Why Is Romeo And Juliet A Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet

Why is the play Romeo and Juliet a tragedy? Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is about two feuding families. And one child from each family will meet at a party and fall in love. This play is a tragedy because of the bad decisions of Friar Laurence, Romeo’s impetuousness, and the death of many important characters throughout the play.

Many important people die throughout this play, and that's the first reason this play is a tragedy. “‘O, I am slain! If thou be merciful, Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.’” (V, iii, 72-73) In this scene Romeo kills Paris for nothing, only the fact that he was there. Paris did in fact love Juliet, and he was there because he promised her that every night he would go to her tomb and weep for her. So when Romeo kills him there is a sad and tragic atmosphere. There were many other characters that died, like Romeo and Juliet died at the end. The death of characters makes this play tragic.

“‘ O, she doth teach the troches to burn bright!... For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.’” (I, v, 46-55) In this scene Romeo has just seen Juliet for the first time every, and he is describing how beautiful she is. In a second he falls in love with Juliet and completely forgets about Rosaline. Thats his impetuousness, he didn’t even think about who she was. When he and Tybalt are fighting and Romeo kills him that's his impetuousness. His impetuousness is Romeo’s fatal flaw. If he would stop and think about what he was doing throughout the play, he probably wouldn’t have killed Tybalt, and then he wouldn’t have been banished. And that could have solved a lot of Juliet’s and his