An Analysis of the Responsibility for the Death of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is about two star-crossed lovers, who are on opposing families, who meet each other get married and commit suicide for each other when they think the other is dead. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet many people and destines are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s Nurse are the two people most to blame for the death’s of the star-crossed lovers, as there the only ones who no about them.

All thou the Nurse and Friar Lawrence are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death other people and things are to blame Romeo and Juliet and Fate.

Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s Nurse are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet as they gave Juliet the potion and the only ones that knew they were married. Friar Lawrence plays a role in the death of Romeo and Juliet’s death when he gives Juliet a sleeping potion to make her look dead. He gives her the potion as she says she will kill her self if she marries’s Paris. He gave Juliet the potion and said “And if thou dar’st, I’ll give thee remedy.” Friar Lawrence is at fault again when the letter does not get to Romeo to tell him about the plan. Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead from Balthasar and goes to the grave and poisons himself so he dies. If the letter got to Romeo, Romeo wouldn’t have killed him. The nurse is to blame as she is the one going between the two star-crossed lovers. The nurse and the Friar Lawrence were the only outsiders who could have stopped the deaths therefore they to blame.

Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their deaths as their actions made them die. Way that both of them together are to blame is getting married in secret and only telling two people. Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry them and said, “That thou consent to marry us today.” [2:ii:64] Romeo is to blame for his own death by kind of putting the law into his own hands and killing Tybalt after Tybalt had killed Mercutio. After Romeo killed Tybalt, Romeo was banished from Verona. The prince banishes him and said “Immediately we do exile him hence… when he is found, that hour is his last.”  Juliet is to blame for her death when she said, “O bid my leap, rather then marry Paris.”The deaths of the two lovers would no have happened if Juliet hadn’t taken the sleeping potion.

Fate is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as none of the events would have happened if fate wasn’t around. Big play of fate in the play was when the servant asked Romeo to come to the Capulet’s party. If Romeo hadn’t been invited to, the party he would not have meet Juliet. If fate wasn’t responsible they would have never met been on opposing familles got married without telling anyone. “A Pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;” his quote shows that before they had even met it was fate that they would take each other’s life for love. Fate was responsible for the book as you could see fate was going to take control of both of them and commit suicide for love.

In the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, many people and destinies are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The people and destinies mostly responsible are Friar Lawrence, the Nurse, Romeo, Juliet and Fate. If these people and fate had acted to stop them in the first place, they would never have died for love. In conclusion, if you look at it, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse were the only ones who could have stopped Romeo and Juliet from killing themselves for love.

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