Romeo and Juliet is regarded as a tragic play that was written during the initial years of Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was written during a time when Shakespeare had gained some strength in his career. Initially, Shakespeare planned the play based on Arthur Brooke’s tale that was written in 1562. The significance of this adaptation was that Shakespeare depended on Arthur’s plot to create his famous style of Romeo and Juliet. For instance, importance is portrayed where Shakespeare altered Juliet’s age from sixteen years to fourteen. The primary objective for adjusting the years was to illustrate the childishness of love that led to cause the death of Romeo and Juliet quickly. Another significance would be the fact that the women of the Elizabethan period were not permitted to appear in theatre thus making men play their role. Therefore, Shakespeare chose a young man to fit Juliet’s character to ensure that the entire play could be believed. Shakespeare craftily used theatrical structure whereby he moved back and forth to ensure that the audience remained mesmerised. From the play, Shakespeare was identified because he possessed dramatic techniques, which allows that Romeo and Juliet appear to be infamous. The timeline since the 18^th century till the present date proves the significance of Romeo and Juliet ranging from musicals, plays, films as well as other re-makes of Romeo and Juliet.

The story used in the play is used to depict its significance and is founded on two lovers that are notably known as ‘star-crossed lovers’. The importance of this label is that it is applied in the play to illustrate the predictability of fate. The two young ones secretly pursue their affection towards one another, regardless of the hate of their families towards each other that had been happening for an extended period. As the play commences, the plot has significantly been created in such a way that one can quickly identify the play as one that is tragic. The quarrel between the Capulet and Montague families is first illustrated and defined as a significant way of developing the theme of tragedy in the play. It seems as if fate has control over the love of these two individuals and the inability to have control over their feelings have a devastating effect. The significance of this theme is brought out by the fact that coincidence does not lead the two individuals to death but rather the way they manipulate fate and timing in their lives.

The play Romeo and Juliet further various themes apart from tragedy, including death, comedy and romance. The significance of dividing the play into different portions that represent fate, love, and family is to illustrate the theme of tragedy. The importance of drama is demonstrated in the play Romeo and Juliet because of the tragic demise that takes place as the play ends and due to this it is regarded as a tragedy. Initially, one of the central characters undergoes a sad moment that is illustrated through his personality thus leading to their demise. In the play, Romeo is considered as the critical character to represent his temperament. Another aspect that can be put into consideration when illustrating the significance of themes in the play Romeo and Juliet is the way the characters decide on making the appropriate choices that they are not able to predict and final fate.