Theme Of Death And Dying In Romeo And Juliet

A Chain Reaction About 153,000 people worldwide die daily. Death is very sad and inevitable. Death of friends and loved ones usually have effects on other people’s lives. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the theme is death and dying. Death and dying causes a chain reaction of deaths starting from the death of Mercutio, to the death of Tybalt, to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The death of Mercutio eventually leads to the death of Tybalt. After Mercutio is slain, Romeo is heard saying “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?” (3.1.110) Mercutio has always been a good friend to Romeo so his death angered Romeo. Romeo takes his anger out on the man who murdered Mercutio, Tybalt, and kills him. The death of