The Mood of Romeo and Juliet

The Heartbreaking Ending A Tragic Mood in Shakespeares Love Story Most people think of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, as a love story. But as the title suggests, The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is just that a tragedy. The narrative is about the struggles of Romeo and Juliets love notwithstanding the century-long dispute between their families. Like many tragedies, which end with fatality, the play ends with the deaths of the star-crossed lovers. passim the play, Shakespeare conveys strong feelings, or moods. In Act Five, Scene Three of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses imagery, irony, and symbolism to create a tragic mood.The first device Shakespeare uses to create a tragic mood is imagery. After the bodies of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are found, Lady Capulet describes the stroke in Verona O, the people in the street cry Romeo, Some Juliet, and roughly Paris and all run With open outcry toward our monument. (V. iii. 191-193) These lines appearance the helter-skel ter aftermath of the death of the three adolescents. This creates a tragic mood because the auditory sense gets a picture of a sad, weeping community. The sense of distress and sorrow depicts tragedy and sorrow throughout the town. A second device employ is irony.There are many examples used in Act Five. One case of dramatic irony is when the earshot knows that Juliet is under a sleeping potion, and Romeo does not, and he is about to kill himself. When Romeo enters the Capulet tomb, he sees Juliet and cries out Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Though art not conquered. Beautys ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks And deaths pale flag is not advanced there. (V. iii. 92-96) Here Romeo is describing Juliet and how beautiful she is, heretofore though shes dead. She is actually beautiful because she is still a belongThe audience feels so awful for Romeo, because right after he kills himself Juliet wakes up and finds her lover is dead because of her. Shakespeares use of irony appeals to the readers emotions, creating a tragic mood. Lastly, Shakespeare created a tragic mood by using symbolism. Previously, the Friar described acerbate in a soliloquy O, mickle, is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and opposite true qualities For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give Nor ought so good, but, strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. (II. iii. 5-20) The Friar is saying that +true and naturally good things can be turned bad when not properly used, like poison derived from plants. This is like the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, which deprave the love between Romeo and Juliet to the point of death. This creates a tragic mood because something on the whole innocent has been manipulated by human hands. The poison was originally harmless plants it symbolizes the feud between the famili es. Both the poison and the feud literally and figuratively killed Romeo and Juliet. This creates a tragic mood because if it were not for the feud, they would have lived happily ever after.Shakespeare created a tragic mood in Romeo and Juliet by using irony, imagery, and symbolism. Imagery gives us insight to the chaotic mess of people in Verona. Irony plays on our emotions and makes us sympathetic for Romeos unawareness. Symbolism gives a deeper meaning to the deaths. He contrasts this tragic mood with the feelings of love and romanticism earlier in the play. Shakespeare does this to show that in life, things go wrong and there are not ceaselessly happy endings. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Elements of Literature Third Course. Orlando Holt, 2007. 901-1024.