The Mistakes Made by Romeo in Romeo and Juliet

A Little Too Late

Tragedy is when something ends in catastrophe with death and destruction. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a sad tragedy happens that will leave you in shock. However, three people were seen to be the primary suspects that led to the death of young Juliet: Romeo, Friar Laurence, and Juliet herself.

Firstly, two big mistakes were made by young Romeo one of the people most responsible for Juliet's death. Romeo made some crucial mistakes that led Juliet to kill herself. For instance, he made some rash decisions once he finds out that Juliet "died." As soon as he hears that from his friend, Balthazar, he goes to an apothecary, a person ho mixes and sells drugs and medicines, and buys poison. The apothecary told him, "put this in any liquid thing you will and drink it off and if you had the strength of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight" (Shakespeare, V, i, 82-84). What this quote means is, to put the little vial of poison in anything he plans to drink, and even if he had the strength of twenty men, it would slaughter him right away. However, his only mistake is not just buying the poison as soon as he hears something happen to Juliet, he also kills himself. Romeo also wants to die when he sees Juliet out cold lying in her tomb. "A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct; come, unsavory guide!" (V, iii, 118-119). This means that Romeo is saying that what he is about to do can never be undone. So, when Juliet wakes from her sleep and sees her true love dead, she decides to kill herself. Therefore, Romeo was a main victim in the conclusion of Juliet's death.

Secondly, another person who would not be suspected to cause Juliet's death is Juliet herself. She is very responsible for her own death for the fact that she marries Romeo right after they meet, she says to Romeo, " If thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, by one that i'll procure to come to thee, where and what time thou wilt perform the rite" (II, ii, 157-160). What this quote is saying is, that she wants to see if Romeo is serious about marrying her. So she is going to send him a messenger the morning. If he is serious about getting married, then he should state the place and time of the marriage. Furthermore, Romeo is not the online making the conscious decision to kill himself. Juliet sees Romeo lying dead once she wakes from her "death," so she takes his dagger and kills herself. "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rush and let me die" (V, iii, 182-183). This quote means that she is devastated by Romeo's death that she decides to take his dagger and stab herself with it int he heart. Both Romeo and Juliet were main parts leading to Juliet's death but there is one more person who, from a certain perspective, can be viewed as the main aspect to the death of young Capulet, Juliet.

Finally, Friar Laurence is the final man who, is one of the most seen friar's in Verona, has a big part to do with the death of Juliet. This character makes the biggest mistake because he marries the two feuding families' children and gives the poison to Juliet to drink. He thinks that marrying the two will end the feud, but it only makes matters worse for both families. "So, smile the heavens upon this holy act that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!" (II, vi, 1-2). This means that he is blessing the marriage for the time being, but he is saying he hopes Romeo and Juliet are not blamed for it in the future. Unfortunately, they are when they both die. Juliet's death all starts with a pretend death that Friar Laurence plans out his plan does not work out too well. He gives her a potion which makes her seem dead for forty-two hours. He tells her, " take thou this vial, being then in bed and this distilled liquor drink thou off: shall, stiff, stark and cold appear like death; thou shalt continue for two and forty-two hours sand then awake as from a pleasant sleep" (IV, i, 103-104, 113, 115-116). This contributes to juliet's actual death because the potion makes her seem dead so she is buried and when Romeo comes, she is still asleep and once he takes his poison the apothecary gave him, she wakes and sees him dead, With him dead, Juliet feels as if she should to live either, so she takes his dagger and kills herself. The quote was saying for her to take the potion and she would seem dead. After she was buried, Romeo would come, she would awake, and they would both leave to Mantua and be alone where no one would bother them.

In conclusion, Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Laurence are the main characters to blame for Juliet's death at the end of the play. Romeo makes rash decisions and kills himself. Along with Juliet killing herself, she also marries Romeo as soon as they met. The friar marries the two and gives Juliet the potion which made her seem dead. His Plan is not efficient because in the end, not only did Juliet die, but so does Romeo and their love.