Romeo & Juliet: The Tregedy of a City
Date Submitted: 12/04/2002 03:32:12
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 1 pages (249 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 1 pages (249 words)
Is Romeo and Juliet's death a tragedy of two families or a tragedy of a city? In the following quote, W. H. Auden says, 'The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet....is not simply a tragedy of two individuals, but the tragedy of a city. Everybody in the city is one way or another involved in and responsible for what happens.' I agree with this quote. In the rest of this essay you will read …
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…reason is the ending of the play at Romeo and Juliet's funeral. The star crossed lovers' bodies were carried out into the center of town. All of Verona was following. There were masses of people. The whole town was present. This reason made me decide the lovers' deaths were a trgedy of a city.
In conclusion, with all the people involved in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet's death, the tragedy was of a city.
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