As the
other answers have noted, timing at least seems to be everything in this
play. Thethat kills the two lovers appears to have been caused as much by the ill-timed sequence
of events as by the feud dividing the two families.
It is a case of if, if,
if. If only 's wedding had not been moved up, forcing her to take the sleeping potion earlier
than planned; if onlyhad gotten word of the plot so that he would have known Juliet was not
really dead; and if only he hadn't immediately and impulsively killed himself, all would have
been wellat least potentially. Of course, we learn in thethat the lovers are fated to come to a
tragic end, so we have to believe that if this series of mishaps had not ruined their chances,
something else would have.
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