Examples Of Human Failure In Romeo And Juliet

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Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, explores the tragic lives and deaths of two "star-crossed lovers". Both Romeo and Juliet are unable to escape their dreadful destiny, even through the strength of their love. While fate plays a significant role in the tragic deaths of the two lovers, human error and weakness also contribute to their deaths. Therefore, the tragedy is that both fortune and the actions of others make their deaths inevitable. Human error was one of the main contributing factors that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet, there were mistakes made by both Romeo and Juliet and those around them that had a direct impact on their lives. An example of human error is when Friar Lawrence made a fatal error by sending the message to Romeo and assuming that Romeo had received the message in Mantua when the message actually had not been delivered successfully, therefore it indirectly contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet.…show more content…
Human weakness was the reason that caused most of the events that then played a part in their deaths to occur. The most notable human weakness displayed in the play Romeo and Juliet was Romeo and Juliet's love for each other. Although other events and characters played an important role throughout the play that contributed to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet, it was the love that they shared with each other in a short amount of time that caused them to think that they would rather be dead than to be separated from and live without each other. It is both human error and human weakness that contributed to the fate that both Romeo and Juliet
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