Romeo And Juliet's Suicides

Who must take the blame for the horrendous tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Due to the historic conflict between two rival families, Montague and Capulet, two lovers of the name Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet cannot be seen together. The rivalry causes Romeo and Juliet great distress in that their families will never let them be together. Finally, after a failed plan from their pastor Friar Lawrence, the two lovers unexpectedly commit suicide. Many may ask who is actually to be blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s death. It is clear from various elements in the play that the two families and fate are responsible for the deaths of the two star-crossed lovers.

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Feeling guilty, Romeo feels responsible for Mercutio’s dying because as Mercutio is about to die, he blames Romeo for his loss. Trying to redeem himself he kills Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutio. Afterwards, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for the murder of Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt on impulse and does not think about the consequences and acts before he thinks. Romeo does not think at all when he kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo’s banishing is one of the most

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.

In Romeo and Juliet hate s a big component of the play. This hatred is used in the many fights that end up with someone being killed. “To strike him dead I hold not a sin.” In this quote Tybalt is wanting to kill Romeo because he is a Montague and Tybalt is a Capulet. This means that there is a lot of conflict. “ ’Tis he that villain Romeo.” Tybalt calls Romeo a villain because of the conflict between the two parties. Hatred is a very big part of the story of Romeo and Juliet. Hatred is a big part of Romeo and Juliet being

Tybalt’s death caused a bigger hate between the two families, because as the paragraph above state, the Capulets think that Romeo is to blame for Tybalt’s death. People do not know that Tybalt was the cause of Mercutio’s death. The Capulets want to punish Romeo, because there is no other better chance for the Capulets to get their enemies than their only son. They end up going to the prince and lady Capulet say, “Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, for blood of ours shed blood of Montague” (ROM. 3.1. 111). Lady Capulet is being combative here she is so sad about her cousin’s death, and she tells the prince with a very respectful and begging sound to shed the blood of one of the Montagues, like what happened to the Capulets. The prince’s reaction was so kind because he only orders a banishment for Romeo. When Romeo know he reacts badly and says, “Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death”” (ROM. 3. 3. 12). Romeo wishes if the prince orders of killing him. He would rather death than leaving juliet alone in Verona. Leaving juliet will result of her sadness and

Romeo and Juliet is a very tragic story of two young teens who fall in love, but in the end, they die because their love is forbidden. Many people ask, “Who is to blame for their deaths?” Many people caused problems that just caused even more problems. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s unfortunate deaths could have been prevented if it weren't for a few people. The people responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are the families at the start of the feud, Lord Capulet’s servant, and Tybalt.

Romeo, Capulet, and Tybalt are the most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Romeo is responsible for their deaths because Romeo reacts too early and makes rash decisions. Romeo’s immaturity blinds his decisions and lead to Juliet and his death. Romeo loving one girl to another real quick and choosing to kill himself without a plan. Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he was rushing Juliet’s marriage with Paris.

The ending of Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo & Juliet, is devastating yet expected, as the “pair of star-cross’d lovers” (Prologue.9) dramatically kill themselves, leaving their friends and family in pure shock and sadness. In the play, the situations leading up to this dreadful incident should be blamed on the lovers themselves, as well as their secrecy with the absurd relationship that was caused by the couple’s family feud which definitely takes the blame for the double suicide. A long string of events that happened which lead to these deaths, were triggered by these three situations.

I blame Tybalt because if Tybalt never started to try and pick a fight with Romeo. When Tybalt started the fight, he said “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain.” (Shakespeare 119). This quote is saying that Tybalt thinks that Romeo is a villain and he feels no love for him. “Romeo's friend Mercutio fights and is killed by Tybalt, a psychopathic Capulet cousin who is gunning for Romeo. Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince of Verona banishes Romeo.” (Romeo and Juliet’s Death trip). Tybalt wanted to start a fight with Romeo but Mercurio stepped in and defended Romeo when Romeo wouldn't defend himself because Tybalt was Juliet’s cousin. That caused Mercutio to die and Romeo to blame himself and to avenge Mercutio and kill Tybalt. Which in turn caused him to get banished from the city. That is why

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teens and young adults. According to the Jason foundation, “More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.” However, unlike the other causes of death, suicide is preventable. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide because they believe it was their only option. Their parents did not notice that Romeo and Juliet were suicidal, until it was too late.

Who is truly responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? As a reader finishes Romeo and Juliet, a play about tragic teenage love, by William Shakespeare they are often left wondering who is to blame. There are many causes, but some of them had more of an impact than others. The reasons for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are the feud, irrational decisions, and the friar and the nurse.

They say, “Love can make you do crazy things” In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is a tragic play full of love, death, and poetry. Involving two teenagers taking many risks for love. They both ended up committing suicide and also caused the death of six other people along the way. The way the teens were acting can be explained by MRI research that was performed by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. According to this research, adolescents like Romeo and Juliet start to experience growth in their prefrontal cortex while in their teen years. This growth lead to risk taking, unable to control their impulses, self consciousness, a desire to impress friends, and random mood swings. Sarah-Jayne’s theis on adolescent development sheds light on some of

“Tragedy in the Real World and Theatre” At times of grief, trouble, and sorrow, many people don’t have anyone or anything to turn to and think there is no point in continuing to live, so they decide to end their life. It is a difficult subject to talk about, and is influenced by many terrible causes, such as traumatic events, including loss of a loved one, rape or molestation, as well as physical and mental abuse. The act of suicide can be prevented, but the signs of exactly why someone would want to end their own life is not always clear. The topic of suicide, displayed in the book Romeo and Juliet, is both important in literature and modern-day culture.

Have you ever loved someone so much that you would do anything for them? Even if it is committing suicide? Juliet is an important character to the play of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare who eventually ends up committing suicide because of her love for Romeo. In this play, two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet meet, and get married. Their families feud causes their relationship to have some problems, and leads to each of them committing suicide. Juliet drives the plot forward by disobeying her parents, being confused, and by harming herself so she does not have to marry Paris.