ROMEO and JULIET

PRINCE Escalus
‘For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.’

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story, after all, William Shakespeare is remembered for his great tragic dramas and poetry. The play is set in the era of the late 1590s, however, there have been arguments if it was written in the early 1590s, yet, Shakespeare’s writing style counterfeits it. As the title suggests, it is indeed a story of two individuals Romeo and Juliet who belong to families which share a history. Well, a perfect setting for Cupid’s mischief. They weren’t spared by Cupid like their families. Romeo and Juliet is not just a romantic tragedy but it also talks about how time rules the proceedings of life.

Romeo is caught in the hatred when unintentionally he slays Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, yet, she believes in her love, blindly. Father Friar tries to protect this love but his actions pave the way for the tragedy.

JULIET
Snatching Romeo’s dagger
This is thy sheath;
Stabs herself
There rust, and let me die.
Falls on Romeo’s body and dies

Love lets you rationalize some actions which might have amazed you before.

Like many other novels, there is a pinch of tension being relieved i.e. happy ending, when both the families accept that their hatred was a root cause of all the mess in the state. They decide to carry forward anything but hatred.

Shakespeare's 'Out-topping knowledge’ is not easy to comprehend, yet I feel the play is quite explainable itself. 

Happy Reading!