Romeo and Juliet’s love eventually leads to their death

The dominant and most important theme in the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is love. Specifically, romantic love and Shakespeare builds upon the intense passion that is eminent at the first sigh between Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare tends to depict love as not only a expression of two people’s feelings, but also a violent and overwhelming power; possessing both Romeo and Juliet. Eventually they both defy their family values and

Asides from love being a theme in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Death and violence are also major themes; which are resulted by love. The connection between violence and death seems obvious, but the connection between love and violence is not as easy. The grand passion in Romeo and Juliet is love and not hate, but love can overwhelm a person just as easily as hate. The spark the joins the connection between love and violence is when Tybalt notices Romeo at the Capulet feast and decides to get rid of him; at the same time Romeo sees Juliet and falls instantly in love. Love seems to cause more violence between the families rather than mending it. Romeo and Juliet’s love also results in the constant though of suicide and the will to commit it. This is shown in act three scene three when Romeo waves a knife in Friar Lawrence’s cell and threatens to kill himself, because he has been torn away from Juliet. Juliet commits a similar act in act three scene six, also to Friar Lawrence. Her willingness to commit suicide is confirmed when she says, “If all else fail, myself have power to die” (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 242). This choice turns love from a expression of deep feeling into its tragic and ugly form. Despite this course of action, it is the only way for Romeo and Juliet to express the depth of their love. Evidently, this wanting of suicide is a result of their love and in the end a double suicide does occur.

Romeo and Juliet’s deat

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