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Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The majority of blame for the six deaths in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare rests on Romeo . Romeo is to blame for the six deaths because of his unstable obsessions and anger issues, but What did romeo do to receive this hatred and trouble by the people? Evidence 1: In Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare, Romeo should be held up for blame because of his foolish obsessive actions. We can all blame romeo because of his obsession with love. First of all he can’t seem to get over his obsession with his ex girlfriend Rosaline. His friends then decides the only way to get him over her, is to find him a new lover. A good friend of Romeo’s named Benvolio, decides to take romeo to a party to find a new lover. After a little while at the …show more content…

Tybalt wants to fight Romeo because he crashed the party where he met Juliet. Because Tybalt is known for his skilled sword fighting, Mercurio doesn’t believe Romeo will will in this fight so he fights for him. In the beginning is was just a little silly fight but when Romeo enters the scene things get interesting. Romeo decides to try and stop this fight because he thinks he can resolve it; with romeo getting in the middle of the fight with swords in the air, Tybalt’s sword happened to stab Mercutio. This resulted in Mercutio's death, and tempered romeo quite quickly. Romeo chases after Tybalt and fights him. With Romeo’s rage, the fight ends up with Tybalt dead. After the two deaths were revealed, Romeo was to blame for the killings and was banned from his home (Verona). Romeo was able to marry Juliet but would be separated from her forever. Before he must leave Juliet sneaks him into her room so they could sleep together to complete their marriage. After the night, romeo leaves at dawn. A professor named Friar Lawrence was the man who secretly married them, and was soon asked by Juliet to make a potion to make her fall asleep for a period of time so she appears dead. Once she is Buried outside the town she plans to leave home with Romeo. Romeo hears about this and thinks that she is

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