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    problems in the end. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the story entailing two lover’s backfires when a failed plan ends the fate of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence, the peacemaker and Church enthusiast of the town, makes impulsive decisions that affect both families. He should have remained true to himself about his beliefs in the beginning instead of rushing around attempting to make everyone happy. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence can be to blame for the tragedy due

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    Romeo And Juliet Dbq

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    In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” there are people to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s untimely deaths. Anyone would have chosen these three characters to blame: They are Lady Capulet, Friar Lawrence, and both Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother that did not stay with her from birth. Friar Lawrence is a priest, botanist, and has a fatherly look to Romeo. Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers that make a huge mess during the play. The first to blame is Lady Capulet. Reasons why is

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    of lives. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the star-crossed lovers fall victim to a disaster that consequently makes them lose their lives. The main fault for the disaster lies with Rosaline, Lord Capulet, and Friar Lawrence. To begin, Rosaline is one person to blame for the tragedy that is soon to happen because she did not return Romeo’s love, she made Romeo heartbroken enough for Benvolio to insist that Romeo go to the Capulet party, and that Romeo is too infatuated with

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    power. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare states in the prologue of the story that Romeo and Juliet are going to die. No matter what happens, no one can change it. In the prologue it specifically states that no individual in Romeo and Juliet can determine their own fate. “The lovers are forced to desperate actions that doom them to death..” ( Prologue, line 12) Fate is shown when Romeo and Benvolio run into the Servant from the Capulet house and Romeo reads the list of

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    In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, which are houses that loathe each other in Verona, Italy. Romeo and Juliet believe they have fallen in love in a few hours and they are married by Friar Lawrence. Soon after, Romeo is in a fight and slays Tybalt, and is banished to Mantua. Juliet’s parents don’t know about her wedding so they plan she will marry Paris, but to fix the situation, she begs for a potion from Friar Lawrence which makes her seem dead, so she

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    between Romeo and Juliet. Although, have you ever thought about who was really responsible for their death? This a story is about two feuding family, Montagues and Capulets, whose children fall in love. Their love must be keep a secret and many problem follow with their marriage. By the end of the story the two lovers can find no other way to be together, so they commit suicide. In the story “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, there are many people who play a role in the lives of Romeo, a Montague

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    Romeo and Juliet “All are punished.” Prince Escalus proclaims that, through the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, everyone will be punished for the sin of the Capulet/Montague feud. Not all characters deserved this punishment, although multiple characters had a tragic demise of the young lovers. Undoubtedly, the Friar Lawrence played a huge responsibility of the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence gave Juliet this potion that made her sleep and not wake up, He could have just told Juliet no but

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    Friar Lawrence's Fault

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    Murderer of Romeo and Juliet Throughout time, many deaths and tragedies have been caused by love and romance. In the play Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare the death of two lovers was the theme of the story. With the choice of death for the main two characters Romeo and Juliet who is truly to blame for their deaths. Many would assume they are responsible for their own deaths, but for the obvious reasons and unseen reasons it was actually mostly Friar Lawrence’s fault. First off, Friar Lawrence agrees

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    us and guide us in the right direction, however in Romeo and Juliet’s case they were the catalyst that set into motion the sequence of events that caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets, Lord Capulet’s forcing Juliet to wed Paris, and his haste to finalize it, had significant repercussions. Romeo and Juliet’s parents are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. First, the feud caused Romeo and Juliet to live in fear of what their parents might think

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    controversial love stories is the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is the tale of two youthful lovers who are morosely born into two families who have been enemies for decades. The story closes with Romeo and Juliet both dead; both victims to a gruesome duo suicide. The pair both commit suicide because of the struggle of them not being approved to be together by their families. The catastrophe can be blamed three different ways: on Friar Lawrence, on the Capulet family, and on the Montague

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