How does Shakespeare create sympathy for the two lovers: Romeo and Juliet?

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How does Shakespeare create sympathy for the two lovers: Romeo and Juliet?

Shakespeare’s – Romeo and Juliet is such a tragic play because of the way he continues to create sympathy for the two lovers as the play progresses.

Shakespeare creates sympathy for the two lovers in an instant when in the first 15 lines of the play he tells the audience that they are both doomed to death.

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;”

“A fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,”

In Act 1 scene 5 when Romeo first sees Juliet he is in ore of her beauty and how much he is attracted to her

“Beauty to rich for use, for earth to dear”

He thinks Juliet is to good for him

“And touching hers make blessed my rude hand”

I think Romeo thinks this as he has been turned down before when he has been in love by Roselyn so now he thinks that he won’t be good enough for Juliet as he wasn’t good enough for Roselyn.

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During Romeo’s speech Shakespeare creates a very romantic atmosphere but then Tybalt butts in and his hatred for Romeo and the Montages burns through. One of Tybalts first words when he realises the true identity of Romeo is “fetch me my rapier”. At this point you could feel sympathy for Romeo as Tybalt hasn’t even givin him a chance to explain. But also you could feel sympathy for Tybalt as his honour has been insulted by Romeo’s presence.

“Now by the stock and honour of my kin”

The sympathy for Tybalt is then further increased when he is stopped slaying ...

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