Romeo And Juliet Good Or Bad Essay

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“Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.” -Unknown. In the Shakespeare story Romeo and Juliet, everything that is supposed to end up good, goes bad. This essay will give examples taken from the story and from online sources to prove the thesis statement, that says everything that is done out of good intentions results badly. Romeo has a love for Juliet that seems harmless at first, but later proves fatal. “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set. On the fair daughter of rich Capulet; as mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, and all combined, save what thou must combine by holy marriage. When, and where, and how we met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, I’ll tell thee as we pass; but this …show more content…
Their relationship is the entire story, and the one that most relates to the thesis statement given earlier on. Due to their overwhelming sense of puppy love, Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves, because the world was not worth living without the other one. For the two of them, the marriage started off great, but like everything in the story, the good turned to bad and they both died which proved devastating to both of the families. Montague and Lady Montague were also devastated by the results of their marriage. When Romeo kills Tybalt and gets banished, Lady Capulet dies of a broken heart (or so we assume), which then leaves Montague struck with not only Romeo being banished, but his wife being dead as well. Not only in “Romeo and Juliet”, but in most Shakespeare stories, they always end with a dramatic ending which includes a death. Shakespeare, being the absolutely wonderful writer he is, makes his stories like this to get the most emotions out of the people who read his work. He mixes in humour to lighten up the really dark moments, and overall has a great mix of humour, irony, and drama in his stories. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet just falls into a category as another one of his stories that ends with a dramatic death, turning the goods to