As the play progresses, Romeo illustrates how passionate he is by avenging his best friend Mercutio's, death. He kills Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and is forced to leave the city of Verona.

From the onset, the audience knows what is going to happen and witnesses the downfall of the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet. Metaphorical language "I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ...

There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always cut. Juliet’s family has just discovered what they believe to be her dead body; as the musicians ...