What caused the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet?
The drama Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare is known throughout the whole world, but no one in the world knows for sure what caused the disgrace the book is famous for. What exactly was the cause of the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet? There are many possible reasons, but the best theory is the combination of the enmity between the families and Juliet and Romeo's desperation and anxiety. Also, Shakespeare explains the cause of the tragedy by fate.The fight between the Montagues and the Capulets plays a big role in the story of the tragedy. First of all, they would not have to do all that scheming to marry if their families did not hate each other so much. Romeo could just have asked Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage. It could have been easy, but the families hated each other. They hated each other so much, that they would always attempt to fight and kill each other. A servant from the house of the Capulets said, "[even] A dog from the house of the Montagues moves me [provokes me]" (Romeo and Juliet, I.I. 8). Romeo is at the Capulet's party in act I, when Tybalt sees him and wants to kill him, he says to Capulet: "Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain that is hither come in spite
Shakespeare blames faith; hints throughout the book show that Romeo and Juliet were suppose to die. In the prologue, Romeo and Juliet are referred as "star-crossed lovers take their life"(Romeo and Juliet, prologue 6) with star-crossed related to fate, meaning that meeting and dieing was their destiny. And notice that life in here is not plural as it was suppose to be, meaning that they kill themselves together, as one person. Also it may mean that when one dies, the other one would die instantaneously, as if one depended on the other to live. Another example where fate is mentioned related to their death is when Balthasar says to Romeo that Juliet is dead, and Romeo says, "Then I you stars"(Romeo I'll to the Friar to know his remedy. checked with Friar Lawrence if he knew something, since the Friar helps them from the beginning of the play. Together with human error, Shakespeare deliver hints throughout the book that their fate was to meet and die. After many fights, the Prince of Verona forbids fight between Montagues and Capulets, and even though Capulet forbade Tybalt to fight against Romeo, Tybalt was so indignant and outraged at Romeo that he could not believe his uncle did not do anything about it; he had to fight against Romeo. They fought and Tybalt died, getting Romeo expelled from Verona, and complicating everything even more for Romeo and Juliet. But the tragedy was not entirely their families' fault, Romeo and Ju
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