Romeo and Juliet, a book of tragedy. Read by so many people and can bring tears to your eyes. This story contains a common recurrence of loved ones dying. If you have read this book you know that many characters have died, but of those characters Romeo, Juliet and Mercutio are the saddest. Imagine a friend or loved one dying a tragic way.
First, we will start with Mercutio. Mercutio was pierced by Tybalt's blade,Tybalt is related to Juliet, as they were in dispute. Romeo came in to break up their differences when under Romeo's arm Tybalt stabbed Mercutio. Mercutio lived through stab at the moment, but Benvolio, friends with Romeo and Mercutio, drug him back to a building where Mercutio ended up bleeding to death. “Help me into some house Benvolio, or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!” (Mercutio Line 105-106 Act III Scene I).This was one of the most tragic and sad deaths that had happened in this book. One of Romeo’s dearest …show more content…
Romeo whom was deeply in love with Juliet, had tried to find ways of being able to see Juliet. Juliet and the Friar had their own plan of their own to find a way for them to see each other. Friar Lawrence had initially sent Friar John to get word to Romeo of their plan. But the word never made it to Romeo. Friar Lawrence had given a potion to Juliet to make her look dead and fake her death and put her in a tomb where Romeo would be there waiting for her, but Romeo was not aware of this plan. When Romeo had seen Juliet, he thought her face was still beautiful even after “death”. Romeo had gone to an apothecary to buy poison to kill himself, because his love for Juliet was so strong, he couldn’t bare not being with her. He drank the poison and died, lying next to Juliet. “...And here he writes that he did buy poison of a poor ‘pothecary, and therewithal came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet…”(Romeo Line 305-310 Act V Scene III) One of the most shocking deaths of the