Real Leaders In Romeo And Juliet

Throughout Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the idea of tragedy being a tool to unite people and the act of tragedy showing who a real leader is versus who isn't is explored throughout the whole play but especially towards the end. The idea of tragedy bringing people together is used at the end of the book when Romeo and Juliet lay dead and their families are trying to figure out what happened. The idea of tragedy showing who real leaders are versus who aren't is used more of after the whole play is done. All of this information will show how tragedy can do these two things in Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet each kill themselves. Unintentionally by doing so, they unite families once divided. At the end most members of both families
Even if the families are scared they cannot show the public that they are scared about what happened. They need to show no emotion so their respected groups do not get discombobulated and out of control. Through fear come confusion and through confusion come poor leadership. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague need to show no fear so that they are able to lead their families and maintain a sense of fear and respect from the people. When a leader is scared the people following them also get scared and do not know what to do. This is why a leader must always remain calm. For instance, on September 11th, 2001 the Twin Towers got destroyed. Throughout the whole day President Bush stayed strong and did not let America and the rest of the world see how scared he truly was. He stayed calm and let America know that whoever did this would pay for it. Had George Bush come out as really scared and on his national announcement and started to cry and talk about how scared he then the whole country would have been panicking even more than they already were. In the end like in Romeo and Juliet all the americans (like the Montagues and Capulets) united as one and rose above and beyond the