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Who Was Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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Who did it Who and what killed Romeo? Come on, someone had to have been responsible for it. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, the main characters are Romeo, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, The Capulets, Mercutio and Paris. Romeo falls in love with Juliet, who is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague, Montague’s and Capulet are enemies and they are feuding. Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is forbidden but happens anyways. Paris is in love with Juliet as well as Romeo, and in the end everyone just winds up dying. There are multiple people that are to blame for the death of Romeo. To begin with, Friar Lawrence was the main culprit in the death of Romeo. Friar Lawrence said it and he is speaking to Juliet. Juliet is trying to get out of being with Paris because she is already with Romeo. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distilling liquor drink thou off”/ (5.1.93-94) Friar is suggesting to Juliet that she take a potion to make her fall asleep. Taking this potion doesn’t end well because it causes a frenzy of bad events. Paris goes to the Capulet tomb to see Tybalt and he sees that Juliet is in there. A message is failed to …show more content…

A messenger man is who is saying it and he is speaking with Romeo. The messenger man is trying to let Romeo know that they think Juliet is dead. “Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument,/And her immortal part with angels lives.”/ Act (5.1.18-19) Friar was trying to have a letter about him and Juliet’s plan delivered to Romeo. The letter was not delivered to Romeo on time so Romeo thought that Juliet had died and he got very upset. Romeo then went to the Capel’s Monument to see if Juliet was there and little did he know that Paris would be in there. After fighting with Paris, Romeo drank the potion and died. Ultimately, Friar Lawrence’s mistakes could have been avoided had he not let Romeo and Juliet get

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