Responsibility In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

As the old saying goes, young love is blind. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers defying their families’ ancient grudge to be with each other, even if that means in death. The question is who is to blame? Romeo, even in death should be held responsible. If it weren’t for his series of misguided actions the outcome would have been very different. The situations he created for himself showed his fickle nature, impulsive behavior and impatient demeanor towards everything that occurred.

Through Juliet’s words and actions she continues to be far too impulsive throughout the tragedy. After her first kiss with Romeo during the masquerade, she convinces herself that she is instantaneously in love. When Romeo leaves, Juliet tells herself, “If he be married/ My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (1.5.148-149). When Juliet meets Romeo they exchange very few words, yet they end up kissing and

From the very prologue of Romeo and Juliet, we are informed by Shakespeare that these two “star-cross’d lovers” are going to “take their life”. For the rest of the play, we are left to observe how they kill themselves and who or what leads them into doing so. However, placing the blame on one person or event would be impossible, as nobody was directly responsible for their demise. Instead, everything that could possibly have gone wrong did go wrong. Although both Romeo and Juliet end up thinking it was their own decision to kill themselves, there were many other factors that unwittingly forced them into the situation they eventually found themselves.

is talking to the nurse about dying. If her “grave is like to be her

Whenever a problem occurs, there is always someone to take the blame, whether it be a war between two countries or an argument between siblings. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, it is no different. This story shows tragedy after tragedy and focuses on the tragic events that led the lovers to their deaths. However, there is much controversy surrounding who is to blame for the tragedies that took place. Some say that their families caused the deaths, while others say their counselor and mentor, Friar lawrence, is to blame since he married the two despite the potential consequences. Based on the facts, Romeo is to blame for all the tragedies that took place. Romeo acted infatuatedly, vengefully, and impulsively throughout this play, causing him to produce many tragedies along the way.

Taking Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In the William Shakespeare's play both Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves. I believe that the most responsible person for there deaths is Friar Laurence. Without his many actions Romeo and Juliet would be alive.

thinking he is in love with Rosaline (a lady whom we never see). It is

In this play Romeo and Juliet are mostly responsible for their own death, Juliet is mostly responsible for Romeos death because when she pretended to be dead so that her family wouldn’t force her to marry Paris she did not till Romeo that she is not really dead and that she is just pretending to be dead because of her family. When Romeo heard the news about Juliet’s death he decided to take his life and Romeo killed himself only because Juliet forgot to tell him about her fake death act. “ well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight”(5,1,36) Romeo thought that Juliet is really dead so he bought a bottle of poison and drank it so he could be with Juliet.

Blame is putting responsibility for a wrong or mistake on someone other than oneself. People would resort to blame to get out of a bad situation and say it was what they did that caused the mistake or wrong to happen. Blame is a big factor in Romeo and Juliet because, the death of Romeo and Juliet is to blame on many people who drove them further. People would usually go to factor of blaming people to escape an unpleasant or serious situation that would have serious consequences.

The lovers impulsivity and immaturity when taking decision made their relationship be based on lies. "Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow (Act II, 2, 144).” After falling in love with Romeo, Juliet immediately proposes marriage. The problem is that Juliet does not wish to wait long, She wants to marry Romeo as soon as their circumstances allow them. Even though Friar Lawrence warned Romeo "Wisely and slow: they stumble that run fast (Act II, 3, 94).” Due to his impulsivity, he did not followed the Friar’s advice, even though he knew he was going to fast. This is another of the many examples in the play where Shakespeare shows that impulsivity and bad decision leads to

Have you ever fallen in love with someone whom your parents don’t really like? Did you have to go behind their backs to go out with that person? That is what happened to Romeo and Juliet. Even though there are a lot of people to blame in the play “Romeo and Juliet”, most people think that Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt are the most to blame.

Who is to Blame? “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars/ But in ourselves, that we are underlinings” (Cassius Act 1, Sc 2, 140-141). The play, Romeo and Juliet, by playwright William Shakespeare implies that the death of Romeo and Juliet is caused by fate; however fate is not the killer.

Throughout much of Romeo & Juliet, many different characters can be blamed for the death of the two star-crossed lovers, and the events leading up to it. Although it may seem that the majority of blame can be placed on the two families themselves, much of the blame can be given to individual characters throughout the play. However, throughout the entire play, only three key characters can be truly blamed for the deadly love: Tybalt, Romeo, and Friar Lawrence. From the start, Tybalt is assessed as a very portentous character. When the first fight breaks out in the street, it is Tybalt, with his gaudy and showing attitude, that keeps the disaccord going.

     Likewise Juliet also made some irrational decisions. It was fate when Juliet was outside thinking on her balcony, and Romeo happened to be strolling outside also. One example of her irrational decisions was when Romeo was wooing her, she could have resisted, but she didn’t. And on the balcony scene, Juliet constantly questioned his love for her, and rushed him into marriage, by saying things like, “If thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,” (II, ii, 143& 144). And when Romeo sends for her to marry him, she didn’t have to shown up, yet she chose to. Later on, when she was engaged to Paris she could have been honest with her parents and told them about Romeo. They might not have liked it, but at least then, her and Romeo would be alive. Juliet could have also of made the choice of going to