The fact that
the Capulets and Montagues cannot even remember the reasons for their feud (as it occurred so
long ago) makes 's demise all the more tragic.
As both families suffer
immense grief from the loss of their children, they are left with the harrowing realization that
they don't even remember why they were fighting. Their children died over a feud that neither
family could even remember the reasons for.
Theof the play is that this feud,
which is clearly rather trivial at this point in time, could only be resolved through the deaths
of two innocent young people. Essentially,andpaid the price for the folly of their older family
members, who should have known better than to feed their own pride by perpetuating their feud.
With the deaths of their loved ones, their selfish behaviors are thrown into stark relief: both
families realize just how pointless the feud was in the first place, and that their children
lost their lives for no good reason.
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