Romeo and Juliet Essay Amanda Hamilton In between 1591 and 1596, William Shakespeare writes one of the world’s world’s greatest greatest love stories, Romeo Romeo and Jliet! Romeo and Jliet Jliet are from two di"erent families whose hatred for ea#h other rns ver$ deep! %ring a part$, Romeo and Jliet meet and fall in love, a se#ret that mst be kept from their families! &he$ marr$, and later #ommit si#ide to be with ea#h other! 'owever, the$ are not the onl$ ones to die in the pla$! (er#tio is a ver$ sar#asti# person and adds life to the stor$ line, bt his sar#asm is the #ase of his death! &$balt is a ver$ violent person who believes that ever$ problem shold be solved throgh a )arrel, and this leads to his death! *aris is obsessed over #ertain people, and de to this, he dies! &herefore, the death of man$ of the minor #hara#ters are a reslt of their own #hara#ter +aws! (er#t (er#tio io died died be#as be#ase e of his sar#as sar#asm! m! irstl irstl$, $, (er#t (er#tio’ io’s s -okes -okes are are prov provoki oking ng &$bal $balt! t! .ne .ne of his his -ok -okes is a pla$ pla$ on wor words, and and he state states, s, /0onsort What, dost tho make s minstrels2 3III, i, 4! &$balt &$balt is e7tremel$ e7tremel$ angr angr$ $ at (er (er#ti #tio’ o’s s -ok -okes eno enogh gh to )ar )arrrel with with him, him, and and kill kill him! him! rthermore, (er#tio’s sar#asm gives him over8#onden#e! :efore delling &$balt, &$balt, (er#tio e7#laims, /;ood ! (er#tio gains #onden#e from his previos witting battle with Romeo, and (er#tio believes he #an beat
&$balt in a del! 0onse)entl$, (er#tio dies! In smmar$! (er#tio’s #ase of death is his sar#asti# behavior! Se#ondl$, &$balt dies be#ase of his violent manner! &$balt killed (er#tio sin#e he was a friend of Romeo! %ring a heated battle, &$balt angril$ sa$s, /What, drawn, and talk of pea#e I hate the word as I hate hell, all (ontages, and thee!2 3I, i, 6861! &$balt wold not have killed (er#tio if he did not asso#iate with (ontages! 'owever, &$balt does kill (er#tio, whi#h in trn leads Romeo to kill him! In addition, &$balt sent the #hallenge to Romeo ot of anger for attending the part$! ?t 0aplet’s part$, &$balt re#ogni@es Romeo, and venomosl$ states, /It ts when s#h a villain is a gest! I’ll not endre him!2 3I, v, =58=6! Sin#e 0aplet wold not let &$balt dismiss Romeo from the feast, &$balt took manners into his own hands, where he dies at the #hallenge meeting! &o smmari@e, &$balt dies be#ase of his violent rages! inall$, *aris’ obsession #ases his death! irstl$, *aris feels he has a #onne#tion with the 0aplets! While speaking to riar Aaren#e abot plans for his and Jliet’s wedding, *aris e7#laims, /($ father 0aplet will have it so, and I am nothing slow to sla#k his haste!2 3IB, i, C8>! *aris #onsiders himself a 0aplet, even thogh he and Jliet are not married! Sin#e he knows Romeo is a (ontage, *aris de#ides to del Romeo be#ase of the hatred between the two families, where *aris dies as a reslt of the del! ?lso, *aris has an obsession over Jliet! ?fter en#ontering Romeo in Jliet’s tomb, *aris sa$s, /&his is that banished haght$ (ontage that mrdered m$ love’s #osin D
with whi#h s#h grief it is spposed the fair #reatre died2 3B, iii, 49851! *aris believes Jliet died grieving &$balt’s death, and on#e he #omes fa#e to fa#e with &$balt’s killer, *aris believes revenge will help Jliet rest in her grave, bt, he loses the battle, and dies as a reslt! In smmar$, *aris’ obsession is what #ases his death! In #on#lsion, the death of man$ of the minor #hara#ters are a reslt of their own #hara#ter +aws! (er#tio, thogh amsing at times, dies be#ase of his sar#asm! &$balt believes violen#e is the answer to ever$ problem, and this kills him! *aris’ obsessiveness over #ertain people is a fa#tor in his death! Romeo and Jliet is a stor$ like no other that shows life obsta#les #annot be over#ome b$ love!