Thursday, November 7, 2013

Romeo and Juliet: Comedy

         Personally I believe that Romeo and Juliet was depicted as more of comedy. Did anyone else notice the convenient timing? For example that just seconds after Romeo commits suicide in the old movie that we watching in class, the Friar enters the tomb and Juliet wakes up to see her one true love lying dead on the floor.
       There were also six deaths in this play. Not one of them were taken seriously or with much reguard other than Romeo and Juliet. Even Mercutio who was Romeo's best friend was less dramatic then Romeo who only drank poison to kill himself. Unlike Mercutio who got stabbed in a fight.
        Also it seemed conveniently unfortunate that the Capulets and the Montagues settled all of their nasty differences after these two kill themselves. These two families rivalries were one of the big reasons for these two deaths. Only because these two were from different families and the other side of the town, they had to sneak around just to see eachother and continue their love for eachother. But they found a way to keep it going. Romeo was so distraught with the idea of having to live without Juliet that he decided to take his own life with poison. Oddly enough, Juliet was not dead and she wakes up to Romeo dying. She then cannot bare the idea of living without him, herself. She then proceeds to take his dagger and stab herself in the heart with it.

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