Romeo and Juliet Analysis
Essay Preview: Romeo and Juliet Analysis
Report this essay
Romeo and Juliet Analysis
The topic I chose for my analysis is death and deaths premonitions. In Shakespeares play, Romeo and Juliet, there were many deaths that took place. The first death that took place was Mercutios death. Tybalt was furious because Romeo showed up to the Capulets house party. Tybalt tried to kill Romeo, but Romeo did not want to fight back because he was married to Juliet. Mercutio couldnt stand the fact that Tybalt was beating Romeo to death, so he stepped in trying to keep peace between the two boys. Mercutios blood drips onto Romeos hand as he falls under Tybalts sword. After Mercutios death, Romeo wanted to take avenge for his best friend. He killed Tybalt and was then exiled from Verona. All of these events lead to Romeo and Juliets death also. When Romeo saw Juliet laying on her deathbed, he killed himself because he wanted to join her. When Juliet woke up from her temporary death, she saw her love laying besides her, dead. In result of that, she also kills herself. You could see how one death affected so many peoples lives after that.
The handful of deaths were foretold by the characters at one point. When Mercutio invited Romeo to the Capulets party, he knew it wasnt an articulate choice. Romeo had a nightmare that there would be two untimely deaths that would happen and his instinct was to not go to the party. When Mercutio died in Romeos arm, he shouted out, A plague on both your houses”, which kind of was a foreshadow to Romeo and Juliets death. After Mercutios death, Romeo avenged him and took Tybalts life. He then left to Mantua because he was banned from Verona. Another premonition of death was when Juliet had a vision of herself and Romeo in a church after Romeo left her to go to Mantua. She also saw them at the bottom of the tomb.
The premonitions are very significant to the play. When Romeo had a sign that he shouldnt have gone to the Capulets party, he should have stuck to it. In the result of going against his instincts, he basically set himself up for disaster. Romeo could have easily avoided everything if he made a bigger deal out of his nightmare. Also, when Juliet had a vision of Romeo and herself lying together at the bottom of the tomb, it was clearly a big hint. Throughout the whole play, there were so many hints and clues that if they followed that path, it would only lead to tragedy. Yet, they chose to ignore those signs. For if they followed through with the strong clues, they wouldnt have been a tragic love story.