Romeo And Juliet Who's To Blame Essay

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What would happen if two star-crossed lovers went against their parents will? What price would they have to pay? In the famous story, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare himself is about Romeo and Juliet falling in love and having to break the rules, and have an twist of an ending. The main characters are Romeo, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Tybalt, Benvolio, Nurse, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet secretly get married and when there parents find out they have a bit of a problem. With the tragic ending the ones to blame are; The two families, Friar Laurence, and Romeo himself.
The first and most important character that played a huge role in the death of Romeo and Juliet is the feuding families. Due to the Capulets and Montagues long lasting feud, the star-crossed lovers were not allowed to see each other. When Lord Capulet sees a montague coming he claims; ¨My sword, I say! Old Montague is come and flourishes his blade spite of me¨ (1.1.73-74)). This quote is relevant to the topic simply because when Lord Capulet notices a Montague he go into defense mode and was willing to fight him. The feuding families were clearly a big part in the blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is another one to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet because of his inadequate ideas. Juliet comes running into the church because she just found out that she has to marry Paris. She doesn’t know what to do and tells the Friar that she wants to kill herself. Friar doesn't like the sound of it and comes up with a ¨plan¨. Friars states his plan; ¨Take this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off” (4.1.93-94)). Friar wants Juliet to drink this potion which will make her go into a deep sleep and act dead. Another one of Friar’s appalling ideas was accepting to go through and let Romeo and Juliet get married. As the Friar stated, “I’ll thy assistant be;
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Mercutio and Tybalt got in a fight and Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend died. Romeo was furious and decided to rage after Tybalt and kill him. Romeo then stated; “O, I am a fortune's fool” referring to the tragedy of his new cousin and his best friend. Not only that but the mournful wish that he is banished forever and to never return. Romeo not only killed his cousin but rushed into marrying Juliet as they had only known each other for about a day. Not only that but Romeo and his discombobulate love life had a major role in the outcome of their fatal ending. At that party where he met Juliet, he was actually anticipating meeting Rosaline. He was in love with Rosaline before he met Juliet. When he did end up meeting Juliet, shortly after he wanted them to get married. As the nurse came back with news about the marriage she stated this, “Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence’ cell; there stays a husband to make you a wife” (2.5.68-69). What this quote is referring to is that Juliet will meet Friar and Romeo in Friar’s cell to get married. Romeo and his outrageous actions had a big impact on the reason why he and his loved one Juliet kills

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