William Shakespeare s Romeo And Juliet - 1059 Words

â€Å"If love be rough with you, be rough with love† (1.4 27). Words of Mercutio, a supporting character. Romeo Juliet by William Shakespeare, an award winning play, depicts the story of a pair of star crossed lovers. Death one of the main themes, announced during the prologue, occurs many times throughout this play. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, children of two different houses, fall into a deep love for each other that eventually plummets them to their demise. Shakespeare treats death as a punishment for those who did another wrong, and makes it almost humorous because of the amount of irony that led up to that moment. Interestly, both Romeo Montague and his best friend, Mercutio, fall into Shakespeare’s world of death. Shakespeare†¦show more content†¦Without someone pushing the two houses over the edge, they all would continue on living in their hatred but Juliet and Romeo would have still end up together. This quote, â€Å"These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume† (2.6. 9-11). explains without thinking both houses rise violence, and to stop violence they had to act upon themselves, like fire on fire. It eventually burns out but has no mercy for whatever, or whoever is in its way. Although it seems like the Montague house goes through more pain than the Capulets, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, brutally killed in revenge for Mercutio, falls into the hands of Shakespeare’s trap. Eventually, he does die because of his excessive pride and severe wanting in murdering Romeo, shown many times in the play. He also does kill Mercutio, an act of war, and just received his part of karma quicker than others. Violation of the Prince’s words of â€Å"... on pain of death, all men depart.† (1.1 94) Tybalt gets what he deserves, in the eye of legal justice and personal issues. Both Mercutio and Tybalt’s death had spread equal amount of pain in both houses and yet are still hardly looked at. These two characters are not polar opposites, but actually quite the same, both loyal and strong, with mental and emotional stableness that gets tipped over during the course of