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Romeo And Juliet Deaths

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Romeo and Juliet, the Shakespearean playwright of two star crossed lovers, ends in two tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Who can be hold responsible for their deaths, when so many things went wrong along the way? Many could be held responsible for the deaths of the two lovers, but Romeo himself deserves to carry the heavier load of responsible for not only his death, but the death of his lover, Juliet as well. The young boy’s acts of irresponsibility, impulse, belligerence, immaturity, and streak of bad decisions only brought definite consequences to both himself and Juliet. As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive. Romeo is also extremely short tempered and belligerent. Often, Romeo resorts to violence when conflict occurs, he is quick to act out of rage. This goes hand in hand with how impulsive and irresponsible he is, which further supports that he was responsible for him and Juliet’s death. Romeo kills Paris out of rage and fury, as violence has become a natural instinct or reaction for him. Romeo killed Tybalt as well, over a simple joke. That is two lives that Romeo himself his responsible for taking, is it hard to believe he could be responsible for his own as well as Juliet’s, due to what we’ve seen him capable of over the course of the story. “O, I am slain if thou be merciful open the tomb lay me with Juliet.” Romeo seems to be careless of any consequences he may face due to his

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