Theme Of Death In Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet Essay
Hannah Conaway
12/01/15
The author of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, treats death in four different terms. He uses legal, moral, familial, and personal issue frames for how he expresses death throughout the story. Bearing these issues, he creates three different relationships during the progression of this story that include death. Shakespeare gives death the symbol of a conflict or misfortune between two or more people. For instance, there was a misfortune between the relationships of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo and Juliet. Most of Mercutio and Tybalt's fight was a show and comedy for the surrounding audience. Tybalt never meant to actually make "Worms' meat" (Romeo and Juliet. 3. 1. p. 868) of Mercutio. That was complete misfortune for Tybalt. While the fight between Tybalt and Romeo was a conflict, because Tybalt had killed Mercutio and Romeo wanted payback. Also, there was misfortune between the relationships of Romeo and Juliet. It was a misfortune Romeo didn't sob over Juliet for only a couple seconds longer to see that she was not actually dead but under a sleep-inducing poison. Many of the tragedies that occur in Romeo and Juliet have to with the death of someone. So with saying this, Shakespeare not only used death as a symbol of love and hate but treated death as a way to add depth and interest to the …show more content…
For example, early in the play, the Prince tells the Montagues and the Capulets, "If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." (Romeo and Juliet. 1. 1. p. 811) This quote means that the family feud is becoming ridiculous, and they should not disturb with another fight again, because the Prince alone, can and will sentence death. This demonstrates the legal force Shakespeare gives
Hannah Conaway
12/01/15
The author of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, treats death in four different terms. He uses legal, moral, familial, and personal issue frames for how he expresses death throughout the story. Bearing these issues, he creates three different relationships during the progression of this story that include death. Shakespeare gives death the symbol of a conflict or misfortune between two or more people. For instance, there was a misfortune between the relationships of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo and Juliet. Most of Mercutio and Tybalt's fight was a show and comedy for the surrounding audience. Tybalt never meant to actually make "Worms' meat" (Romeo and Juliet. 3. 1. p. 868) of Mercutio. That was complete misfortune for Tybalt. While the fight between Tybalt and Romeo was a conflict, because Tybalt had killed Mercutio and Romeo wanted payback. Also, there was misfortune between the relationships of Romeo and Juliet. It was a misfortune Romeo didn't sob over Juliet for only a couple seconds longer to see that she was not actually dead but under a sleep-inducing poison. Many of the tragedies that occur in Romeo and Juliet have to with the death of someone. So with saying this, Shakespeare not only used death as a symbol of love and hate but treated death as a way to add depth and interest to the …show more content…
For example, early in the play, the Prince tells the Montagues and the Capulets, "If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." (Romeo and Juliet. 1. 1. p. 811) This quote means that the family feud is becoming ridiculous, and they should not disturb with another fight again, because the Prince alone, can and will sentence death. This demonstrates the legal force Shakespeare gives