Essay Archive - Romeo and Juliet: The Theme of Death
Romeo and Juliet: The Theme of Death
Slash, cling, clank these are the sounds that are heard in a sword fight
as a man is killed. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the
theme death is portrayed many times by the characters Marcutio, Romeo, and
Juliet.
The first instance of the theme death was in act 3 when Marcutio
challenged Tybalt to a sword fight. "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find
a grave man."(Act three, scene 1, line 104.) Also as Marcutio is dying he says
"Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall Faint." (Act 3, scene 1, line
113.) Both these quotes show h....
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