Death

“Death”, one of the world’s scariest words, has appeared in Act 3 Scene 3, diverting the entire play into a dark atmosphere. The appearance of “death” foreshadows the suicide of Romeo, the impulsive and extreme boy who regard his life as nothing in front of love. When Friar Lawrence comforts Romeo that banishment is “a gentler judgement(3.3 11), Romeo stats that “calling death ‘banished’, thou cutt’st my head off with a golden ax and smilest apron the stroke that murders me(3.3 22).” After an accident happens, the first thing Romeo could think about is death, rather than solutions for the problem. He is controlled by his emotion and losses his mind of thinking. Therefore, it is not hard for audience to understand why he kills himself immediately and causes the tragedy. However, the word death also show how solid the love is between Romeo and Juliet. They would rather die if they could not live with each others, which really demonstrate the vow on the wedding that “only death could separate us”. Not only Romeo, Juliet is also impetuous and straightforward that death seems to be the only solution for the problem. Therefore, the appearance of “death” foreshadows the world’s most horrible tragedy that they both kill themselves in a rush, in stead of waiting or thinking for a while. They are the death of themselves.