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How is Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy?

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A tragedy is when something unexpected happens. This therefore makes Romeo and Juliet a tragedy as the death of Juliet was unexpected.

It is also deemed as a tragedy because the deaths of Romeo and Juliet were not of their own doing but their families.

It could also be said that the story of Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy because the feud between the families doomed their love, and led to the couple committing suicide.

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