The person you love the most can also be the one who hurts you the most. In the book, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two lovers face horrible tragedies by taking their lives. This story starts with a known feud between two families - the Capulets and Montagues. Although Romeo and Juliet come from opposing families, they fall in love and cannot resist to stay apart from each other. After many hardships, the ill-fated couple decide to take their own lives. While many characters play a part of their death, the blame should go to Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers are at blame for their own death because they literally and metaphorically cannot live without each other. Romeo swears their love by the moon, but Juliet responds, “O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly …show more content…
Lord Capulet intimidates Juliet if she does not marry Paris which makes her vulnerable. Capulet moves up the wedding date which leads to Juliet faking her death and the death of Romeo. While there may be some reasons to support the other side, the other side is incorrect because Capulet had not intended nor did he kill Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet talks to Paris about how to make Juliet happier, “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child's love I think she will be rul’d” (III.iv.12-13). He thinks Tybalt’s death brings her sorrow and wants Juliet to be happy. He thinks the key to her happiness is with marriage. While conversing with Lady Capulet, he says, “Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, alone, in company, still my care hath been to have her match’d” (III.v.185-187). Lord Capulet does not want Juliet to be alone. Capulet says that it is his duty to find Juliet a worthy husband. Therefore, Lord Capulet genuinely cares for Juliet and would never harm her, she killed
Romeo and Juliet were two young people from feuding families, who fell in love. Their love was so strong, that they ended up dying for each other. The ironic twist at the end of the story surprised many who had read it. But who is to blame for this tragedy? Many characters in this play could be to blame. We believe that some of the characters to blame are Capulet, Friar Lawrence, plus Romeo and Juliet themselves.
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers, will do anything to show their deep affection for each other. Since they are from two different families, who happen to be enemies, they can be punished for expressing their love for one another. Unfortunately, their passion sparks many outrages. Due to Father Capulet’s feud with the Montague family, Romeo and Juliet's love life results in death.
Many have said that romance brings love and affection, but when taken to the extreme, it can lead to tragedy and despair. Among the great literary tragedies, Romeo and Juliet may be the most famous of them all. The eternal feud between the Montegues and Capulets prohibits the love of Romeo and Juliet and ultimately results in their unfortunate deaths. It may be difficult to truly determine who is to blame for the tragedy, because their lives had been influenced, criticized, and controlled by many figures. Among the most important characters, Friar Lawrence enables the forbidden marriage of the two lovers and devises a plan to ensure that they end up together. On the other hand, Lord and Lady Capulet feed into the rivalry between the two
The definition of blame, holding someone accountable for an action or result. In the story Romeo and Juliet, there is a lot of blame going around. The people or things deserving the most blame are the Capulet and Montague feud, Lady and Lord Capulet, and Romeo and Juliet. The feud caused the prince to issue a warning telling if the Capulets and Montagues were ever seen fighting again, death would occur. This in the end caused the death of Tybalt and Mercutio. They forced the second marriage to Paris upon Juliet, the first being to Romeo. Juliet went to Friar Laurence to seek a way out of it and got a potion. Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers mentioned in the prologue who got married just hours after knowing each other. Romeo's impulsiveness
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.
To start off, Romeo should not have even gone to the Capulet party in the first place, even if it was to spy on Rosaline. As soon as he saw Juliet, he completely forgot about Rosaline. This proves he knows as much about love as Juliet does. After the party he could have just left, but no. He decides to go spy on Juliet like a creep, then climbs her balcony so they can talk and kiss more. The next day he goes to Friar Lawrence and tells him that he is over Rosaline and now he is in love with Juliet. Romeo asks if he will help them. “ In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; ” said by Friar Lawrence ( DBQ : Project , 2013). Romeo then goes and duals Tybalt, and he dies. Romeo is then banished. When this happened, Romeo had already got married to Juliet. Later on, when Romeo finds Juliet, he thinks that she is dead. He could have just waited another minute and she would have woken up, but he went and killed himself. He was so quick he did not even think. After he did this, Juliet woke up and say he was dead so she killed herself because of Romeo’s death.
A story that is full of love, feud, haste and fate all wrapped into one. Where two star crossed lovers take their lives. The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is regarding Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet with a tragic outcome. This tale ends with the two lovers taking their lives. There are so many experiences leading up to this but who is to blame for these horrific events? Characters such as the Capulets and Montagues, Tybalt and Romeo are all to blame for the deaths of Juliet and her Romeo.
‘From forth the loin of these two foes/ A pair of star crossed lovers take their life’ 1.2.chorus. Romeo and Juliet, a very famous play written by William Shakespeare, is filled with nearly every powerful emotion imaginable, love, lust, hate, desire, spite, joy, happiness, depression, adoration, anger, vengeance and so many more. The tragic deaths of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet were brought about by how the people around them and they themselves dealt with these emotions.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is the best tragedy ever to be written. The tale of two adolescents taking their lives because of their love for one another has inspired a lot of controversy as to whether the adults surrounding these adolescents could have done something to prevent this tragedy. The truth is the adults in the situation are ultimately to blame for the deaths of their love struck teens. This essay will explain why Friar Laurence, Nurse and to a lesser extent Mercutio, caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Who to Blame for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet The deaths of Romeo and Juliet didn't really need to happen, as it wasn't them, but the people around them that were fighting and disagreeing. Romeo and Juliet did their best to keep out of the violence but the people around them such as family friends and the local community that were making them unhappy. Romeo is a young teenager of the Montague Household, who falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet whose family are ancient enemies of the Montagues. He likes to blame misfortune for everything that goes wrong after he kills Tybalt, he then realises how serious his actions were but prefers to blame fate rather than himself.
Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona. They are two star crossed lovers from two different families who have been feuding for generations. This is apparent in the line “The quarrel is between our masters and us their men”. This demonstrates that the play is destined to result in tragedy. The effect that is created on the audience is that the families have been fighting constantly for many years and that it has been passed down from generations to generations. The Montague’s and Capulet’s ancestors were feuding and this fight has carried on over the years. Looking from a social context women were ruled over by men. Women were possessions or baggage. This relates to the play through Capulet and Juliet’s relationship. Capulet tells Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story written by the famous William Shakespeare. The question left to the audience after witnessing the unapologetic tale between the two lovers is, who is to blame? Who can we accuse of the deaths of these two historical figures of their time? Who can be incriminated after the tragic fighting of the Capulets and montagues? Taking a look back at the plot of this popular script, Balthasar is the one we should be pointing fingers at.
Everyone has someone they blame for something that happens, who is the real one to blame for this fault? Most people blame the wrong people. But in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the blame lies with the family feud because it creates unnecessary conflicts.
Romeo is not only to blame for his own death, but the affection he has for Juliet also plays a part. In Act V, Scene III, Romeo says states, ‘Come, bitter conduct, come unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on // The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Heres to my love!’ Romeo says this with death’s favourite drink in hand, ready to die. At the end Romeo says, ‘Here’s to my love!’ Ergo, indicating that he is drinking the poison because his lover is no longer around to provide the essentials to satisfy him. Romeo cannot live in a world without Juliet present and therefore takes a swift gulp of the poison and dies. One may think that it is ‘stupid’ and ‘idiotic’, however, they must take into consideration of the context of
In the Romeo and Juliet play I would blame Romeo of being wrong about his actions and decisions he made. Romeo killed about two people and became a problem because he is a Montague and the love of his life is a Capulet. Romeo also didn’t think most things through before doing them. He wouldn’t think about the consequences or trouble he’d be causing. Romeo shouldn’t have made himself the bad guy in this play. Romeo nor Juliet were making the right decisions. Romeo was just breaking the rules of the Montagues and Capulet being separated.