...The untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's 1500’s play, Romeo & Juliet, do not go unnoticed. Both acting as part of opposing families, the two are incontrovertibly the main characters. During the final act in the play, Romeo and Juliet take their lives as they lie before one another, ultimately posing the question, ‘who is to blame for the deaths of the fate sealed lovers?’ Many suspects arise as so many characters have interaction with Romeo and Juliet. Friar John is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he finds himself trapped in a quarantined house not having any sort of backup plan, making it so Romeo never gets word of Juliet’s fake death. We find Romeo in Juliet’s tomb where she lies asleep. He is soon confronted...
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...William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love play that tells the tale of two star crossed lovers. It has been the cause of much controversy over who can be held to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however the fault cannot be placed on one individual, rather, multiple protagonists. Ultimately, Friar Lawrence, the Nurse and Romeo and Juliet themselves can be blamed for their demise. Friar Lawrence's lack of responsibility and foresight contributed significantly to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Being the individual to marry them, and devise ill fated plans, he was imprudent because he did not predict that such a situation would have tragic results. His inability to communicate between all involved severely impacted the...
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...In the “Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” in my opinion it was Friar Lawrence fault in the death of both characters. In the pay I believe it is his fault because he gave them bad advice and he went behind their families backs and secretly married. It is hard to exactly pinpoint who was the true reason of their deaths. Most people say it's because there families feud and some could say it is romeo and juliet's fault. I say it is Friars fault. In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the man called Friar Lawrence he took on the roll to almost “mentor” romeo and juliet and he went behind their families long life feud and married them.He kept the secret until the bitter end of there love story when they both end up dying. Friar in my opinion is most responsible...
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..."The blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet ultimately rests with Friar Lawrence." Do you agree? The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ends with the death of both title characters, Romeo and Juliet. With many contributing factors to the cause of these deaths it could be said that Friar Lawrence is ultimately to blame. Although one could conclude that this statement is true as Friar Lawrence had a large amount of responsibility, it could also be concluded that this statement is false as there are many other factors in the play that resulted in the death of Romeo and Juliet. It is easy to blame the Friar as he is supposed to be a neutral character in this matter, but factors such as the feud and complexes in Romeo and Juliet’s personalities also carry a lot of...
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...Who Is To Blame For Death? Do you think Romeo & Juliet could be held responsible for all of the deaths throughout the play? Romeo and Juliet are to blame for all deaths that occurred during the play. During the play there are 6 characters that die, 2 of them being Romeo and Juliet. Even though I believe Romeo and Juliet are responsible, it could be argued that it is Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague who are to blame. If Romeo had acted with more maturity during the course of actions death could have been prevented. During the beginning of the play Romeo is heartbroken over a girl, to cheer up he decided to attend the Capulet party. That was not a mature choice to crash a party he was not invited to. At the party he did meet the “love of his life” but little does he know she is also the thing that will kill him. When Tybalt murdered Mercutio during a street fight Romeo felt the need to exact his revenge by killing Tybalt. This was immature because if Romeo had just let justice come to Tybalt Romeo would not have been banished and possibly preventing his death. At the end of the play Romeo is lying next to Juliet in the Capulet tomb, Romeo has been told she is dead. Romeo is so devastated over a girl...
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...Fate: the Cause of Death Jim Morrison once said, “Love cannot save you from your own fate.” Romeo and Juliet believed that fate planned out their entire lives before them, and they could not change it. Fate is at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death because Romeo just so happens to read the guest list for the party, Juliet walks out on her balcony looking for Romeo when Romeo is already waiting for her, and Juliet wakes up just a few minutes late. In the beginning, Romeo couldn’t decide weather fate wanted to ruin his life or wanted him to be happy. He was feeling pretty down after his love Rosaline had turned him down when a servant had run into him wanting him to read a list with all the guests invited to the Capulet’s party. “I’ll go along,...
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...In Shakesphere's Story The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are many people to blame for the death's, but there are three characters I think played a big role of the death's in the story. The people I think who made the biggest impact on the death's are Prince Escalus, Friar Lawrence, Lady and Lord Capulet. These people had the biggest impact on the star cross lovers Romeo and Juliet who were trying to escape Verona and live happily ever after. Romeo and Juliet had to escape Verona because the two families Capulet's and Montague's were in this big rivalry and were forbidden to like each other. Prince Escalus is a major person to blame because if he would have settled things between the Montague's and Capulet's none of this would have...
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...In the play of Romeo and Juliet, they both ended up dying at the end. Basically, Juliet took a sleeping potion to fake her death, so Romeo would come back and get her after Romeo was banned for killing Tybalt. Romeo went to get her, but didn’t get the letter from Friar saying Juliet wasn’t actually dead. Romeo went down there to the Capulet’s graveyard, and he took the potion to kill himself. Juliet then woke up, and saw Romeo was dead. Then she stabbed herself, and died shortly after. There are many people you could blame for their death like her Mom or Friar, but the real people to blame are themselves. The first reason to prove my answer is if Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t’ve met each other they wouldn’t’ve died so young. For example in the...
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...but in their eyes." Who or what is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. There are many different factor that contribute to the death of Romeo and Juliet, but the most powerful contributing factors to there deaths are Friar Lawrence, Fate, and coincidence. These things were chosen, because they have the most influence on how Romeo and Juliet died. Is Friar Lawrence is to blame? He wanted to help the Capulet's, and Montague's back together and to end their feud together as a family. The Friar pushed too hard for Romeo and Juliet to get back together. He pushed them so far that they both killed themselves, Romeo with poison and Juliet stabbing herself. Friar Lawrence is blamed for their...
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...I blame Juliet's parents for her and Romeo's death, because she was in love wit him and she just wanted to be with him. If they had just been able to be together they would have lived. There are three reasons why I am blaming Juliet's parents my first reason is that they tried to make Juliet marry Paris even if she didn't want to marry him. The second reason is that they made the wedding even sooner than it was supposed to be. The third reason is they wouldn't let her see Romeo. Juliet was very sad and also mad at her parents because they were trying to make her marry paris, but she loved Romeo.”Good father, I beseech you on my knees hear me with patience but to speak a word”. Her father was even very mean to her about it.” Hang thee,...
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...play, Romeo and Juliet (by Shakespeare), there are many different people to blame for their deaths, but one of the main people is Romeo Montague himself. You may be confused at this point asking, how is he responsible for his own death? Although Romeo was a smart boy, he made some not so smart decisions. One example of this is when he killed Tybalt to avenge his good friend, Mercutio, that Tybalt had killed earlier that day. He was impatient, naïve, stubborn, and he constantly let his emotions get the best of him in the worst times. In the beginning of the play, Romeo was head over heels in love with Rosaline, later in the plot line, when he sees Juliet at the ball he forgets all about Rosaline, and claims he loves Juliet. This is an example of how he did not know his own emotions, they were constantly changing, even Friar Lawrence took notice of this in...
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...“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’’ a well known tragic love story written by the great William Shakespeare. Anybody that you ask are familiar with the plot. For decades now people all around the world read this love story, and a often question is who's to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. When Mercutio was killed, Romeo was mad, and retaliated against Tybalt he ended up having to leave Verona instead of staying with Juliet. However, one of the characters who is most to blame is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence was the wise priest that looked after Romeo and Juliet through their marriage, he kept their secret and helped them be together. The selfish, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. He was the planner,...
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...In the play, “Romeo and Juliet”, there are several significant details that help the reader determine who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. First, the characters the Montagues and the Capulets feuding is to blame. Another important detail is Friar Lawrence who’s plan is to blame. The third detail important to the play is Romeo who took matters into his own hands without really thinking things through he is also to blame. . All of these details are significant because they each played a role in the Romeo and Juliet taking their own lives. The situation could have been very avoidable if each character really thought about what they were doing. The families long lasting feud is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. In the beginning of the document which is document A it states, “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean”. Meaning the two families the Montagues and the Capulets had the opportunity to end their feud but they didn’t. They decided to continue it causing many problems in...
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...Romeo and Juliet Blame Essay “The course of true love never did run smooth,” said William Shakespeare. While love is said to overcome all hardships, even two people who have true love will encounter challenges along the way of their love story and will not necessarily have the happy ever after ending. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, he writes a story of two young lovers who face difficult obstacles which lead up to their untimely deaths. These tough situations that cause Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are all effects of Capulet’s actions. Capulet is most to blame for this tragedy due to his feud with the Montagues, his postponing of Juliet’s wedding, and his negligence of Juliet’s opinions. Capulet’s lasting feud with the Montagues...
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...Who is the most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? (do not plagiarize please!!!!!!!!! it is illegal to do so thank you) Essay: For hundreds of years people have argued over the reason for the tragic and fatal deaths of the young lovers, ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Audiences are greatly impacted by the fatality of Romeo and Juliet and it makes us consider who was most to blame for this tragic event. Shakespeare’s play presents a variety of characters, which some may have been responsible for this sudden event to transpire. The characters that contribute most dramatically to the deaths are Friar Lawrence, Tybalt and Juliet’s father Lord Capulet. It is clear that the irresponsibility and foolishness from Friar Lawrence was partially to blame for the lover’s tragic death. Although he clearly cares and is empathetic towards the lovers, many of his decisions lead to their fatalities. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet in secret, hoping that he would bring peace to the two feuding families, "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancour to pure love." As well as this, Friar Lawrence devises a dangerous and risky plan to have Juliet fake her death by drinking a poisonous vile, so she can be with lover Romeo. What he does not take into account though is how hastily Romeo might respond to the news of Juliet’s death. With Romeo not receiving the plan due to the delayed delivery, he is distraught and depressed that his lover has “died”, therefore killing...
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