Who's To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet?
Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
Many of the characters in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” can be called responsible for the lovers’ deaths (including themselves). Ultimately, one of the overriding themes of the story: fate, is the reason for their deaths. Throughout the story, it would be inevitable, it would be their fate that Romeo and Juliet both take their own lives. This is established in the prologue of the play, therefore no matter how the characters act to try and situation around, fate is what causes their death in the end.
The plot of the play is mostly centered around various plans and attempts to save the love of Romeo and Juliet. In every case, even when the audience could be sure the plan would work,
it is ruined, resulting in the end of the two lovers’ lives. The painful thing for the audience is that they already know (from the prologue) that Romeo and Juliet will take their lives, meaning that when the events unfold, as much as they want them to live, they know there is nothing that can be done to save them, for their fate must happen. The audience at the time when Shakespeare wrote the play were strongly influenced by the idea of fate, and that it had control over what would happen in their lives, therefore it is no coincidence that he would have made it such a strong theme in the play.
Fate is also often referenced clearly in the play. Much of the foreshadowing involves a character who doesn’t particularly know what is going to happen but can sense that something will. For example, Romeo senses before the party at the Capulet household that something potentially fatal may happen but he attends anyway, allowing him to meet and fall in love with Juliet, following with the chain of events that leads to their death. This is a matter of all of the events happening at the wrong place in the wrong time, which is caused by the fate of the two lovers.
Many of the characters in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” can be called responsible for the lovers’ deaths (including themselves). Ultimately, one of the overriding themes of the story: fate, is the reason for their deaths. Throughout the story, it would be inevitable, it would be their fate that Romeo and Juliet both take their own lives. This is established in the prologue of the play, therefore no matter how the characters act to try and situation around, fate is what causes their death in the end.
The plot of the play is mostly centered around various plans and attempts to save the love of Romeo and Juliet. In every case, even when the audience could be sure the plan would work,
it is ruined, resulting in the end of the two lovers’ lives. The painful thing for the audience is that they already know (from the prologue) that Romeo and Juliet will take their lives, meaning that when the events unfold, as much as they want them to live, they know there is nothing that can be done to save them, for their fate must happen. The audience at the time when Shakespeare wrote the play were strongly influenced by the idea of fate, and that it had control over what would happen in their lives, therefore it is no coincidence that he would have made it such a strong theme in the play.
Fate is also often referenced clearly in the play. Much of the foreshadowing involves a character who doesn’t particularly know what is going to happen but can sense that something will. For example, Romeo senses before the party at the Capulet household that something potentially fatal may happen but he attends anyway, allowing him to meet and fall in love with Juliet, following with the chain of events that leads to their death. This is a matter of all of the events happening at the wrong place in the wrong time, which is caused by the fate of the two lovers.