Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet: Importance of Minor Characters The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s. The play involved the two protagonists, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, to fall into a forbidden love with each other; resulting in tragic deaths between the star-crossed lovers and two others each from the Capulet and the Montague’s side of the feud. The minor characters in the play are important and affect the major characters in many
foundation for their work is death and the emotions that come with it. During Act 4 scene 3, Juliet is conflicted with the desire of taking her own life in order to prevent marrying someone other than Romeo. In order to accomplish this, she drinks a ‘’poison’’ which she received from Friar Laurence. Juliet seemingly understands death and the horrors of ‘’loathsome smells’’ and ‘’buried ancestors’’ that come hand in hand. Yet, she goes on to describe that a world without Romeo as her husband is a fate