If Only Humans Didn't Make Errors

If Only Humans Didn’t Make Errors

William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet about two “star-crossed lovers” who take their own lives in order to be together. What could have possibly cause this other than the fact that they were in love? Human errors, that’s what. Firstly, Romeo and Juliet were from two separate households, and all they did was cause trouble between them. The families’ discrepancies were a major human error which led to the deaths. The second reason is that the two characters were not in love, and that they tricked each other into thinking they were. Eventually, the poor timing of many characters proves that the deaths were induced by human error. If the Friar and Nurse hadn’t been so incapable of keeping things in good timing, the lovers may still be alive.

First of all, The Montague’s and Capulet’s hatred for one another shows another depth about how human errors create the setting of Romeo and Juliet’s death. If only both families had gotten along from the beginning, the two star-crossed lovers could have had a friendship from the very start. If the families were close when they were young, they could have grown up to realize that the two were in love. Juliet would have been able to tell her parents, and that way, they would have been ecstatic about the engagement. The reason this is their fault is because if they had been on civil terms with each other, the deaths wouldn’t have occurred. Shakespeare almost made it appear like the parents did it on purpose for them to have to go behind their backs. Romeo and Tybalt’s battle to the death was also fault of the families disliking each other, and if this conflict had not taken place, the wedding wouldn’t have been forced upon Juliet. In this case, she ...

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...er. We’ll to church tomorrow” (4.2.37). This is unfair to Juliet because it is not what she wanted, and if he had not been so sharp in his decision-making, she would not have had to drink the potion. If only he had left the wedding alone and attempted to cheer up his daughter himself.

These three topics prove that the many human errors made by multiple characters caused Romeo and Juliet’s death. Three simple mistakes that anyone can make put Romeo and Juliet at risk. The families' hatred for each other, the fact that the two ‘lovers’ were not actually in love and the poor timing all show that it is entirely up to the mistakes caused by human beings. They should have realized what they were getting themselves into, and taken it slowly and carefully; that goes for everyone. Just imagine how it could have played out if we as humans did not make so many mistakes.