What Caused Romeo and Juliet to Die?
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What Caused Romeo and Juliet to Die? In this essay I am going to answer the question, what cased Romeo and Juliet to die in the Shakespeare play of the same name. So what did cause them to die? In the play many things are suggested, but none are specifically indicated towards the cause of death of the two main characters; love, family feuding and even the weather have all been suggested as possible explanations, I'm going to try and find which one is the most logical cause of death. Love; Love plays a prominent part in the play, with out it there wouldn't really be a play. It is obvious that the two characters are devoted to each other; "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." (Act II, scene II, lines 1,2,3) Here Romeo is comparing Juliet to something as mighty...

