Death-Marked Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In conclusion, Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is about the death- marked love of the only children of two feuding families. Romeo and Juliet’s love is passionate, and it is that passion that eventually leads to their deaths. Although the story focuses on Romeo and Juliet’s love, there are many other great loves throughout the novel, including Mercutio and Romeo’s friendship, Paris’s devotion to Juliet and her family, and the parental love of Romeo’s mother to Romeo. Many of the relationships in Romeo and Juliet other than that of the main characters also result in the deaths of characters, showing that Shakespeare believes all strong love to be doomed. The play Romeo and Juliet shows that Shakespeare believed all love to be death-marked,