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This 3 page paper argues that we can see three aspects of the play as adjuncts to the idea of sickness: first is the plague imagery that runs through much of the work; the second is the idea of the feud between the Capulets and Montagues as a metaphor for sickness; the last is the idea that Romeo and Juliet and their love is the cure for this illness. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and Juliet is one of Shakespeares earliest plays, and one of his most popular. Scholars remark that it is crude because it depends on coincidence for its power, but that
has never stopped audiences from being moved by its tragedy and tale of young love so bitterly thwarted. This paper argues that we can see three aspects of the play
as adjuncts to the idea of sickness: first is the plague imagery that runs through much of the work; the second is the idea of the feud between the Capulets
and Montagues as a metaphor for sickness; the last is the idea that Romeo and Juliet and their love is the cure for this illness. Plague Imagery One of the
most popular characters in the play is undoubtedly Mercutio, Romeos greatest friend. He is athletic, witty and charming, and when he dies a great light leaves the stage. Tybalt kills
him in one of those pointless duels that young men love to fight, and as he dies he curses both the Capulets and Montagues: "A plague a both your houses!
/ They have made worms meat of me: I have it / And soundly too. Your houses!" (III.ii.105-08) (Bolton). Here he actually uses the words "plague" and "worm". Earlier, in
describing Tybalt, Mercutio "invoked the plague as a figure of speech, saying ... The pox of such antic, lisping, affecting phantasimes (II.iv.28)" (Bolton). Tragically, the plague imagery gives way to
the plague itself; a sickness that keeps Friar Lawrences messenger quarantined and thus "leads to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet" (Bolton). The message that could have saved their lives
never leaves Verona, but is held there by the plague. The Plague of the Two Houses Not only does Mercutio call down a plague on both the Montagues and Capulets;
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