Who Caused The Feud In Romeo And Juliet

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Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families has been a major issue in the story. Some characters, such as Friar Laurence, work to help end it. Many characters in the story died due to several events occurring throughout the play. These events are caused by the feud. In the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families is most responsible for the deaths.
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are surely the most known deaths in the play, as they are the main characters. Even their deaths are due to the feud. Romeo and Juliet are forced to keep their love a secret because of the feud. If there was not a feud, then they could have told their parents that they were in …show more content…

Lady Montague died from grief because of Romeo’s banishment. If Romeo had never killed Tybalt, which is above explained why it is the feud’s fault that Romeo killed Tybalt, Romeo would have never been banished, and therefore, Lady Montague would have not died of grief for Romeo’s banishment. After Romeo kills Tybalt, members from both families and the Prince say, “Capulet’s Wife: ‘Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live. . . . ’ Montague: ‘[Romeo’s] fault concludes but what the law should end, / The life of Tybalt.’ Prince: ‘And for that offence / Immediately we do exile him hence’” (III, i, 180-186). The Prince says that Romeo will be banished and that he is banished for killing Tybalt. Also in the end of the play, Lord Montague says that Lady Montague dies because of her grief of Romeo’s banishment. Paris also died due of the feud since he attacked Romeo, who ended up killing Paris. Paris attacked Romeo partially because of the feud, and because Paris thought Juliet had died of grief because of Romeo killing Tybalt, which is also caused by the feud. Therefore, Paris’ death is at the fault of the feud. When Paris first sees Romeo at the tomb of the Capulets, he says, “This is that banished haughty Montague / That murdered my love’s cousin, with which grief / It is supposed the fair creature died, / And her is come to do some villainous shame / To the dead …show more content…

The Montague and Capulet families would have lived peacefully, and no one would have had to die. It is an unhappy fortune that all of these people had to die just to simply end a feud that could have never happened in the first place. It is unhappy because many of the characters had to die, however a fortune because the feud is now over. All of the deaths in the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet only take place due to the feud between the Capulet and Montague

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