Who Was To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Romantic love stories are often ended with a tragedy, because of loss of passion or a loved one. These tragedies are often the result of one person’s actions that ended someone’s life or love. In the Romeo and Juliet play written by William Shakespeare, two citizens of Verona come together and fall deeply in love. Unfortunately their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame.

Romeo and Juliet is a fictional love story written by William Shakespeare in 1597. The book is about two star crossed lovers who fall in love, but in the end they are both met with death along with many of the other characters in the story. Many people have different views on who Is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The story has many controversial scenes and the characters can be portrayed differently depending on how you look at them. In this essay I will be explaining who is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I will be choosing three characters out of the book and will be going into their perspective on whose fault it was.

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, many characters meet their tragic end as a result of a plethora of factors, from old rivalries to new love. It is a tragic story of two lovers, destined to complete each other, but also to end a bitter feud through their deaths (Prologue.3-6). However, if the blame had to be ascribed to one person in particular, that person would be Romeo Montague. Throughout the play, Shakespeare showcases Romeo’s irrationality and poor decision making, leading to the gruesome deaths of his loved ones. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic slew of deaths because he is oblivious, quick to act, and too urgent in his relationship.

Our ancient grudge is over but unfortunately many lives have been lost leading up to this moment and I feel responsible for that. I do not think that I will ever be able to forget the fact that I played a role in losing my own child. The earth hath swallowed my last hope and I am partially to blame. But I know Juliet would not want this. Juliet would hate the idea that we were blaming ourselves for this tragedy because that is the kind of person she was, modest and

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the decisions and actions of Romeo’s and Juliet’s parents, friends, and family contributed to the death of the teenagers. Romeo and Juliet were lovers who came from the two feuding families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues. After various people complicated and weakened the marriage, Romeo and Juliet committed suicide. Knowing that several people are responsible for the couple’s death, Prince Escalus stated, “some shall be pardoned, and some punished (5.3.319).” But who is unequivocally at fault for the tragedy, and who should be righteously pardoned? Many believe that Friar Lawrence is the chief culprit for this sorrowful calamity. Although Friar Lawrence made rash and spontaneous decisions, he was not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because his sincere kindness and his honorable intentions fueled his actions.

Taking Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Once in a while many people make bad decisions. Usually these decisions don’t cause them any harm in their futures, unlike Romeo Montague’s and Juliet Capulet’s decisions. In Verona, a city in Italy, two lovers fall in love. The catch is their families despise each other. Eventually Romeo get’s banished from Verona, and Juliet is forced to marry someone she doesn’t want to marry. Juliet takes a potion that knocks her out for 42 hours, and feigns her death, hoping she does not have to marry Count Paris. Romeo assumes Juliet is dead, and drinks a potion that kills him, and when Juliet wakes up and realizes that Romeo is dead, she stabs herself. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, the main protagonists, Romeo and Juliet,

Many have said that romance brings love and affection, but when taken to the extreme, it can lead to tragedy and despair. In the literary play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare created a tragedy protagonist, Juliet, whose tragic death “buries their parents’ strife” (Prologue). The eternal feud between Montague and Capulets restraints the love between Romeo and Juliet and ultimately lead to their death. Juliet’s death has many different factors, and it’s hard to determine the truly blame of Juliet’s death. In all the important characters, Lord Capulet refuses to listen to Juliet’s request, which result in Juliet’s death. In the other hand, Romeo’s immature, impulsive and Friar Lawrence’s cowardice are all generate Juliet’s tragedy.

Imagine yourself in a world where you are born into a family that has an ongoing feud with another family. You fall in forbidden love with the heir of the opposing family and plan to get married, but you get put in exile from your hometown while your lover is being forced into marriage with another individual. A short while pasts and things go wrong, you assume your lover has passed away and you return to their family’s grave where they are laid. They are resting on a slab of stone, not moving a muscle, you walk over and drink poison knowing you can’t live without them in your life. A few moments pass and they wake from their rest and find you dead lying on the floor, they pick up a dagger you held and take their own life. This is the tragedy Romeo and Juliet face in the play written by William Shakespeare. At the scene where Juliet is found

    When a misfortunate event takes place and somebody is at fault, nobody wants to receive the consequences that come with confessing. Sometimes the truth must be told in order for there to be complete peace. Confessing will also allow for one to learn from their mistakes and accept the trouble they have caused. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare large amounts of catastrophic scenes take place. Concluding the play Romeo and Juliet both are distinguished as dead due to suicide and Romeo’s substandard choices. Romeo is to blame for the trouble that transpired in the engrossing play.

Naael Naqvi Ms. Harding English I 11 February, 2018 Reckless Choices The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one that could have been easily prevented, had they both made the smarter, selfless choice not to be together. The two “star cross’d lovers” committed to their love and it ended in both of their deaths from foolish acts and irresponsible decisions. From Romeo’s resiliency of depression and heartbreak to Juliet’s mother wanting her to get to know Paris, the catastrophic suicides could have been averted; the two kids could have lived long wonderful lives if they had simply not been together.

Immediately, the audience knows that Romeo and Juliet’s romance is bound to end in their death no matter what they do; their stars are crossed and their love is death-marked. As a matter of fact, in order for the feud between the families to end, the couple must lose their lives. The audience is sure of the fact that Romeo and Juliet are to die--it’s their destiny, as well as part of the resolution of

Don’t you hate it when something doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to? When you care so deeply about something and sacrifice so much just so that it can happen, but despite it all, ends in ruins. This is the theme of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In this tragic tale, two fated lovers risk everything, even life itself, to be with one another. They go against family, friends and fate to be together. Had premonitions in the play been taken more seriously by key characters, tragedy could have been avoided.

Imagine you go to a party and you meet your unexpected lover. You to fall in love and throughout your journey the impulsive decisions you to make, makes your life complicated. Not only that but imagine the bad decisions you two make resulted into both of you dying. In this drama/play Romeo and Juliet fall in love. Of Course it wasn’t one was a capulet and the other was a montague.

We all know the story of Romeo and Juliet. The story of two destined lovers who were killed by their own doing. But what if they weren 't two destined lovers who got unlucky, but doomed partners that were never going to have a good-life to begin with.William Shakespeare gives us a view of early signs of gang conflict in the early age of Verona, Italy. He gives us a perspective of the norms and customs of Italy during the Setting of William Shakespeare 's most famous story. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, gives us a story of two young teens that have love on first sight. While their love seems destined, their families have been in conflict for years now and prevent them from having their desired relationship. While Romeo and Juliet have their own family problems, we learn that Capulets have already arranged a marriage with someone other that Romeo. We see throughout the story that Romeo and Juliet slowly start to fade into madness as Romeo buys poison and Juliet fakes her death. The reader soon finds out that Romeo and Juliet had all the odds against them with their families fighting each other for years and the complicated feeling of a coming of age couple. They decide that the only way to end this feud is to end their lives. “But when I came, some minute ere the time, time of her awakening her untimely lay the noble Paris and true Romeo dead. She wakes and I entreated her come forth and bear this work of heaven with patience. But then a noise