Tafura Taslima 805
After reading the book “The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet,” by William Shakespeare I learned that the message the writer is
delivering to the readers is that for every action there is a consequence. This
theme is reflected through many conflicts that take place in the story. Many of
these conflicts take place after a character has intentionally done something
they were not supposed to do and has to deal with the negative outcomes of it.
To begin with, one action that causes
a negative consequence is when Romeo attends the Capulet party even though he
is rivals with the family, which led to his death. Romeo is a Montague and so
is his cousin, Benvolio. Benvolio convinces Romeo to attend the Capulet party because
he believes it will help Romeo get over the recent break up he has been
through. Romeo is reluctant but he agrees to go but he says “I’ll go along, no
such sight to be to be shown/ But to rejoice in splendor of my own,” {1.5.48-49}
this shows that Romeo is only going to please Benvolio. Romeo’s action to go to
the party is wrong because he is not welcome there but he still goes in “disguise”,
this shows that Romeo knew what he was doing was wrong and he will later suffer
the consequences of it. At the dinner, Romeo and Juliet meet for the first
time, being in love at first sight the young couple strives to be together but,
end up dead when they both kill each other one at a time thinking their love of
their life is dead. As the story carries out Romeo and Juliet both end up dead,
but if Romeo and Juliet never met each other they wouldn’t have died the way
they did. If Romeo hadn’t attended the Capulet party he wouldn’t have met Juliet
and he wouldn’t have died. As you can see, Romeo suffered the consequences of
his actions severely.
In addition, another conflict that
reflected this theme is when Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin kills Mercutio, Romeo’s
best friend, which resulted in Tybalt’s own death. Tybalt had negative intentions
due to the fact that he and Mercutio were rivals. Tybalt threatened Mercutio when
he said “That thou hadst done me. Therefore turn and draw,” Mercutio was
provoked by Tybalt threat to battle and they both engaged in a terrible
quarrel. Tybalt succeeded in killing Mercutio but the consequence for this
action is when Romeo took action to kill Tybalt. As the story continues Romeo
kills Tybalt which show that Tybalt suffered from his action and his death was
the consequence.
To continue, since Romeo took action
to kill Tybalt in revenge of his best friend’s death, Romeo also is affected by
the consequences for his actions. For example, after Romeo killed Tybalt he was
exiled by the Prince to leave Verona. Romeo was incredibly upset because he had
to leave Juliet. Romeo states “Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say ‘death’, / For
exile hath more terror in his look, / Much more than death. Do not
say “banishment,” {3.3.13-15} this concludes Romeo thinks he would rather be
dead than not ever see Juliet. After Juliet heard that Romeo was exiled she
made a plan to fake her own death to be with Romeo but, unfortunately Romeo
caught her in the act and thought she was actually dead and killed himself. After
he killed himself Juliet woke up from her “fake” death and found Romeo dead. Juliet
then preceded commit suicide. If Romeo hadn’t
killed Tybalt there might’ve been a chance he could’ve been with Juliet but
since he did, he ended up dead along with the love of his life.
In conclusion, this book has taught
readers that for every action that may not have the best intentions will cause
damage to some extent caused by consequences. This tragedy shows that consequences
can often be disastrous and it may even cause your life.
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