What role does the idea of the unnatural or artificial play in Romeo & Juliet

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and Hamlet? In what ways do unnatural things affect both plays?

Hamlet:
Claudius kills brother
Claudius marries brother's wife
Ophelia commits suicide
poison kills King Hamlet
there's a ghost
artificial/unnatural speech by Hamlet (uses excessive puns and wordplay)

Romeo & Juliet:
unnatural sleep for Juliet - artificial death
unnatural relationship - star-crossed lovers
Romeo and Juliet commit suicide (Romeo does it though poison, unnatural substance)
Unnatural murder, Tybalt intended to kill Romeo, not Mercutio.
 
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