Who Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

As the old saying goes, young love is blind. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers defying their families’ ancient grudge to be with each other, even if that means in death. The question is who is to blame? Romeo, even in death should be held responsible. If it weren’t for his series of misguided actions the outcome would have been very different. The situations he created for himself showed his fickle nature, impulsive behavior and impatient demeanor towards everything that occurred.

The play Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has written multiple other tragic plays such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Many people still have one question, and that is who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The play is filled with many characters and every character plays a different role. But, in my opinion, Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for Romeo and Juliet deaths. The reason behind this is because he was the one to suggest their marriage to create peace between the two families. Friar Lawrence was also the one to provide Juliet with the poison and the message didn't get through to Romeo correctly making him kill himself. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers that fell in love and if one does something the other will do.

There are tragedies everywhere and everytime, with these tragedies you have to blame someone or something for it. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare they’d blame fate instead of themselves because they could have been responsible for the disaster they caused. Romeo was to blame for the misfortune in the city of verona. Romeo’s responsible for his hastiness, responsible for the deaths that happened in under 3 days and Convincing Friar Lawrence to get Romeo and Juliet.

To conclude, many people can be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The main ones, in opinion, are Romeo and Juliet, themselves, and Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet are obvious ones to blame. This is because they are the ones that thought they were in love. They are also the ones that killed themselves. It was their decision to die, so it is their fault. Friar Lawrence only played a part because they trusted him and he had a cause, so he also contributed to the tragedy when he could have stopped

Within every tragic ending, lies at least one or more accomplice. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many things happen that involve many different people, so it could be hard to pinpoint one person to blame for the deaths of the two young lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Benvolio, and the Capulet and Montague ancestors are to blame. Romeo is to blame because he acts rashly and does not think things through. Benvolio is at fault because he encourages Romeo to go to a Capulet party where he meets the love of his life. Romeo and Juliet's ancestors are also to blame because they created the feud that resulted in the lover’s tragic end. With so many people playing a part in the relationship, putting the blame on one person is difficult.

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.

In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo met Juliet from an enemy family in a party that he was not supposed to attend, and they quickly fell in love. Of course, this forbidden love brought unfortunate luck, and both Romeo and Juliet died at the end of the play. Who shall be held responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? This question has been bothering people, and yet to be answered. There are indeed many variables that have affected this, but I think Romeo himself is responsible for his own death and the one of his wife Juliet. Since the beginning of the play, Romeo has been acting foolishly, and he could not behave and calm himself down. If he had behaved well and thought before doing whatever he was going to do, everything could’ve been better.

The most blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is fate. In the prologue, it says, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…” (Doc A). “Starcross’d” means that it is destined Romeo and Juliet are not to be together. Their love is cursed by fate to end in tragedy. The prologue also says “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes…” (Doc A). In Shakespeare’s

In any tragic story there is somebody who causes the tragedy, but who would guess that in Romeo and Juliet the death of the two lovers could’ve been caused by several characters. Not one person is responsible for the death of the main characters, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. In my perspective I think Romeo, Juliet, the Capulets, the Montagues, and fate all take the responsibility for the tragic ending of the two lovers.

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is a story about two young people from feuding families who fell in love of each other their love was so strong that they ended up dying for each other. Many characters in this play are responsible and blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s death including their parents, by keeping the feud between the two families going. Mercutio can be blamed to some degree too. He was the one who got Romeo to go to the ball in the first place. However, I believe the most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death is Romeo and Juliet themselves.

Have you ever fallen in love with someone whom your parents don’t really like? Did you have to go behind their backs to go out with that person? That is what happened to Romeo and Juliet. Even though there are a lot of people to blame in the play “Romeo and Juliet”, most people think that Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt are the most to blame.

To blame someone means you accuse someone for an action that occurred and assign responsibility for a fault or wrong that happened. In some cases, who to blame is a simple answer. In other cases, it is extremely difficult to hold someone accountable, when in fact there are multiple people who are at fault. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, countless people add to the tragedy that grew throughout the story. Although, the main person who is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, is Friar Lawrence.

In Romeo and Juliet fate had a lot to do with their deaths, as it proves in the prologue the two households, the Capulets and the Montagues were enemies. Romeo and Juliet had no chance of being together because of fate and the feud. The two families are both to blame because of the parents rage. “Death-mark’d love”.(DBQ: Project, 2013) This quote explains how Romeo and Juliet’s love only leads to death. “Star Crossed Lovers”.(DBQ:Project, 2013) This means that Romeo and Juliet’s parents are trying to keep them away from each other because if not bad stuff will happen.

Is the feud between the two wealthiest families the one to blame for the tragic ending? In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet play we find that two star crossed lovers have found love with each other. They come from two different families that cannot manage to get along with one another. William Shakespeare uses many characters to present how much the Montagues and the Capulets despise each other.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet evidence shows Romeo is responsible for the death of himself and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet both knew getting into their relationship, things were going to be difficult knowing that the families are enemies. When they got support from the Nurse and friar they both decided to get married. Sneaking the marriage was going to be difficult enough, but the mistakes of Romeo changed everything.