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Who Is At Fault In Romeo And Juliet

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Famous words from a true leader, “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend” -Martin Luther King Jr. He says love is a force that can bring people together. Romeo and Juliet are two star crossed lovers who despite their parents feud, fall in love and have to hide their marriage from everyone. Love is one of the most important concepts in Romeo and Juliet, love is having a deep romantic attachment to someone. Another important concept in Romeo and Juliet is responsibility. Responsibility has to do with having to deal with something or having control over someone or something. Romeo and Juliet’s parents and Friar Lawrence are at fault for Romeo + Juliet’s deaths.
At fault for Romeo and Juliet's death is Friar Lawrence. …show more content…

Because of their parents feud they are not supposed to be together. In the beginning of the play it is being said that the feud has been going on for a long time “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean...and the continuance of their parents rage, which, but their children's end, naught could remove.” (shakespeare's prologue). Because of their parents feud, they are not supposed to be together anyway. Romeo and Juliet don’t care about the feud and end up falling in love and get married, because of the feud they both end up taking their own lives. Another reason why Romeo and Juliet’s parents are at fault is because they tried forcing Juliet to marry someone else -Prince Paris- after she was already married to Romeo. Juliet’s mom is telling Juliet that Juliet’s father has done something that will end her sadness over the death of her cousin Tybalt “Well, well, thou hast careful father, child. One who, to put thee from thy heaviness, hath sorted out a sudden day of joy...marry, my child, early next Thursday morn, the gallant, young, and noble gentleman, the county Paris, at the Saint Peter’s Church, shall happily make thee there a joyful bride.” (shakespeare 3.5 lines 107-115). Juliet’s parents (the Capulets) are forcing Juliet to marry Prince Paris within a few days. They didn’t even ask Juliet for her opinion or hear what she has to say, they just told …show more content…

This is not true because Romeo and Juliet are not old enough to blame for this mistake. Someone should have helped them be together and not go to extreme and not be against them because that only brought them closer together. Juliet is approximately 13 years old and Romeo is approximately 16-17 years old. Both not enough to know what is right and what is wrong. Thus Romeo and Juliet cannot be at fault for their own deaths. This proves why my opponents are wrong saying that it is Romeo and Juliet’s

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