Romeo And Juliet's Death Analysis

The famous love tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is best known for the tragic deaths of the pair of star-crossed lovers. The death of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed by everyone because almost all the characters contributed to their death.

Firstly, Friar Laurence is highly to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet even if he did try to do everything out of his good will. “Shall Romeo by my letter know our drift, and hither shall he come” (Act 4 Scene 1). Friar Laurence’s letter was meant to go to Romeo to inform him about the plan but the letter didn’t arrive to Romeo in time which made Romeo heartbroken and commit suicide with poison. If he wrote and sent the letter a bit sooner, the death of Romeo wouldn’t have
After Romeo is banished, Juliet is being pressured to marry Paris and Instead of offering any solution, the nurse praises Paris as an even better match. The nurse was very indecisive and didn’t take the matter seriously. In the beginning of the text, the nurse encouraged the love between Romeo and Juliet but later she changed her mind and was trying to persuade Juliet to marry Paris because she believed he was much better. We can see this in, “Romeo’s a dishclout to him. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye as Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart/ I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first” (Act 3 Scene 5). It is clearly obvious that the nurse contributed to the death of the two lovers because she found Paris more
The two lovers went so far that they killed themselves. They could have both survived if Romeo hadn’t killed himself. When Romeo was dead, Juliet then killed herself. Committing suicide was both their own actions and choices. As much as the other characters contributed to their death it was their own doings that is to be blamed the most. “Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Act 5 Scene 3). It is distinctly shown that Romeo and Juliet are to blame because Romeo did buy the poison and Juliet killed herself with the sword, by their own actions.

In conclusion, the text Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is a play full of characters that can easily be blamed for the death of the lovers. The death of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed upon by a majority of the characters in the text because they all somehow contributed to both Romeo and Juliet. The characters that are mainly responsible for the lovers suicides is the two Friars, the Capulets, the Montagues, Tybalt, the nurse, Prince Escalus and of course,