Romeo And Juliet Blame

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play about two teenagers who fall in love. When Juliet is forced to be wed to another man she tries to fake her death to avoid it and be with Romeo.This backfires though, when Romeo thinks Juliet is actually dead and in turn commits suicide. When Juliet hears of this she decides there is nothing left to live for and does the same. Someone must have caused this, but who? The Capulets’ are to blame. By forcing their daughter to get married they made her go against their wishes. Shakespeare suggests that love is not something you can choose by the characterization of the Capulets’ who caused Juliet to go against their wishes to be with her true love, Romeo. Although Juliet wanted to be with Romeo, and although she beckoned with her parents, they still decided it was best she be wed to Paris. Juliet never thought this was the right choice for her. She explains “It is an honor that I dream not of” (1.3.68-71). Juliet wanted so much to be with Romeo that she risked her life on a potion that would fake her death. If her parents, The Capulets’, had not put her in that position the two star-crossed lovers would not have perished in the way they did. By choosing who they wanted their
For as far back as anyone could remember, the Montague and Capulet families had never gotten along. This being the case the Capulets’ were even more against their daughter marrying Romeo since he bared the Montague name. When Romeo and Juliet first fell for each other Juliet said to Romeo “Deny thy father and refuse thy name” (2.2.37). Meaning, she knew her parents’ did not agree with her being with someone in the Montague family. According to the Capulets, it was important for their families to stay apart, because of this Juliet and Romeo had to go behind their backs to pursue a relationship together. Which ultimately caused their