et’s fiery, hot-blooded cousin, clash as a result of reckless insults and the thirst for revenge. When Mercutio falls, Romeo in his fury flies after Tybalt, and in turn kills him. Two beloved lives snuffed out because of visceral rage, emotions let wild and unrestrained.Had this play ended happily, it easily could easily be considered a comical masterpiece. However, the tragic end causes viewers to think about the cause of the play’s disastrous events: the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, and Tybalt. The deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt were undoubtedly caused by the powerful impulses of hate, much like the impulses of attraction between Romeo and Juliet, which, in the end, killed them also. Had they not felt those impulses so passionately, neither would have felt the compulsion to commit suicide because of the impossibility of living without the other, and probably would have escaped happily to Mantua. Shakespeare draws parallels between lust and hate, two of mankind’s most powerful impulses, to oppose them, and support instead true love, a gradual respect and understanding of an individual, based on more than physical attraction....
