Violence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, they experience love and violence throughout the play. When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time they fall in love almost instantly which leads to killing and deaths later on. The actions of the adults and children caused Romeo and Juliet to die because of their miscommunications with Romeo and the feud between the parents and the Capulets. In addition, with Tybalt’s arrogance to fight Romeo. To start off, the parents fighting with the Capulets led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” If the parents weren’t enemies then Romeo and Juliet could be together without any problems. Also, when Juliet is forced to marry Paris. If Juliet had more than a few days to marry Paris than Juliet could have came up…show more content…
“I could not send it-here it is again-(gives FRIAR LAWRENCE a letter) Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection.” If Friar John was able to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter than Romeo would have been informed on the plan to make Juliet temporarily unconscious and not kill himself. As well as Bathasar telling Romeo, Juliet was dead. This misunderstanding was why Romeo chose to kill himself and felt like he had no reason to live anymore. If Romeo waited a few seconds longer to kill himself than Romeo and Juliet would both still be alive. If Romeo knew about the plan Romeo and Juliet would have lived together without the Montagues and Capulets knowing. In essence, the adults and children are all to blame for the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s lack of knowledge and misinformation led to his own death and Juliet’s. If the feud between the families never happened then Romeo and Juliet could be together peacefully without Tybalt wanting to kill him. Arguments and fighting among families only lead to death and
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