How is the theme of “Greed” portrayed in Romeo and Juliet by William SHakespeare?
One example of greed in Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” would be in the guise of the apothecary who Romeo goes to in order to purchase the poison that kills him. After he catches word of Juliet’s death(the first one which was planned, if you recall Friar Laurence and Juliet’s meeting), he immediately rushes to an apothecary. At first the apothecary is relunctant to sell Romeo the poision, but eventually agrees to at the prospect of a healthy sum of money. Romeo claims that money is more of a poison to a man’s soul than anything the apothecary has, which would emphasize the motif of greed. Bear in mind, also, that greed is a motif not a theme. Hope that helped a little bit.
