Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. Shakespeare's" tragedy is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds through a chronological process that eventually coerces them into the waiting arms of death in hope that they would be together peacefully in the afterlife.
In the streets of Verona, a brawl breaks out between the servants of the two feuding noble families, The Montagues and the Capulets. Benvolio, a Capulet, tries to stop the fighting, but he ends up also getting into a predicament with another Capulet, Tybalt, who arrives on the scene. The people of the city become outraged by the constant violence between the two families, causing the ruler of Verona, Prince Escalus, to interfere. In an attempt to prevent any further conflict between the two families, he stated that any individual who disturbs the peace in the future would be sentenced to death.
Later, Romeo the son and heir of the Montague family finds himself in the .
middle of the violent family feud. Though impulsive and immature, his idealism and .
passion is what makes him likeable. Romeo's characteristic is that of a person who is infatuated.
with the idea of love. In the beginning of the story, he was in love with a young girl named.
Rosaline and is in deep melancholy when she does not return the feelings. Romeo and Benvolio,.
still discussing Rosaline, encounter the Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. Benvolio.
suggests that they attend, since that will allow Romeo to compare his beloved to other beautiful.
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women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only because Rosaline,.
whose name he reads on the list, will be there. The powerful nature of love can be seen in the.
