In play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, young love and passion play the most important themes throughout the entire play, the elements were being discussed and questioned when the passion and love had form between Romeo and Juliet by each others first sight. The play become dramatic when the two lamentable star-crossed lover had to face their family feud and other obstacles in order to obtain the relationship, risking their own life to see each other, it become tragic when they kill themselves because of their intense love and passion had became unrequited; However, because of the suicidal impulse that both Romeo and Juliet exhibit is emotional, reckless, and not logical, it relate and support the theme of young love. Beside the conveying the theme of young love, Shakespeare does not seems to consider that self-destructive tendency inextricably connected with love. Romeo and Juliet committed suicide because they cant live without their love one, toward the ending, the star-crossed lover actually have an another choice beside for killing themselves for many reasons.First of all, the theme of young love in the play, is that when a young person falls in love, love replaces all types of emotion and makes the persons neglects different types
of rules. The suicidal impulse that both Romeo and Juliet exhibit relate to this theme in many ways. For example, Romeo indirectly exhibited a suicidal impulse after when Balthasar (Romeos servant) informed him that Juliet had died. He immediately went to an apothecary to buy an illegal and strong poison, a poison strong enough that if you had the strength of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. (Act V, scene 1, line 77-79) Romeo actually refers to the drink as a cordial (Act V, scene 1, line 85) saying that it is the poison is good for his heart. Juliet exhibited a suicidal impulse in right after she woke up, discovering that Romeo had just kill himself because of her. She said, Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. Whats here? A cup, closed in my true loves hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? (Act V, scene 2, line 160-170) Juliet was also blaming Romeo for not letting her to with him by not leaving any drop of poison, she try to kiss Romeo so she actually get some poison. According to both Romeo and Juliets suicidal impulse, they were acting reckless and emotional, relating that the young love is reckless, young people to neglect all types of rules because they fall in love.