The Microsoft Encarta 2001 Dictionary describes tragedy as, "a serious play with a tragic theme, often involving a heroic struggle and the downfall of the main character." The play Romeo and Juliet is one that illustrates tragedy in many scenes, such as, how Juliet was destined to marry someone else, when Romeo did not see the letter of a proposed duel from Tybalt; when Romeo did not receive the letter about Juliet's true state of health; and how Romeo and Juliet's love didn't change their families' hatred of each other until Romeo and Juliet were killed although even in the Baz Lurhmann film, after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the families still hated each other. All the catastrophes were caused because of the love of two star-crossed lovers, ignoring their families' hatred of each other, but {at least in Franco Zeffirelli's film} their families realised upon the deaths of Romeo

Despite this background Romeo and Juliet planned to marry. This shows the struggle of the heroes. It would have been easier to give up the fight for love. In the end the conflict was too great and both Romeo and Juliet believed they could not live without each other and they therefore suicided. This was their downfall. And still, after all this the families are eyeing each other off with a view to getting their revenge.

and Juliet that hatred was not achieving anything but destruction and death and the families therefore came together to commence their friendship anew.

Lastly, the downfall of the main characters {Romeo and Juliet} and persistence of hatred between the families {in the Baz Luhrmann film} was in my mind the biggest tragedy of the story. A marriage had been arranged for Juliet, which she did not want to happen. Juliet maintained her relationship with Romeo even with the knowledge that her family would not accept Romeo as he was from the family with whom they had fought for years. On page 55, Act 2 Scene 2 line 40 to line 42, Juliet states,

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