The Blame Game: The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

Cameron Brown-Gorham
English 1
February 7, 2016
The Blame Game- The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet
In the story of Romeo & Juliet, Prince Escalus promises that, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished” for the suicide of the couple. When Prince Escalus finds the bodies of Romeo, Juliet and Paris at the tomb site, he states, “All are punished”. He feels that this event will scar the people of Verona forever. He states to the people that the suicide is punishment for the ongoing feud between the couple’s families. He proposes that Friar Laurence may be vindicated in his involvement of the deaths after reading the letter but the outcome for the Nurse and other people are still doubtful. Prince Escalus evaluates his participation in the cause
Those people should be held responsible, even if their intentions for the couple were good or bad. The Nurse, Friar Laurence, The Apothecary, The Prince Escalus should all be punished. However as indicated earlier, Friar Laurence may be pardoned on the basis of the information contained in the letter. Romeo, Juliet and Tybalt should also be included as playing a part in the couples’ death but because they are already deceased; the Prince cannot pardon or punish them any longer.
The Nurse was Juliet’s caretaker, friend and counselor and should be pardoned. She believed in the power of love that Romeo and Juliet shared and wanted nothing but happiness for Juliet. . The Nurse knew about the secret marriage of Romeo and Juliet and did not tell her boss, Lord Capulet. She knew that she would be in trouble for keeping this huge secret. When Romeo was kicked out of Verona for killing Tybalt, The Nurse suggested that Juliet marry Count Paris, who is the man her parents selected to be her husband. Juliet was upset at The Nurse’s statement and in turn was a factor leading to Juliet’s
He was a horrible leader of Verona. He let the feud between Romeo and Juliet families get out of control when he had the power to put an end to their fighting. He was the cause of so many people dying under his leadership. He always would throw around his power; make empty promises and empty threats. He only punished Romeo by kicking him out of Verona for killing Tybalt, who is Juliet’s relative. Romeo killed Tybalt because he killed his best friend Mercutio who happens to be a relative of the Prince. When Prince Escalus finds out about Romeo and Juliet suicide, he is very upset and blames himself for not being a stronger leader to his