Essay Archive - Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story or Both?
Romeo and Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story or Both?
Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is the tale of two lovers who take
their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding parents.
After reading Romeo and Juliet, apparently a tragedy, I would say that this
story contains aspects of both a love story and a tragedy. The tale of two
teenagers who fall in love at first sight and then marry, become true lovers and
then risk it all for their love cannot surely be all tragedy. However, it is a
tragedy, and has been called that for decades.
I will discuss with you what makes this story a tragedy....
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