The Duality of Blame Terrible things happen‚ that’s a fact‚ but when they happen‚ who or what is to blame? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the famous star-crossed lovers end up committing suicide and dying in each other’s’ arms. Almost every event in this play added up to this result‚ but the four major events- the two meeting‚ the two marrying‚ Romeo being sent away‚ and the fake death of Juliet and real suicides- are evenly split between the two causes‚ fate and personal choices
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of two young lovers doomed from the beginning. In this tragic tale‚ the parents of the two teenagers are usually assumed to be the most at fault for what occurred within those few days. Many people believe that the kids were innocent victims in the whole situation‚ and none of those events would have occurred if the parents wouldn’t have been so idiotic and made such hasty decisions. These people most often can agree that the leaders of the Montague and Capulet
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet" is a story that took place in Verona‚ Italy where two families that has been fighting for a good number of generations which was the Capulet and Montague. These two families are the main root cause and reason that this tragedy occurred but specifically who was to blame? We shall now uncover the story of this tragedy. There is more than one person to blame in this tragedy. All of which contributed to the death of the lover Romeo and Juliet. Some of which are Friar Lawrence‚ their
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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a very complicated one. A series of initially independent events interrupt one another‚ making it fairly difficult to place blame on one person. So‚ we should take a look at the instigators of each event to determine who is to blame. The initial events are the fight caused by Sampson‚ Gregory‚ Abraham‚ and BAlthasar which reignite the family feud‚ Romeo falling in love and marrying Juliet‚ and Lord Capulet arranging Paris’ and Juliet’s marriage. With this list of
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Why is blame so easy to hand out yet so hard to be handed? By definition‚ blame is the responsibility for a fault or wrongdoing. People tend to blame others or events for the sorrows in their lives‚ yet most can never stop and accept the repercussions of their own actions. For example‚ a bad test grade can only put blame onto the taker for not studying or seeking help. Likewise‚ a mere victim of a random shooting cannot be held accountable for the actions of the shooter‚ who is blamed fully. However
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Romeo and Juliet: who is to blame " You take your life in your own hands‚ and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. (How to Save Your Own Life‚ Erica Jong‚ 1977) Everyone has a life‚ everyone has choices to make in their life and after those choices are made you can’t turn back from them and you need to be able to accept that it was your choice and there’s no one else to blame. Romeo and Juliet the ‘star crossed lovers’ seem to be doomed the first day they meet each other. The play
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He’s been killed. He’s dead! In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by WIlliam Shakespeare the Nurse helped the two young lovers while Friar Lawrence hindered the two young lovers goals. In Act III Tybalt and Mercutio begin to fight and then Romeo comes and tries to break the fight up in which Tybalt accidentally kills Mercutio‚ and then Romeo goes and finds Tybalt then kills him. Juliet is sad because her cousin Tybalt had died‚ and while she is sad‚ Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence’s cell because he has to leave
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Romeo and Juliet Act Two (study guide) [pic] Explain the Prologue. ACT TWO - SCENE ONE: Explain the dramatic irony in this scene. The audience knows what Mercutio does not‚ that calling on Rosaline’s charms will no longer produce Romeo‚ who now loves Juliet. ACT TWO - SCENE TWO: (This is the most famous scene in the entire play.) 1. Fill in the blanks in this paraphrase of Romeo’s soliloquy (lines 1-32) Shh! What light is at the window? Juliet shines through the window like the sun rises
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Gone Wrong By: Celeste Smith If anybody is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ it would be the families. If it weren’t for the rivalry between the Capulets and Montagues‚ Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have had to be married in secret; Tybalt wouldn’t have felt the need to fight Romeo (who turned it down because his wife‚ Juliet‚ was kin to Tybalt which caused Mercutio to jump in and be killed)‚ and Juliet wouldn’t have gone to Friar Lawrence in search of a solution to not having to be married
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of Juliet and her Romeo”. (5.3.320-321). The dramatic play Romeo and Juliet- perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s works. This play is a love story of two young children of feuding families. Their famous tragic ends have raised many questions among readers‚ but the biggest question is most likely who is to blame. I believe that the ends of Romeo and Juliet were the faults of Romeo‚ Friar Lawrence‚ and the society’s way of life. . Although it seems unfair to blame the victim‚ I blame Romeo
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