In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliet we look at two star-crossed lovers, from opposite sides of an ancient grudge in the town of Verona and their struggle between fate and freewill. Shakespeare deliberately creates characters that can be held accountable for the tragic deaths of the central roles. Their untimely demise can be attributed to four contributing factors: The poor advice of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse, the two feuding households, the impulsive behaviour of our chief protagonists and the cruel bitter irony of fortune.…
Lord Capulet was responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he was being really harsh on Juliet's choice on her future.Juliet's father told juliet that if she didn't marry paris she was going to be in big trouble.He mistreated her and said “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!I tell thee to a church Thursday or never after look me in the face” Had he not said that,it would've made Juliet not worry on what she will do and not ask Friar Lawrence for the sleeping potion and play dead.Lord Capulet also arranged the marriage between…
Did you know that “More than 80 spelling variations are recorded for Shakespeare’s name, from “Shappere” to “Shaxberd,” (Fun Facts). Although Shakespeare is known for many written pieces, one of his most famous plays is titled, Romeo and Juliet. This is a tragic telling of two lovers from feuding families. The misfortune in this story is mostly caused by a single character. Romeo is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because he doesn’t ask the Capulet’s permission for his and Juliet’s marriage, he kills Tybalt, and he commits suicide.…
The story Romeo and Juliet is a story about two crossed lovers who were killed by someone else's mistakes. At the end of the story, Juliet drank a potion in which would “kill” her for 42 hours. Friar said that he would deliver a note to Romeo saying that Juliet would wake up and she would be fine. Friar was unable to deliver that note because the black plague was going around and he was not able to enter Mantua, therefore Friar was to blame for their deaths.…
Who is to blame for the deaths of these two young adults? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare ending with the deaths of two star-crossed lovers. Many events occur that lead to their deaths. Also, many characters have performed specific actions that push these two lovers closer towards their death. In my opinion I believe the Friar is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Friar agrees to marry the two, he helps Juliet plan a fake death, and lastly Friar never informed Romeo.{{As the last sentence of your introduction, you need to address the prompt directly. This is a thesis. The thesis states your overall position on the prompt._____ is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because ____, _____, and ____. Those 3 points will become the subject of the 3 body paragraphs.}}…
Shakespeare once wrote in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!/Here’s to my love! [drinks] O true apothecary!/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (V.III. 118-120). Directly after saying this, Romeo takes a poison and dies in hopes that he will spend the rest of eternity with the one he loves--Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide because Romeo thinks Juliet had died so he takes his life for her, then when Juliet wakes up she takes her own life because Romeo has died. How our two star-crossed lovers died was never in question, but who is most to blame for their deaths, is. Many say that there are other people in the play that are to blame for their deaths. Juliet faked her death using a plan given to her, that is why it is Friar Laurence’s fault that Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves, and he is the one to blame.…
Is young love enough to make suicide a good thing? “The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare. The main characters are Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Tybalt, Capulet's, Mercutio, and Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet fell in love, and Romeo was banished after killing Tybalt. Later Juliet took a potion from Lawrence, after that, Romeo found out and killed himself as well. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence are all to blame because they all cause problems in which some may not be solved.…
In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is about the two young adult who fell in love at first sight and married after few hour of their first meet. The unstoppable feud from the two family cause the tragic ending for them. With the pure love and the private married lead them to their death and end their families feud. With the tragic ending, the most question that people always ask is who is responsible for their death. The characters that is most responsible for their death are the Capulet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt.…
“I love thee with a love that shall not die, till the sun grown cold and the stars grow old.” William Shakespeare.…
In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two young lovers face challenges brought to them by their parents, that ultimately led to their deaths. In the play, Juliet’s parents, the Capulets, do not allow their only child to marry the person she loves. Instead, they force her into marrying a man which she does not know. If it were not for the wrongdoings of the Capulet parents, Romeo and Juliet would not have died.…
Romeo Montague is the only son of Lord Montague and his wife. He serves as the male protagonist and has a consistent presence throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo is driven by his fatal flaw and can be identified by his impulsiveness and obsession with love. The two traits bond together to prevent him from changing as a character. These two qualities in Romeo’s character remain consistent throughout the course of the play and leads him to the play’s end, where his decision effect the entire story.…
The real question is who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death or was it their own fault? William Shakespeare is a talented writer, and he wrote Romeo and Juliet. This play starts with the Capulets and the Montagues already enemies. Romeo and Juliet meet, they fall in love immediately and they get married. After their wedding Tybalt killed Mercutio and then Romeo killed Tybalt, then Romeo gets banished from Verona. Juliet takes a sleeping potion, and then Romeo comes back and he goes to her tomb and kills himself there. Juliet then wakes up and sees Romeo dead and then kills herself also. In the end, the families learn that it is not worth being enemies and their family feud is over. Even though Romeo and Juliet…
Romeo and Juliet the star crossed lovers were torn by something that was stronger than them and their families feud. The strongest force between these two happily ever after is a four letter word… Fate. Fate brought these two unlikely worlds together and pulled them apart with more damage than it had when began. In Romeo and Juliet's tale the young lovers were meant to be when the servant couldn't read, and when they meet at the party and finally the family feud, that was just the beginning of the end. In this essay fate will confess to all of its crimes and actions.…
Love tragedies never end very happy, but some do. Romeo and Juliet is the most famous and well known Shakespeare written love tragedy ever told.The story revolves around two young,star-crossed lovers,who cannot understand the hatred of an older generation.This eventually leads to the death of them.Many things may have ended the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but ,Lord capulet and Romeo play the strongest roles in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.…
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a very complicated one. A series of initially independent events interrupt one another, making it fairly difficult to place blame on one person. So, we should take a look at the instigators of each event to determine who is to blame. The initial events are the fight caused by Sampson, Gregory, Abraham, and BAlthasar which reignite the family feud, Romeo falling in love and marrying Juliet, and Lord Capulet arranging Paris’ and Juliet’s marriage. With this list of people we can determine who is to blame.…