Is suicide the solution?Throughout time, death has been viewed in a negative light. In general, it is an event worth lamenting and is considered by some to be the end of existence. People don't generally seek death as the answer to their problems. However, in various literary works, characters consider suicide as the only solution to the pain and sorrow they experience. The National Library of Medicine website states that most people who commit suicide do so because they are "trying to escape." of a life situation that seems impossible to manage” (“Suicide”). This idea is prevalent in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, fall deeply in love upon their first meeting. Unfortunately, that's not supposed to be the case, as they come from feuding families. However, they ignore the quarrel and secretly marry just two days after meeting. After the wedding, Romeo meets Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, who hates him. They engage in a duel and Romeo kills Tybalt. He flees the crime scene. Later, he discovered from Friar Lawrence that rather than execute him for murder, the Prince of Verona declared that he would be banished forever. Instead of being relieved and grateful, Romeo laments his fate and states that he would rather die than be separated from his beloved Juliet. “There is no world without the walls of Verona, but purgatory, torture and hell itself” (3.3.17-18). The two lovers spend their wedding night together. The next day, Romeo leaves for Mantua to begin his banishment. Juliette discovers that her father has arranged a marriage for her and the ceremony will take place in three days. She runs to Brother Lawrence for help. She is desperate to find any way of paper......ion to search for. Works Cited Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Flight. 1. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1996. 59-124. Print. Hatch, Ronald B. "Heathcliff's 'Queer End' and Schopenhauer's Denial of Will." » Journal of English Studies in Canada 1.1 (1974): 49-64. Internet. April 28, 2014. .Ryn, Zdzislaw. “Suicide and threatening behavior.” Suicides in Nazi concentration camps. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., December 31, 2010. Web. May 1, 2014. .Shakespeare, William and Burton Raffel. Romeo and Juliet. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. “Suicide and Suicidal Behavior” in print. Suicide:Medline Plus. Ed. David Zieve. US National Library of Medicine, February 26, 2014. Web. April 30, 2014. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. Flight. 1. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. 33-86. 1 vol. Print.