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Juliet's Parents To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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Tragic accidents occurred in a world where two young teenagers met and fell in love. Many viewers have seen the story of Romeo and Juliet and numerous people have heard of it. Most of them do not know that the love story of Romeo and Juliet is very tragic and disastrous. Juliet’s parents are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they were unconcerned, controlling, and resenting of Juliet.
Juliet's parents were not caring for their family. They only cared about themselves and did not take proper care of their daughter, as a result of their daughter’s death. They would ignore her at times except when they were in front of the guests. Additionally, Lady Capulet thought that Juliet grieving over her cousin’s death was foolish and made her look stupid, “Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? An if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live. Therefore, have done. Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.” (Shakespeare.3.5.69-74). Juliet's parents were the root of Juliet's death, because of how uncaring and disregarding they were of Juliet. …show more content…

They both made poor decisions, and most of the decisions they made were the ones Juliet disliked. They were immature and had conflicts with Romeo’s family. Instead of dealing with their problems like adults they decided not to and kept being enemies with the Montagues. They also blamed Romeo even though he did not do anything wrong to their family. Lord Capulet said, “She shall be married to this noble earl” (3.5.24), they made a decision which Juliet did not like since Juliet wanted to marry someone she liked. The parents were insensitive and did not ask their daughter how she felt about their

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