Sacrifices In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. In the prologue Shakespeare gave us a hint that the two lovers will take their life to death because of the misadventures in their relationship and life. Because of the feud between their families, they faced all the responsibilities and problems but still at the end they both died. But Romeo did all the sacrifices just to make their love successful. 4

It is just a dance at the Capulet’s party, and their love to each other begun. Mercutio told Romeo that they need to go to the Capulet’s party and forget Rosaline. As the party is going he saw a beautiful girl and had a chance to dance her. At the hallway of the Capulet’s house, they were expressing each other’s love. “ For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss” which means that by having a palm to palm they already kissed. And as the days passed with love, Romeo decided to marry Juliet. As the exchanging of vows, Romeo said “Ah, Juliet, if the measure of the joy be heaped like mine, …show more content…

Because Tybalt always wants a fight, he saw Mercutio and had a duel with him which ended Mercutio to die. Romeo got mad at Tybalt because Mercutio is his best friend. The two of them had a duel too but at the end of their fight Romeo killed Tybalt and said “O, I am fortune’s fool” because he just did it to give a justice for his best friend and did not mind it that it will lead to Tybalt’s death. Romeo ran towards to Friar Laurence and told what happened he said “ Tis torture, and not mercy” meaning he just did it because he just want a justice for his best friend who did nothing to Tybalt and just had a duel and ended up killing his best friend. Then Friar Laurence told him to go to Mantua but at first Romeo refuses it and he said that he rather to die that to be far with Juliet. But then he accepted it and went to Juliet and stay his night with her before he went to Mantua.

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