Deaths In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
A cause is what makes something happen, and an effect is what happens because of the cause, and many factors are the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story with two “star-crossed lovers” (Romeo and Juliet Prologue 1.1.6) plagued by the heartbreaking feud between the two respectable families. There is a big debate about who was the cause of the titular characters’ deaths, but it is indisputably not Friar Laurence’s fault. The blame for the deaths of the children should be placed not on Friar Laurence, but on their parents’ strife, and the intensity of the children’s love itself which proves to be fatal. The parents and the love between the two teenagers play a big role towards the deaths
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Firstly, Friar Laurence agrees with Romeo and Juliet’s plans to try to end the parents’ strife. Also, if there is no grudge between the two families, the children will not need to meet in secret and it will not ultimately end with their deaths. The prince agrees that the parents are at fault. An example of this is when he says “Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague? See what scourge is laid upon your hate” (5.3.291-292). Part of the blame rests with the two families and their everlasting feud and the two children’s briskness.
The hastiness of the “star crossed lovers” (Prologue 1.1.6) is their own undoing and “death-marked love” (Prologue 1.1.9). Romeo and Juliet’s love is doomed not just by the world around it, but by its own intensity, their rashness and carelessness. Love is an intense feeling with deep affection, but if love is too strong, it is dangerous because “these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph, die like fire and powder… therefore love moderately, long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6.9-15). Therefore, their impatience led to their demise.
The parents and the passionate love between the lovers killed them. Friar Laurence should not be accused for the departure of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence should not be called on for Romeo and Juliet dying and their parents’ fighting and the children’s powerful love should
Firstly, Friar Laurence agrees with Romeo and Juliet’s plans to try to end the parents’ strife. Also, if there is no grudge between the two families, the children will not need to meet in secret and it will not ultimately end with their deaths. The prince agrees that the parents are at fault. An example of this is when he says “Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague? See what scourge is laid upon your hate” (5.3.291-292). Part of the blame rests with the two families and their everlasting feud and the two children’s briskness.
The hastiness of the “star crossed lovers” (Prologue 1.1.6) is their own undoing and “death-marked love” (Prologue 1.1.9). Romeo and Juliet’s love is doomed not just by the world around it, but by its own intensity, their rashness and carelessness. Love is an intense feeling with deep affection, but if love is too strong, it is dangerous because “these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph, die like fire and powder… therefore love moderately, long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6.9-15). Therefore, their impatience led to their demise.
The parents and the passionate love between the lovers killed them. Friar Laurence should not be accused for the departure of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence should not be called on for Romeo and Juliet dying and their parents’ fighting and the children’s powerful love should