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is his apt to fall in love too quickly and deeply. In the start of the play he is in love with Lady Rosalynn, but soon falls for Juliet, a member of the Capulets, a rival family. Romeo is blinded by love, unable to think with rational, which cause a string of negative events to come to pass. The suffering of the tragic hero also extends beyond himself. Due to the actions of Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt died. Romeo is first placed in a conflict and kills Tybalt (Juliets Cousin), then he is banished thus separated from Juliet. Finally he receives news that Juliet is dead. His situation continues to decline from good to bad to worse. He does not necessarily regress from external circumstances, but from the tragic flaw in his own character. The second most important element of a tragedy is Characters of the play. Characters are those whose actions and decisions move the plot. Aristotle believes that in order for a tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. According to Aristotles definition, in tragedies, characters will undergo incidents arousing pity and fear from the audience (Nahm 8). Aristotle believes that this change should come about as the result, not of vice, but of some great error or frailty in a character(Nahm 8). Romeo and Juliets characters have an essential quality or nature that is revealed in the plot. They both experience a change of fortune from good to bad, as the love between them is forced apart through a cause-and-effect chain of actions until they are forced to commit suicide. In Romeo and Juliet, the events or episodes in the play lead the audience to feel sorry for the main characters and feel afraid for them as they move toward a destructive end. The third and fourth elements of a tragedy are thought and diction, which comply to Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet as well. Thought is both the manner of the characters speech and the general tenor, or theme of the play. It refers to two things: first...

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