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    Who is to Blame of Romeo and Juliet’s Death Shakespeare once wrote in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!/Here’s to my love! [drinks] O true apothecary!/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (V.III. 118-120). Directly after saying this‚ Romeo takes a poison and dies in hopes that he will spend the rest of eternity with the one he loves--Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide because Romeo thinks Juliet had died so he takes his life for her‚ then

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    daughter‚ Pecola‚ will be highly valued in society so that Pauline’s status will rise through her daughter’s status. However‚ Pecola does not meet those standards. In the novel‚ Morrison includes a chapter where Pauline has many journal entries in which she depicts how she feels towards her children. She comments on how she would love Pecola no matter how she turned out‚ but concludes the entry by stating‚ “[b]ut I knowed she was ugly. Head full of pretty hair‚ but Lord she was ugly” (126). Pecola grew

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    Who was to blame for the Cuban missile crisis? The U.S had part of this crisis as they overreacted to the fact that the U.S.S.R was importing missiles into Cuba. They made Cuba tense because they tried to invade Cuba twice. The Cubans needed and help and the U.S.S.R were there to help. If the U.S didn’t try to invade Cuba then it wouldn’t cause so much tension thus the crisis not happening. Also if they haven’t set up a base in Turkey then this wouldn’t have led the Russians to put missiles in

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    Two lives were lost due to constant fueling between families. Romeo and Juliet were two teenagers in love‚ and they felt the only way they could be together was if they were dead. Three people were to blame for this. Friar Lawrence is the main reason Romeo and Juliet were dead. Lord and Lady Capulet were next. If Juliet’s parents never made her marry Paris‚ she would have never gone to Friar Lawrence for help. Friar Lawrence gave Juliet a potion that would make it seem as if Juliet was dead. He planned

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    Who is to blame for the deaths of these two young adults? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare ending with the deaths of two star-crossed lovers. Many events occur that lead to their deaths. Also‚ many characters have performed specific actions that push these two lovers closer towards their death. In my opinion I believe the Friar is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Friar agrees to marry the two‚ he helps Juliet plan a fake death‚ and lastly Friar never

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    Sophocles a playwright is praised for not only introducing the third character in Greek theatre but is also known for his famous play Oedipus.Rex which depicts Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes in Ancient Greece‚ must find and punish the old king’s killer. But tragically brings on his downfall while uncovering the killer and lunges himself right into the prophecy‚ where he is going to kill his father and lay with his mother‚ that he tried to avoid. Plays such as this one contributed to Greek society by

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    Who or what is to blame for the tragic events in Macbeth? In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare there’re a series of tragic events caused by the following characters‚ The Witches through their prophecies which led to the murder of Macduff’s family and Banquo’s murder. Lady Macbeth because of her ambition led to Duncan’s murder‚ and her guilt led to her suicide. Macbeth because of ambition‚ greed‚ belief in the prophecies‚ corruption of power and love led to the murder of King Duncan

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    Who is to blame for the death of King Duncan? How would this have been interpreted by a Shakespearean audience? I think Macbeth was to blame for the death of King Duncan‚ he comes across as a very weak character yet he is ambitious and brave which is shown at the beginning of the play where it said sliced a man from the middle‚ up and placed he’s head on a spike. “…Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops‚ And fixed his head upon our battlements.” Act1‚ Scene 2‚ lines 22-23 This impressed

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    The first to blame for the young couples death is the Nurse‚ a trusted family servant to the Capulets. The Nurse had made minor problems but she was surely involved with this catastrophe. Romeo and his friends have decided to go to the Capulet’s party in masks because Rosaline was invited. It took a turn when Romeo met Juliet. They had instantly fallen in love‚ and then found out they are from rival families. They had loved each other so much‚ that at a point‚ they knew they were determined for each

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    World War 1-who was to blame? World War 1 broke out when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in 1914‚ whose organization implicated members of Serbian military. For this reason‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia‚ supported by Germany. This triggered chain reaction‚ nations in Europe declaring war on the other nations‚ which‚ with in a month‚ caused Europe to turn into a battlefield. The Great War was ended‚ when the Treaty of Versailles

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