A Tragic Hero(ine) is “a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities.” Shakespeare play “Romeo and Juliet” would be a perfect an example of a Tragic story. The play is about two young star-crossed lovers(Romeo and Juliet) whose passings at last accommodated their family feud. When asked, who is the tragic heroine in Romeo and Juliet, many seem to think it’s Juliet. Juliet is a tragic hero as she had tragic flaws,a noble birth and killed herself for a reason that didn’t exist. One way in which a person can be considered as a tragic hero(ine) is “noble birth.” Juliet was born a noble birth. She was born in the Capulet family. The capulet family are a wealthy and important family in Verona. Her nobleness made her believe that she could do anything at whatever point needed to. This is proved in Act 1,When County Paris guarantees Capulet of his highly status by saying “Of honourable reckoning are you both”. He’s referring to both families, the montague & the capulet, as honorable status. …show more content…
She went through much more than anything a fourteen year old had to go through. She faked her death to get out of an arranged marriage. However, the plan didn’t work out and Romeo killed himself thinking she was dead. When she saw Romeo dead, she decided to kill herself immediately without thinking. Before Dying she said “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die” (Act 5, Scene 3, Line 182-184) which showed how deeply she was in love with Romeo. If she had never faked her death then Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself which wouldn’t have led to her own