Essay On Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Romeo and Juliet were two young people from feuding families, who fell in love. Their love was so strong, that they ended up dying for each other. The ironic twist at the end of the story surprised many who had read it. But who is to blame for this tragedy? Many characters in this play could be to blame. We believe that some of the characters to blame are Capulet, Friar Lawrence, plus Romeo and Juliet themselves.

Juliet's attitude towards love and marriage changes significantly throughout the play, at first she never even thought about marriage, but then falls deeply in love with Romeo, as a result Juliet decides she can’t live without Romeo and kill’s herself.

In this essay I will be exploring the reasons as to why some people would argue that a certain person or people are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

With a flicker of hope that the marriage will work and end the feud, Friar Lawrence remarks that, "this alliance may so happy prove to turn [their] households' rancor to pure love" (II iv 91-92). The blame can be placed on Friar Lawrence because he cares too much for Romeo and Juliet and eventually takes an extreme and risky approach to facilitate their union.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a book of fate and how everyone in the world affects the happenings of this world. The author of this extraordinary book is William Shakespeare. Although Romeo and Juliet killed themselves, there were many people responsible for their deaths. It is arguable that the parents of the two lovers, Friar Laurence, and Romeo and Juliet themselves were the most responsible, some could say that the other main characters like Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse, and Paris were involved as well. There were many people responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, although they took their own lives, they were not all to blame.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is responsible for their deaths. So many things were done wrong by Friar Laurence, that lead to their deaths. The first mistake that Friar Laurence made was to agree to marry the two in secret and without the permission of their parents. The next bad advice he gave, was when he instructed Juliet to fake her own death. The last wrong thing was giving the message for Romeo to an unreliable messenger. If any of these events did not take place, their deaths could’ve been avoided.

What is most responsible for the two lovely lover-Romeo and Juliet’s death? In my opinion, there is no one particular person to really blame on their death. However, it is every single person are should be blamed for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. If I was answering the question of who were the few most responsible people for their tragedy-it would be three people. Because of people’s decision and different point of view, the people most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Lady Capulet, Nurse, and Friar Lawrence.

Joseph Stalin once said “Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem”. Joseph Stalin was a man who killed a lot of people which he thought was the solution to everything. Likewise, Romeo and Juliet saw their own deaths as the solution to their problems. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about two star-crossed lovers from rival families. Romeo and Juliet's love was so strong for each other that since they could not be together they felt death was the only option. The death of the lovers bring an end to the rivalry of the families. Someone must have been responsible for this. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to secretly marrying the lovers and making the death marked plan.

In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare many souls where taken away including but not limited to, two star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Though many people argue who is to blame for all of the catastrophes the ones we should point our fingers towards is both the Montagues and Capulets. Both families wouldn’t appreciate that Romeo and Juliet where in love instead, they let the ever burning feud in between them to continued being lite. The first reason why both the Capulets and the Montagues are to be blamed is, they both keep these grudges that are passed on from generation to generation.

Romeo and Juliet: Should The Teenagers Be Blamed? As soon as most people hear the names Romeo and Juliet, they assume a story filled with romance and love. The play Romeo and Juliet actually contains very small written parts specifically about love and affection, and rather is centered around obsession and violence. As the play comes to an end and Romeo and Juliet fall towards their deaths, the reader is left puzzled as to what was the cause of their deaths.

Juliet and Romeo's love at first sight isn't as sweet as it first seems, as it leads into their own and three other character's,Tybalt, Paris, Lady Montague and Mercutio, deaths. "O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead!...This shall determine that .They fight; TYBALT falls" (I,i,78-93). Mercutio is slain by Tybalt, which is then slain by Romeo. If Romeo had not been married to Juliet things might have turned out differently for both characters. If Romeo had been less haste, the chances of this brawl of ever ocurring in the first place would have been much lower, thus saving the lives of two very important characters of this play.

I think Romeo and Juliet shouldn't get secretively married because they just met each other and her nurse doesn't want her to get married because she thinks Juliet is going to have a baby if she get married. Another thing is the Montagues and the Capulets doesn't get alone. So if she was to get married to him there would be a fight or an argument like everyday.

In one of the most famous lines of the play, Juliet proclaims, “O Romeo, Romeo, /wherefore art thou Romeo? /Deny thy father and refuse thy name, /Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, /And I’ll no longer be a Capulet,” (2.1.74-78). What Juliet says in those lines is incredibly outrageous for the time period she is in. She is willing to give up her entire family and status to be with a man that she just recently met. Because of “their destructive passion, their youthful, idealistic, impatient love” the love story of Romeo and Juliet turned tragic rather than beautiful (Tragedy). Her willingness to do whatever it takes, without really thinking through the consequences, is what leads to her demise.

The whole theme of the story of ' Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare' is that star crossed lovers never end well especially when both family have a grudge against each other things don't end well. Right when Romeo had known Juliet was a Capulet when he meet her at the Party he wasn't even invited at he should of back away . He should of backed away from Juliet as also Juliet should of done to since she was going to be married soon enough with Paris. Neither Juliet or Romeo had the courage or capacity to leave one another which they could of done. Juliet had very known that she shouldn't of fall'in for some one like romeo especially when he is her fathers great enemies son. She knew very well but went against all her family and married

The story of Romeo and Juliet starts like a comedy about two families who hate each other, but it changes to a deeper story when Juliet makes her first appearing. From the beginning of the play her scenes are the polemical ones, we see in her a girl who thinks by herself, she analyzes the situations deeply, she means what she says and more important, she measures the consequences of her actions. If we evaluate the psychological characteristics of this girl from the point of view of the century where she lived, she seems different to the other girls, and, not going that far in time, her courageous attitude is bigger than countless women that have lived in the last century. Trough the play these features become more noticeable.