Romeo And Juliet: The Letter

?For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.? (V,iii) Romeo and Juliet is one of the most tragic love stories to date. Ironically, all of the tragedy and woe in Romeo and Juliet could have been prevented by the delivery of any of the three letters mentioned in the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare incorporates the letter to Romeo from Tybalt, the epistle to Romeo from …

…Instead, Balthasar waited around the tomb, failing to deliver the letter. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare incorporates the letter to Romeo from Tybalt, the epistle to Romeo from Friar Lawrence, and the note to Montague from Romeo heighten the suspense; Each letter has the potential to prevent disaster, but none is delivered to the intended person. The neglect of each letter sets off a chain of events leading to the death of Juliet and Romeo.