The only theme that tragedy reveals is that the noble and good must suffer. There is no lesson we can draw from tragedy that will help us avoid the fate of the protagonist. It is known that in Shakespeare’s tragedies the main characters die in the end. Romeo and Juliet being a tragedy, sets up a situation where we know that Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. There are many …showed first 75 words of 708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 708 total…no lesson we can draw from tragedy that will help us avoid the fate of the protagonist. The events that lead to their deaths are the Capulets and Montagues, because of their family’s’ feud, and Friar Lawrence also was partially to blame for the tragedy. At the end of the story the Prince, is the one who reminds everyone the reality of how Romeo and Juliet’s death occurred because of everyone’s faults.