The Tragedy Of Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
In the play Romeo and Juliet many people are affecting the situation of the two young lovers to kill themselves. The one main person that I think that had the biggest contribution to this tragedy was Juliet. I think Juliet was a huge factor for a couple reasons. Juliet was the one to bring up marriage; Juliet bringing this up made Romeo more in love with her. “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called. Retrain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; and for that name, which is no part of thee, take all myself.” (972) In this part of the play Juliet is surprised by Romeo on her balcony by the Capulet orchard. By this time of the play they have only known each other for around two hours and Juliet is talking
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about marriage. Romeo also does believe they should get married but the fact that Juliet brought it up first, in a way made Romeo fall even more into love with Juliet. Also Romeo is also kind of desperate and vulnerable because of his recent breakup with Rosaline. He hears Juliet say all this about getting married and they both kind of jump the gun so to speak.
Another contribution Juliet has is agreeing to Friar Laurence.
She knows what harm can come from taking this sleeping medication. It is partially Friar Laurence’s fault only because he is pressuring her at a vulnerable time because she doesn’t want to marry Paris. “Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to paly ashes, thy eyes’ windows fall.” (1021) In this part Friar Laurence is telling Juliet that taking this sleeping medication with better the whole situation. He’s saying that then after this she will be able to marry Romeo. In this moment Juliet could’ve said no but instead she decided to take the medication and cause two more deaths. By taking this medication and later on killing herself didn’t just affect her it affected both the Montague family and the Capulet. Her taking this medication later on was the cause of two other deaths. By taking this sleeping medication it was kind of setting everything up to fail. I could think of better ways to have solved the situation but Juliet had to take the extreme which wasn’t fair to Romeo, Lady Montague, and both of the families.
In conclusion i believe it is Juliet’s fault for all the deaths’ and sadness between the families. She could have simply said no to the sleeping medication that Friar Laurence offered but she didn’t. There could have been another out of marrying paris and being unhappy but she had to take the extreme. All
the deaths and the sadness could have been avoided if she didn’t bring up marriage and take the sleeping medication.
about marriage. Romeo also does believe they should get married but the fact that Juliet brought it up first, in a way made Romeo fall even more into love with Juliet. Also Romeo is also kind of desperate and vulnerable because of his recent breakup with Rosaline. He hears Juliet say all this about getting married and they both kind of jump the gun so to speak.
Another contribution Juliet has is agreeing to Friar Laurence.
She knows what harm can come from taking this sleeping medication. It is partially Friar Laurence’s fault only because he is pressuring her at a vulnerable time because she doesn’t want to marry Paris. “Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to paly ashes, thy eyes’ windows fall.” (1021) In this part Friar Laurence is telling Juliet that taking this sleeping medication with better the whole situation. He’s saying that then after this she will be able to marry Romeo. In this moment Juliet could’ve said no but instead she decided to take the medication and cause two more deaths. By taking this medication and later on killing herself didn’t just affect her it affected both the Montague family and the Capulet. Her taking this medication later on was the cause of two other deaths. By taking this sleeping medication it was kind of setting everything up to fail. I could think of better ways to have solved the situation but Juliet had to take the extreme which wasn’t fair to Romeo, Lady Montague, and both of the families.
In conclusion i believe it is Juliet’s fault for all the deaths’ and sadness between the families. She could have simply said no to the sleeping medication that Friar Laurence offered but she didn’t. There could have been another out of marrying paris and being unhappy but she had to take the extreme. All
the deaths and the sadness could have been avoided if she didn’t bring up marriage and take the sleeping medication.