Romeo and Juliet



Romeo and Juliet

Introduction

The remarkable tragic ending of the Shakespearean's time is clearly depicted in the last Act of the play scene 3. Romeo becomes mad by watching the beauty of Juliet's death, he says at this occasion "Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe / that on substantial Death is so amorous?" in this scene, the theatrical tension augmented by the audience's awareness that he is discovering the physical signs of Juliet's death which was actually the effect of sleeping drug. In this scene, there is a sign of bleak irony that his magnetism towards her still force him to push onwards with his own suicide just as she is about to awaken.

Discussion Analysis

The Act 5 scene 1 has been recognized as one of the most ground breaking tragic end in the history of tragedies. The death of Romeo and Juliet take place in a series of combining stages: initially, Juliet drinks drug potions that appear her dead but she was actually sleeping. On other hand, Romeo drinks a poison, thinking that Juliet is now dead and therefore is no use of living without her. After that when Juliet awakes from her sleep and finds Romeo dead, she stabs herself with a sharp edge blade. Their equal drinking of baffling potions contributes their deaths as a peaceful proportion, which was disrupted by Juliet's striking dagger blow. It has been observed throughout the play that Shakespeare has supported the opportunity of suicide as a natural aspect of passionate love. The couple wanted to live for love but die for love to each other. Shakespeare portrayed this suicidal urge not like as to apart from their love, but as a fraction of the romantic rapture of Act 2. It is clear that they never wanted to suicide but ...