William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet” was written by Shakespeare in 1595, and was the

first tragedy Shakespeare wrote. The inspiration for this play was a

poem called “The Tragicall historye of Romeus and Juliet”. “Romeo and

Juliet” is not a typical tragedy because it ends, not in death but

with reconciliation as the Capulets and Montagues become friends and

love triumphs.

“Romeo and Juliet” is about two families both as proud as each other,

living in Verona. An old quarrel turns into violence in which everyone

is involved. From the feud come two ill fated lovers. Their love leads

to their untimely deaths. Parents lose their only children and make

peace for the memories of the woeful tale of Juliet and her Romeo.

This is explained in the prologue. The prologue comments on the events

of the play; it gives facts on the feud and the deaths of Romeo and

Juliet. The ending is revealed so the audience may judge characters

and events in the light of the finial tragedy. The prologue emphasizes

that the lovers are ill-fated and their love is “death-marked” and

they are born by “fatal loins”

There are many factors involved in the death of the two lovers, but I

think the main reason is fate.

Fate is what is bound to happen. It is believed in some cultures that

birth, life and death are controlled by three goddesses meaning that