The heartbreaking outcome of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well known love stories in history, and can be completely blamed on by the two rival families - the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. Because of their on going feud it prevents the two young lovers from allowing their love to be public. With this they have to keep it private and because of that they make very great risks for one another. Thus the outcome of the story. Characterisation and language/literary devices position the reader to understand what motivates the tragic conclusion, which is the strong love Romeo and Juliet both share for one another. Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another is what motivates the tragic conclusion of the story. They love each other so much that they would rather both die together than continue living on with out the other. Romeo 66-69 pg37 “With love’s light wings do I o’erpech, these walls for stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dares love attempt: therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me.” The plot positions the reader to understand this by telling us about the feud between the two families, the death of the two young lovers is only caused by the actions of the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. If they were not fighting Romeo and Juliet would not have to hide their love from their own families because they were at peace. Juliet 38 pg36 “Tis but thy name that is my enemy” Romeo 55-56 pg36 “My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, because it is an enemy to thee.”But in the story they are not, the hatred between the two is immense. With this it means that Romeo and Juliet can never be together publicly but only in secret. From the beginning of the play to the end you can see how the Capulet’s and the Montague’s control the lives of young Romeo and Juliet. Juliet 7 pg17 “Madam, I am here, what is your will?” They tell them how they should dress, how they should speak a