Causes Of Romeo And Juliet's Death
Romeo and Juliet are fully responsible for their own deaths, they were responsible for their own lives and have clearly made some bad decisions. This is evidenced by Romeo’s and Juliet’s choice to act upon their lust for each other too quickly, making poor decisions, and taking their own lives on their own free will.
Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths because they were the ones who chose to commit suicide, out of their own free will. They had a choice to commit suicide or not. It is unreasonable to throw the blame on another person or an issue that made them commit suicide. Romeo’s suicide was premeditated, he purchased poison beforehand, while Juliet's took her life on impulse, upon finding her love Romeo dead, she takes …show more content…
After the ball, Romeo is aware that Juliet is a Capulet, and that the relationship would be ill-fated, yet he pursues in promoting the relationship, and so does Juliet. He later avenges Mercutio by killing Tybalt, resulting in the climax of the play—the banishment of Romeo. This leads to Juliet to being suicidal, “If you who are so wise can’t help, please be kind enough to call my solution wise. And I’ll solve the problem now with this knife.“ (4.1.3). Friar, seeing that she has already decided to kill herself, comes up with a plan, to fake her death, and she decides to go through it as she has no other option but death. However, this idea didn’t go as planned, Romeo never heard anything of the plan, and Balthasar, his servant, reports that Juliet is dead, as he “saw her buried in her family’s tomb,“(4.5.7). After learning of the news, Romeo immediately decides that he will kill himself, the very next thing he does is obtain poison from an apothecary, to use to end his life. As Romeo prepared to die for Juliet, he notices that even though she was supposedly dead, lips and cheeks still had a rosy complexion, stating “There is still red in your lips and in your cheeks.”(5,3,5). If Romeo had been more patient, he would have figured she was not dead after all, but rather than think of anything else, his only thought was to end his life right then and there, as he goes to say "Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."(5.3.5). When Juliet wakes up, she realises the flaw to their plan, and she too wastes no time in committing
Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths because they were the ones who chose to commit suicide, out of their own free will. They had a choice to commit suicide or not. It is unreasonable to throw the blame on another person or an issue that made them commit suicide. Romeo’s suicide was premeditated, he purchased poison beforehand, while Juliet's took her life on impulse, upon finding her love Romeo dead, she takes …show more content…
After the ball, Romeo is aware that Juliet is a Capulet, and that the relationship would be ill-fated, yet he pursues in promoting the relationship, and so does Juliet. He later avenges Mercutio by killing Tybalt, resulting in the climax of the play—the banishment of Romeo. This leads to Juliet to being suicidal, “If you who are so wise can’t help, please be kind enough to call my solution wise. And I’ll solve the problem now with this knife.“ (4.1.3). Friar, seeing that she has already decided to kill herself, comes up with a plan, to fake her death, and she decides to go through it as she has no other option but death. However, this idea didn’t go as planned, Romeo never heard anything of the plan, and Balthasar, his servant, reports that Juliet is dead, as he “saw her buried in her family’s tomb,“(4.5.7). After learning of the news, Romeo immediately decides that he will kill himself, the very next thing he does is obtain poison from an apothecary, to use to end his life. As Romeo prepared to die for Juliet, he notices that even though she was supposedly dead, lips and cheeks still had a rosy complexion, stating “There is still red in your lips and in your cheeks.”(5,3,5). If Romeo had been more patient, he would have figured she was not dead after all, but rather than think of anything else, his only thought was to end his life right then and there, as he goes to say "Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."(5.3.5). When Juliet wakes up, she realises the flaw to their plan, and she too wastes no time in committing