Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, uses such tragic themes such as pride, death, pain, and loss. It is pride of the Montague and Capulet’s family which leads to the death of Romeo and Juliet. It is the inability to put aside their differences even for true love which brings this wonderful love story to an end. Pride is expressed by a high opinion of one’s own worth or possessions. From the …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…The false pride comes to the end as both Capulet and Montague find their children dead side by side. They realize that their meaningless hatred towards each other was ridiculous and now they must pay the price at the expense of their children suicides. They reach out for each other for comfort and decide to end the hatred now amongst them in Verona and build shrines made purely of gold of both Romeo and Juliet.