People come and
go in our lives. Whether by grief, by joy, by love, people bring
revelation in our lives, a lesson for us to remember. The tragedy
of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, tells of two
young lovers who meet, fated in love, only to realize that by their
family names they are enemies. Determined to be together, their
bittersweet story goes on, as characters lose loved ones, meet, and
come together, causing them to learn lessons, to change beliefs,
for better or for worse. These things all go to show how the
addition or removal of people in an individual's life teaches them
lessons that they would otherwise not learn. It seems that
sometimes when two people meet, even their beliefs rooted with
their identity can change,
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Whether if they
are evil or good, kind or malicious, it is in no way related to
their name. When Juliet calls off her balcony after the party, she
states, Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, thou
not a Montague, realizing that even though she's been told all her
life that Montagues are to be loathed, that they are an
abomination, that these things are insignificant to one's identity.
That Montague is nor hand, nor foot (2.2.41-43). Likewise Romeo
realizes that a name does not matter when he states that he
henceforth
never will be Romeo(2.2.55). The two admit to the
deception of their family feud, as they see each other separate
from their family name. The collision of these two characters made
them throw away their biased beliefs of their identity to join
together as one in
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Moments before,
Romeo thinks that he could never harm Tybalt, as he has married
Juliet, Tybalt now his kin. Romeo states that he love[s] [Tybalt]
better than [Tybalt] canst devise (3.1.70). But by the death of
his dear friend, instead of his love for Tybalt, his heart now
despises him. His anger is shown when for Mercutios soul is but a
little way above [their] heads, as his hate is born towards
Tybalt, whom he had just moments before loved, stating that [his]
name [he] tender as dearly as his own (3.1.72-73,131-132). His
hate turns murderous as he tells Tybalt that Mercutio is staying
for thine to keep him company (3.1.133). As Romeo states that
thou or I, or both, must go with him (3.1.134), the duel breaks
out, leaving Tybalt slain, his kinsmen now his foe. The hate and
revenge that Romeo felt caused love to turn to zeal for Tybalt's
blood. His belief that he must not hurt his kinsmen but love him,
the reminder that fights were not allowed by the prince, ended with
the spilled blood of Mercutio. The death of his friend turned love
to hate, the hate that killed
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