ROMEO & JULIET The following information tells you about the play, Romeo & Juliet and how I have made my own personal assumptions that defines this play as a tragedy. The play is set in Verona, Italy. There are two very noble families; the Montagues, and the Capulets who are at war with one another. This feud has recently ignited itself. It is the children of these families namely; Romeo Montagu and Juliet …showed first 75 words of 1259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1259 total…factors described above namely; the feuding families, the needless deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio, the secrecy of their relationship because of the families at war with one another and the twists of fate and failed plans that forced Romeo and Juliet to their deaths. Romeo and Juliet ultimately became sacrifices to the enmity of the two feuding houses who, in life, were never "destined" to be together and paid a high price for their love.