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In This Tragedy, Two Lovers, Romeo And Juliet, Had An Excessive

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In this tragedy, two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, had an excessive amount of love for each other. Sadly, their love and their lives were cut short due to the fact that they were unable to be together. The unfortunate tragedy can be blamed on multiple characters in the play. Romeo and Juliet had their love kept a secret. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague, therefore they had to keep their love hidden since their families had a strong hatred for eachother. The Capulets and Montagues have been feuding for reasons they do not even remember. Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, already had an arranged marriage for Juliet in which she would marry a man named Paris. Thus, Romeo and Juliet had to be together without anyone knowing. Romeo and …show more content…

He did not try hard enough to stop Romeo from being hasty with Juliet. Adding onto the fact that the Friar is blameworthy, Jay proves “The action most damaging to the Friar...when he hears the Watch approach and hurries away from Juliet, leaving her alone in the tomb with the body of Romeo aslant upon her” (Jay, 33). In this quote, Jay explains how the Friar was not there for Juliet. He was unsuccessful in helping her since he knew that Juliet’s lover, Romeo, died. He should have been there to support Juliet because her true love is dead. The Friar was being self-centered by fleeing the tomb for his own sake of not facing consequences from the Watch. Jay also gives an explanation to another point about blameworthy characters. He blames the Nurse when he says, “The Nurse shows her true colors when Juliet appeals to her for aid and counsel after her parents demand that she marry Paris...How does she respond? By telling Juliet to go ahead and commit bigamy-that Romeo is dead or as good as” (Jay, 34). This quote implies that Juliet needed help with her love situation, so she went to the Nurse. The Nurse knew about her secret love of Romeo, so Juliet thought the Nurse would help her since she trusted her with the secret of their forbidden love. The Nurse replied a careless answer that did not really help Juliet with her problem when she needed it most. Mittelstaedt also brings out a good point that blames Friar

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