Taking Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet, the star crossed lovers, the perfect sadly losing there lives for their great love of each other. The tragic death has many characters to blame, but it is impossible to pinpoint the full responsibility on one individual character. Many of the characters in 'Romeo and Juliet' blame each other, for example, the Prince blames the two families and feud for their deaths. He believes that if certain things were different than this whole mess would not have occurred. If this terrible feud were not occurring than there would have been no objection to Romeo and Juliet getting married. …show more content…
"For the alliance may so happy prove ------------------------------------ To turn you households' rancour to pure love." (Act3 Scene3 lines 91-92) (Friar Lawrence) Once the Friar realises that all has gone wrong his, he abandons Juliet in the tomb to die. His selfishness has cost Romeo and Juliet their lives. At this point of the play the Friars true self is revealed, he is not helpful and has no concern for Romeo, but just for Himself. Another character similar as the Friar, but not as much to blame, is Juliet's Nurse. Although she new noting about the plan, she was the only other character that new about the secret wedding. Throughout "Romeo and Juliet" these two characters plot and scheme which makes them equally to blame for the innocent deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The nurse plays a vital part in the play; the relationship between the nurse and Juliet is exactly the same as Romeo and the Friar. She acts both as Juliet's adviser and Mother. She is there for Juliet a lot more than her mother due to Lady Capulet being more involved in the feud than her daughters. Just like the Friar, later on in the play she too abandons her. She abandons her for her own sake. The parents have a big part to play for the tragedy. The
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, there are several significant details that help the reader choose who take the blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. First, the character Friar Laurence should have never married them in the first place. Another important detail is that Friar Laurence it might have ended the feud between the two families they always fighting with each other. The third detail important to the play is that he should have never given Juliet the sleeping drug to make her fake her own death. Finally, the Shakespeare that tells the reader that Romeo has killed himself to be with his love in the afterlife because he couldn’t be with her while she was living. These details are significant because it shows how friar Laurence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet just days after the weeding.
Many have said that romance brings love and affection, but when taken to the extreme, it can lead to tragedy and despair. In the literary play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare created a tragedy protagonist, Juliet, whose tragic death “buries their parents’ strife” (Prologue). The eternal feud between Montague and Capulets restraints the love between Romeo and Juliet and ultimately lead to their death. Juliet’s death has many different factors, and it’s hard to determine the truly blame of Juliet’s death. In all the important characters, Lord Capulet refuses to listen to Juliet’s request, which result in Juliet’s death. In the other hand, Romeo’s immature, impulsive and Friar Lawrence’s cowardice are all generate Juliet’s tragedy.
A wicked plan had been carried out by a man of God.Friar Lawrence is too blame for the death of Romeo of Montague and Juliet of Capulet,and the grief caused to the families and friends impacted by this devastation;whom he kept their love secret,maybe even knowing the consequences to his action.He was also responsible for marrying off Romeo and juliet,which he knew juliet was being married off to Paris and in fact did not even ask for permission from her father.The cause of Romeo's death was not only the cause of a poison but also a heartbreak caused from juliet.You see the reason Romeo turned to death was that he thought his sweet Juliet was death,that she had committed suicide.Juliet was in a sleep like death due to a potion that she had
Love is the tightest bond two people can share, so tight people go to the extremes. In the play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo and Juliet end up dead in the end. Although there are many people to blame, Friar Laurence is primarily blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Who is most to blame for the deaths of two lovers? There have been many tragedies caused by romance. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a drama placed in Verona, Italy. It is known for two families, Montague and Capulets to be in a long standing feud. It is also known for the tragedy between two star-crossed lovers from the two households. After a series of tragic events, the two lovers commit suicide. There are several characters that can be responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but the character that is most to blame is Friar Laurence. He was the one to help and influence them to be together and gave Juliet the potion leading to her death and Romeo’s. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for his thoughtless decisions.
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.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet take their own lives believing that the other had died. While Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their deaths, they may have had some help along the way. Romeo and Juliet killed themselves because they believed they could not go on living without having the other in their life. Had characters such as Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence, and the nurse made smarter decisions in certain situations, the two lovers could have lived to see another day.
Romeo is to blame for Juliet’s and his own death, because when he was banned from Verona, he could have found someone else in Mantua.
I read the story of Romeo and Juliet and also watched the movies including them in it. I feel like whenever Juliet drank that drink to make her sleep and people thought she was dead that it wasn’t her fault for Romeo killing himself by drinking the poison. That wasn’t Juliet’s fault, someone should have told him that she were asleep instead of really thinking she was dead. Nothing would’ve ever happened if Romeo knew she drank something to make her sleep. Whenever Romeo drank the poison after seeing Juliet laying there she woke up to him killing himself so after he was dead she grabbed his dagger and stabbed herself and she died with him.
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The ‘star-crossed lovers’ take their own lives in the name of love. Was it their own faults that they killed themselves or someone else's? There are three main characters to blame for their deaths; Fate, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence. Starting out with Fate, with the most evidence in the death of Romeo and Juliet.
In Romeo and Juliet Romeo murdered three out of the six people that died in the book. Romeo killed half of the people and caused the other half to die from killing himself and other people. Romeo is the most to blame for all of the deaths in the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
thinking he is in love with Rosaline (a lady whom we never see). It is
The story Romeo and Juliet has many people to blame for the deaths, you could most likely think of a reason to blame each character. There were a few characters you could pick out that easily had more blame than the others. I believed Capulet, Nurse, and Friar Lawrence had the most causes of the deaths in the story, now you could easily pick out each character and have plenty of reasons to talk about why they were at fault but these three characters stuck out in mind the entire story. Capulet had numerous reasons he could be blamed for the deaths. He forced marriage upon Juliet without asking her what she wanted to do.
It is Romeo and Juliet's fault that they died. Romeo and Juliet fell in love after at least an hour of seeing each other, and that is way too fast to be falling in love with someone. Romeo kisses Juliet and that is where he went wrong. He should have never done that because that is what starts most of the problems. There are many reasons to why most people would think that it was Romeo and Juliet's fault for their own deaths.
Life makes you do many crazy things. Some of these things may even result in death. For instance, this occurs in the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare This is a play where two star-crossed lovers come together. They do any and everything necessary just to live a life together.