William Shakespeare is a love story. However, this notion is wrong, for many events that happen in the play show that it is actually a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, four major characters die, and Romeo and Juliet mention their deaths during the play.
Notably, the suicides of Romeo and Juliet are a major reason the play is a tragedy. Romeo is the one to commit suicide first. In Act V, Scene iii, lines 119-120, Romeo commits suicide when he drinks a vial…
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