![]() ![]() He responds by killing the Capulet Tybalt, for which he is exiled from the city. ![]() When Romeo and Juliet – children of the Montague and Capulet leaders, respectively – fall in love, their families escalate the conflict, resulting in the murder of Romeo’s friend Mercutio. The story entails two noble families in the city of Verona – the Montagues and the Capulets – whose long-standing feud periodically results in violent clashes in the streets. RELATED: Kraven the Hunter Taps West Side Story Star as Marvel Villain Calypso ![]() With Romeo and Juliet, the flaw is more diffuse, and beyond the youthful recklessness of the central couple, it belongs far more to their families – who can’t bury the hatchet – than the two of them, who did nothing worse than fall in love. Hamlet, for example, can’t bring himself to act when he needs to, while Macbeth’s ambition turns him from a good man into a treasonous killer. Shakespeare’s great tragic figures all possess some fatal flaw that ultimately undoes them. ![]()
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