"Romeo and Juliet" is one of William Shakespeares best-known and most interpreted tragedies and it was published originally in 1597. The essence of "Romeo and Juliet" is the story of two young people, Romeo and Juliet, from opposing houses, the Montagues and the Capulets, and who fall in love instantly after they meet at a party. Against the wishes of their families, and against all odds, the two marry. But because of the impulsive actions of Romeo, driven by youthful immaturity and by the difficult circumstances between the two families, he ends up exhiled from Verona, the city where the story takes place, because he has killed Juliet´s cousin Tybalt. In the end, both Romeo and Juliet, among other characters, end up losing their lives as they fall pray to the events triggered by Romeo and Juliet´s relationship and actions. In Act 5, scene III, Romeo and Paris face each other when the two have come to visit Juliet´s tomb and Romeo ends up killing Paris, although he has also come to take his own life because he cannot deal with Juliet´s death. In the end of this Act, Romeo dies and lies beside Juliet and Paris. The one characteristic of Shakespearean tradedy that Romeo embodies in this act, is that of a tragic and flawed hero because he represents the man who has developed through hardship and has grown into much more than he used to be, but is also filled with flaws, that lead him to not cope with the death of his beloved and to end his own existence.
