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The Responsibility For Romeo And Juliet's Tragedy

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The Responsibility for Romeo and Juliet’s Tragedy Who’s responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death? There must’ve been someone in Verona who caused them to take their lives. Romeo is to blame because he fell in love with no basis whatsoever, he killed his wife’s cousin, and was the main reason Juliet killed herself. When Romeo met Juliet, he was only amazed by the pure beauty of her face and forgot all about his last love, Rosaline. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (1.5.46) He hadn’t given his new love for Juliet much thought, and dived headfirst into wanting to be with her. Then, a little after they got married, Romeo killed Juliet’s cousin Tybalt for killing Mercutio. “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain? Away to heaven respective

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