soon come to find out. They exchange vows so Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence who is a monk that lives in the church. He asks Friar to marry them, and Friar ends up marrying them. Everything was going fine until Tybalt Juliet's cousin wants to fight Romeo, Romeo insist on not fighting him because he is Juliet's cousin. So Mercutio who is Romeo’s best friend decides to fight Tybalt, Tybalt stabs Mercutio and he dies so Romeo wants revenge. Romeo finds Tybalt and begins fighting him and kills him. For Romeo’s punishment he is exiled, which means he has to get out of Verona. Things tend to happen which leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. At the end of the story the Prince wants to know who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death, the Montagues and Capulets are
In Romeo and Juliet’s days it was normal for a young girl at the age of fourteen to get married to a older guy. Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris. (Document: C) Juliet did not want to marry paris because she was already married to Romeo. Lady Capulet comes to juliet and tells her that she will marry Paris the following thursday, Juliet tells Lady Capulet that she does not want to marry him. Lord Capulet calls her a “Disobedient wretch” and tells her that she will marry paris.( Document: D) If the capulets would have not been so harsh on her telling her she had to get married, then juliet would not of “ killed