The mood illustrated in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” changed drastically from the beginning of the play to the end. This is shown throughout the story through the physical, emotional, and philosophical changes that take place. When Romeo and Juliet met each other, they were so ecstatically in love with each other, but their joy was soon crushed. At the beginning of their love they thought nothing could separate them, but Romeo’s banishment …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…and Capulet are united in grief. You can see there was a lack of communication throughout the families and loved ones. Once again, nothing made the enemies except the clash of their own wills, and nothing is needed to make them friends except a change of heart. Romeo and Juliet is in essence a comedy that turns out tragically. But it is Romeo's headlong recklessness that leaves Friar Laurence no time to retrieve the mistake.