Romeo and Juliet is an prodigiously well know tragedy by the well acclaimed author William Shakespear. It is one of the most referenced and cloned plays out there spawning many movies and novels based on the story. It is a enjoyable and easy read for anyone over 13 and yet it can prove to be very hard to interpret the finer points of it. One of these is “Who was the person responsible for the passing of Romeo and Juliet.”
The first factor in the sequence of events that ultimately lead to the young couples deaths is the obvious feud between the two families, ‘Montague’ and ‘Capulet’ The two families condemn each other so immensely that they fight each other on sight. This feud went on over such a massive time span that they forgot what they were fighting over. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet, this obviously made Romeo and Juliet think that their relationship would be frowned upon by the heads of the separate families. This caused Romeo and Juliet to become overly cautious and secretive.
The second factor was the fact that Old Man Capulet (or Lord Capulet) was trying to get Juliet to marry Paris. Paris first appears with Capulet, who is saying that he and Montague ought to be able to keep the peace. Paris makes a polite comment about that, then asks, "But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?" A “suit" is an important request. Paris’s suit is Juliet's hand in marriage. Lord Capulet replies that Juliet is really too young, but Paris disagrees. Eventually Lord Capulet agrees and decides to (force) wed Paris to Juliet in a desperate attempt to ‘save’ the Capulet name. Juliet disagrees with this and instead tries to avoid marriage with Paris at all costs.
Friar Lawrence has a momentous role in the sequence consid...
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... Juliet and finds her unconscious, he doesn’t know she is not dead and takes a portion of poison and dies. Friar Lawrence appears briefly saying "Saint Francis be my speed! how oft to-night / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!" this means "May Saint Francis help me," Juliet wakes up, hoping to find Romeo, instead see sees Friar Lawrence too which see says "O comfortable friar, where is my lord? / I do remember well where I should be, / And there I am. Where is my Romeo?" She finds her Romeo dead; she takes Romeo’s dagger and stabs herself to death.
In the end it all boils down to a series of events that lead to the calamitous ending of the young couple. In conclusion no-one is responsible, yet everyone is responsible. No one was directly responsible. Instead of the Friar or the Feud, we get shown that it all comes down to the environment that the couple was in.
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 ...
In itself, the concept of marrying Paris rendered Juliet suicidal. Tybalt’s death, according to the thoughts of Capulet, left Juliet struck with grief. Therefore, he agreed to allow Paris to marry his daughter, in order to supposedly restore her cheer. Juliet’s and Friar Lawrence’s ingenious, yet lethal, intentions spawned after Juliet decided to be independent and not trust the principles of her own family. While her parents strived for her happiness, the words, “I will drag thee on a hurdle thither” (III.v.160), brought too much agony for her to manage, as she knew that her only choice was to marry Paris. Conclusively, Tybalt’s death was the foremost influence of Lord Capulet’s desire to marry Juliet to Paris, intending to bring joy to her. To the family’s dismay, they were unaware of the catastrophic events to come, because of
He did this by yelling at Juliet screaming, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fngers itch. – Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!” (III, V, 160-168). Lord Capulet accosted Juliet because he was extremely angry for her not wanting to marry Paris. However, by doing this, Juliet needed to find a way out of the wedding; she would not acquiesce and marry Paris, it could not be anyone but Romeo. Capulet further threatened Juliet saying, "An you be mine, I 'll give you to my friend; And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets," (V, 3, ln. 191-192). By saying this Capulet threatened rejection from him forever, which terrified Juliet so much that she would rather kill herself than be
What is most responsible for the two lovely lover-Romeo and Juliet’s death? In my opinion, there is no one particular person to really blame on their death. However, it is every single person are should be blamed for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. If I was answering the question of who were the few most responsible people for their tragedy-it would be three people. Because of people’s decision and different point of view, the people most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Lady Capulet, Nurse, and Friar Lawrence.
In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, written in the late 13th century is about two doomed lovers. Romeo and Juliet, who are members of the two rivaling families of Verona, fall in love at a Capulet party. These star crossed lovers overcame many obstacles, but their doomed love eventually led them to death. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet, because he does not think carefully about his actions before he acts, he is too passionate, and is extremely persuasive.
Lord Capulet wanted his daughter married, but could have had a better plan. Every character knows marriage and love at a young age can lead to death and hardships in the future, but Capulet still wants to marry Juliet. So Capulet should be blamed, because he does not allow Juliet to have a say, makes a horrible decision, and enforces her marriage with Paris too quickly. For example, “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me” (Act 3 Scene 5, 166-169). This means that Lord Capulet does not want the slightest disagreement of the marriage from his daughter and if she does not obey, does not want to ever look at her again. The reason why Juliet had to die was because Capulet rushed the marriage onto her and would take no back talk thus leading her to make a fast unintelligent
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two star-crossed lovers. Friar Laurence is usually blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he conspired with them before their deaths. However, Friar Laurence is not to take the ultimate blame for Romeo and Juliet's death because there is also the ancient grudge, Romeo, and Tybalt who played a bigger part in their death.
The friar says “Take thou this vial being in bed…” (Act 3 Scene 4) he is talking about taking the anesthesia. He tells Juliet that if she drinks the potion that she will resemble a dead lifeless person. “...The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death.” (Act 5 Scene 3) This is where Romeo finds his loving wife that he “loved” so much “dead” in her family’s monument and spoiler alert, kills himself right there and then with a potion of his own from the apothecary to kill himself to be with Juliet his star crossed
Shakespeare's play of “Romeo and Juliet” is well known, and leaves the audience asking: Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Most of the play’s characters closely related to Romeo and Juliet carry some responsibility, but there are three characters or groups who had the greatest influence on the story’s outcome. Friar Laurence could be blamed for marrying them and keeping it secret. Juliet’s nurse encouraged Romeo’s pursuit of Juliet, even helping Juliet sneak out to marry. Last and most deserving of blame, however, are the parents, Lord and Lady Capulet and Lord and Lady Montague. If not for the family feud and hatred, Romeo and Juliet would’ve lived, not tasting the bittersweetness of death.
...ace, but it made people wonder who was responsible. Friar Lawrence is at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death. He was the one who gave the sleeping potion to Juliet, which caused the domino effect which would lead to the death of Romeo. His faith in Friar John in delivering the message to Romeo was flawed, therefore leading to Romeo’s misinterpretation that Juliet is dead and kills himself with the poison next to Juliet. Finally, Friar Lawrence’s cowardice in the tomb with Juliet would lead to Juliet’s death next to her Romeo. As the Prince of Verona says, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished. For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 5.3 319-321.)
Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris causes the whole conflict of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Juliet’s father wants her to get married with Paris, so she will be happy after the tragedy of Tybalt's death:
Good afternoon, my fellow audience. I am here today to persuade you on who I believe to be the character mostly responsible for the death of the two main characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is almost an ironic play because of its open and easily known ending, but yet its ending emerges the controversial question, WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF ROMEO AND JULIET? I believe every character in the book contributed to their deaths even Romeo and Juliet themselves, but Friar Lawrence bears a monumental deal of the blame because he was the principle and most reliable adult that could have steered the ‘inexperienced’ couple, but his incompetency led Romeo and Juliet to a violent
Taking Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
To start off, the Nurse tends to explain things in very confusing ways, this makes what she is saying hard to comprehend. When she comes back with the news Juliet asked for she says, “Ah weraday, he’s dead, he’s gone, he’s dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone. Alack the day, he’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead” (3.2.37-39) Juliet asks the nurse what she has found out and she is saying how someone is dead, Juliet assumes it Romeo of course, so Juliet is now thinking Romeo is dead instead of Tybalt. This instance of miscommunication caused Juliet to become very upset until it she later finds out that Romeo is banished, not dead. Going on, when Juliet’s marriage to Paris was moved up a day, not everyone was informed of it, this causing the letter to not come to Romeo in time for him to save Juliet since she is to be dead when Romeo arrives. Friar John whom was supposed to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letters to Romeo says, “I could not send it- here it is again- nor get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of infection” (5.3.14-16). Since Friar John was unable to get these letters delivered that Romeo was suspecting, he is now worried, clueless, and uninformed of what is happening. Adding on, when Romeo comes to Juliet's tomb he is not aware of what state she is in. When Romeo opens the tomb and sees Juliet, he is sure she is dead. Romeo narrates what happens, “Here’s to
In the play of Romeo and Juliet the main characters are a young teenage boy named Romeo and the only daughter of his family’s enemies, named Juliet. These two teenagers fall in love with one another but their love is strictly forbidden by fate. There are two families in the story; the Montagues and the Capulets, who had been rivals for many years. As two servants of the Romeo’s household walk, they see two servants of Juliet’s household biting their thumbs towards them. The two argue in public then fight. After a public fight between two servants and one kinsman from each family, the Prince of Verona tells both heads of the families that whoever disturbs the peace because of the feud between the families, will be punished by death. After