Razia Karim-Final Exam Essay

In Romeo and Juliet there were many tragedies. Such as a lot of deaths because of the teenagers falling in love. Then there’s the Friar who tries to help but doesn’t know what he was trying to do which was not the smartest thing to do. The families were always feuding and Juliet’s parents wanting her to marry Paris or she would be disowned. Lastly the outcome of two lovers dying for one another because of the families they came from.

The first character who died was Mercutio, he died because Tybalt was looking for Romeo and Mercutio was defending Romeo by fighting for him. Then afterwards when Mercutio dies Romeo gets angry and kills Tybalt, even though Romeo knew he was related to Tybalt. That’s when the prince exiles Romeo and Lady Montague dies because her son was exiled. Romeo and Juliet think they can’t be together so they told the Friar that if he doesn’t help them then they’ll kill themselves. There can be very many opinions on who’s fault it was for all the deaths but then again if Romeo didn’t go to the Capulet’s party then none of this would have happened.

Friar Laurence tries to help by marrying Romeo and Juliet. He thought that if he did this then the families would forget they’re differences and forgive one another. The Friar had good intensions but the situation had it’s own terms. The tragedy in Friar marrying the teenagers was that Juliet’s parents were trying to get married to Paris. Also, both of them were from different families and none the less feuding families.

A big problem was how Juliet’s father wanted her to marry Paris, but she couldn’t because she was already married to Romeo. Juliet couldn’t tell them that and her dad told her that if she didn’t marry Paris she would be disowned. Then how she was betrayed by her nurse and was left to handle her problems all on her own. Most importantly the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. How Romeo got the wrong information and took poison and Juliet killed herself because her love died. It took Romeo and Juliet to die for the families to solve there differences.

Romeo and Juliet is a great book to read, it has great turning points. Shakespeare captured the meaning of a teenager through a very unique way. As if he knew that teenagers and how they comprehend the word “love” would not vary as much from the past. This book has everything from arguments, fights, deaths to a tragic love story. Whether a person likes novels or not, they would enjoy reading this book.