How Did Romeo And Juliet Commit Suicide

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Every decision you make leads to a consequence. The following consequences can be positive or negative, but imagine making three decisions in a few days that ultimately lead to your decision to commit suicide because of your love for a person that you have just met a few days ago. In Shakespeare’s famous story of Romeo and Juliet, he tells the tale of a young woman and man who, despite a family feud, fall in love. (1.5) They keep their relationship secret for fear of what their parents will do, and later on, make an extreme decision when Juliet chooses to fake her death. (4.1) This eventually leads to a miscommunication, and both characters end up committing suicide because of that simple mistake. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was caused
The first obvious reason for their marriage was love. Despite whether you believe it was true love or not, still, some form of love drove them to get married (1.1.168-173). Although many despise these lovers’ mushy, over the top love, it is shown throughout the play to continue to grow at what seems to be almost exponentially, until death ends their love on earth. The second reason why they decided to marry each other in secret was because their relationship with their parents lacked trust. Both the Capulet´s and Montague´s parents failed to put any effort into having a personal relationship with them, so trust between them was out of the picture almost completely. Because Romeo and Juliet both made life changing decisions without even informing their parents, they felt they had to run away, which led to their deaths (5.3). Out of all the decisions, the choice to secretly marry, then fake their death so they can run away, were the decisions that set them on their paths that spiraled down into both of their suicides. Miscommunication due to lack of trust still affects the choices in today's world. Almost any situation can benefit from all people trusting respectable people and when both parties communicate

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