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Death Of Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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No matter what anyone said or did, Romeo and Juliet knew they were meant to be. Falling so hard in love, it caused them to end their lives so they could finally be together. Who’s to blame for these tragic deaths? Some would argue that they are the ones to blame, but little do they know, there were three people involved in Romeo and Juliet taking their lives. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two households of hate are brought together when their children have a sudden sprung of instant love. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall madly in love, but know they can’t be together, causing them to marry in secret. Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, getting him banished from Verona. Juliet fakes her death to be with Romeo and to not marry Paris, …show more content…

When the Prince caught Tybalt and Romeo fighting, instead of actually doing something and not treating it too lightly, he said he would take the life of whoever he caught fighting again. “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay for the forfeit of the peace! For this time all the rest depart away.” (Act 1, scene 1). As well, if the Prince didn’t ban Romeo from Verona to Mantua, the letter the Friar wrote to him would’ve made it to him because he would still be in Verona. If Romeo had stayed, they could have figured there lives out instead of ending it. After the Prince found Tybalt dead and that Romeo was to blame, he said “Nor tears nor prayers shall pay for these abuses...let Romeo hence in haste, else, when he’s found, that hour is his last.” (Act 3, scene 1). The last reason the Prince is responsible is because at the end of the play, he realized he should’ve handled the fighting more seriously, but knew it was too late. He said, “..and I, for winking at your discords too, have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished.” (Act 5, scene 3). In the end, both houses of Capulet’s and Montague’s ended their feud from conjoined child deaths. All in all, if the Prince hadn’t taken the fighting so lightly in the Public Square, Romeo wouldn’t have killed Tybalt and gotten banished to …show more content…

Everything had a chain reaction, starting with the Prince banishing Romeo. If he hadn’t done this, the Friar wouldn’t have had to write a letter to Romeo that wouldn’t reach him, he could’ve just went to him. If Juliet’s parents would’ve been more understanding of her feelings, and her nurse not pressuring her to marry Paris, Juliet wouldn’t have drank the vial. If Friar John would’ve done everything in his power to make sure the letter got to Romeo, he would know Juliet faked her death and not have killed himself. The lesson everyone should take away from this play is to not make a life-altering decision on an impulse. No matter how bad you think it is, there’s always something good in

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