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Why Romeo and Juliet Had to Die


In our world today people often cringe at the thought of “true love” in young adults. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare shows the audience that young love is often misunderstood and highly dangerous. For Romeo and Juliet, their young love brings a tragedy that is the result of both the miscommunication between all of the characters, and the speed of the play. The death of Romeo and Juliet, as a result of their young love, makes the audience question the true love of young adults.


When Romeo and Juliet’s young love, and fatal deaths, are questioned towards the end of the play, the adults start to realize the miscommunication between themselves and Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence notices his miscommunication towards Romeo when he retells the story of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths: “Meantime I writ to Romeo…but he which bore my letter, Friar John,\ Was stayed by accident, and…returned my letter back” (5.3.255-261). There was also a miscommunication between Friar Lawrence and Juliet, when he did not tell Juliet exactly how long the fake death potion would last: “Thou shalt continue two and forty hours\ And then awake” (4.1.107-108). As a result this made Juliet wonder if she would “wake before the time that Romeo\ Come[s] to redeem” her (4.3.32-33). There is a large amount of miscommunication between Juliet and her parents in many subjects, including her love for Romeo. Her own mother has no idea that Juliet is even married, let alone having her husband stay the night, when she thinks that her daughter is still “weeping for [her] cousin’s death” (3.5.71). There is also some miscommunication between Juliet and her father when it comes down to why she cannot marry Paris. Juliet secretly tells her father about Romeo when she says, “proud can I never be of what I hate,\ But thankful…for hate that is meant love” (3.5.152-153), but Capulet is too angry to notice her hints. The miscommunication of Romeo and Juliet’s young love was present throughout the play, creating tension in the audience, but this miscommunication was left unrecognized until it was questioned by the adults towards the end of the play.


For Romeo and Juliet, their young love is questioned because of the miscommunication between themselves and the adults in their lives, but another dangerous factor of their love is how quickly it moves and changes. The quickness of the play starts off right away when Romeo sees Juliet. When he first sees her he forgets all about his love for Rosaline and thinks that he “ne’er saw true beauty till [that] night” (1.5.60). Friar Lawrence notices Romeo’s sudden change in love when he states that “young men’s love…lies\ Not…in their hearts, but in their eyes” (2.3.71-72). By saying that Romeo and Juliet’s love is only skin deep, the Friar is backing up what the Chorus said earlier in the play: “Now Romeo…loves again,\ Alike bewitchéd by the charm of looks” (2.Chorus.5-6). Juliet realizes that what she and Romeo are doing “is too rash, too unadvised, [and] too sudden” (2.2.125), but she throws out that thought when she starts to talk about marriage: “Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow” (2.2.151). All of this rushing left both Romeo and Juliet no time to stop and think. For Juliet, her single moments of logic: “What if it be poison which the Friar\ Subtly hath ministered to have me dead” (4.3.25-26), are overwhelmed by both her love for Romeo and her other emotions: “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo…I drink to thee” (4.3.59-60). The many changes in Romeo and Juliet’s young love are a result of the speed of the play, furthering the idea that true love in young adults can be dangerous, and at times fatal.


In Romeo and Juliet, the audience is shown that the combination of miscommunication between others, fast paced love, and other important factors can be very dangerous. If all of these are combined together with a number of bad relationships, such as some in this play, the innocent, but true love of young adults can be fatally ruined.

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