The dramatic tragedy, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, introduces two rival families with a relentless feud tracing far back in Verona’s history, the Montagues and the Capulets. The disturbance the hatred between the two generates is apparent from the start. A love is proclaimed and defiance against the enmity among their houses ensues when the adolescent children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, meet. All culminating with the deaths of the two and a grieving Verona. Notoriously, the matter of who is to blame for the demise of the two young protagonists can be infinitely disputed and reasoned by experts, high school students or anyone with exposure to the play. Inevitably, fingers are pointed at the play’s characters and exterior forces with …show more content…
All scenes in the tragedy suggest the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets to be the obstacle which disturbs the possibility of an orderly turn of events. Specifically, the assumption is eminent in the prologue where the chorus mentions the existence of the feud. The introduction discusses, “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny/..From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”(I.Prologue.3, 5-6). Instantly, Shakespeare acknowledges the long-standing grudge between the two families. Thereafter, he declares two unlucky children of these enemy families become lovers and commit suicide as an ultimate product of this hostility. References to the animosity do not cease and continue to persist throughout the entirety of the dramatization. At the renowned balcony scene, Romeo claims, “My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself/Because it is an enemy to thee”(II.ii.55-56). Thus, the teen brings attention to the complications his position as a Montague and Juliet’s as a Capulet generates for any future romance between the two. Later in the late night encounter, Romeo and Juliet discuss how to proceed with the love they both assert. Juliet requests, “send me word tomorrow/By one that I’ll procure to come to thee/Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite”(II.ii.144-146). The idea of marriage is rapidly proposed and without any parental involvement. Traditionally, Elizabethan wedding customs and contracts would have required Romeo’s father to agree to the marriage and usually an union was arranged by the families involved. Also, Elizabethan women were expected to bring a dowry to the marriage. As clearly noticed, the two protagonists discard all social institutions and are forced to secretly and rashly marry. Whereas if the two houses were not rivals, Romeo and Juliet could have the opportunity to unite in the customary
The Death of Romeo and Juliet and Who is to Blame Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which a young boy and girl fall in love and commit suicide. They come from 2 different families which have a deadly feud against one another. Romeo goes to a masked ball at the Capulet's household where he falls in love with Juliet. He then proposes to her after the party in secret at Juliet's balcony. Romeo then arranges a secret weeding with Friar Lawrence and Juliet tells the Nurse.
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.
Both Romeo and Juliet speak of the role of fate and chance, it plays a
In the story “ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet “ the main characters get themselves in a pickle by falling in love knowing that their families are sworn enemies. Soon Romeo kills Juliet's cousin by accident, Juliet drinks a potion, some words get twisted and at the end both of the lovebirds end up dead. At the end of the story both families are devastated that both of their children pass away, but there are also many unanswered questions. The most asked question in the story is “ Who's to blame? ” and overall I believe everyone has a little part in influencing their death, but I believe that one person is to blame for most of this and I believe that it is the mother and father of Juliet.
Ally Krzeczkowski Mrs. Zupec E116-4 20 March 2014 Who's to Blame? Who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? In William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a fake poison and when she takes it, she goes into a deep sleep that makes her appear dead. Juliet is then buried in her family's tomb and when Romeo goes to the tomb, he drinks actual poison and kills himself because he cannot bear to be without Juliet.
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 ...
Who to Blame for the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Many people played a part in the tragedy but perhaps the blame must be laid on the two families who kept the feud active to serve their needs. Only by the Montague and Capulet families losing their precious children their own dynasty, which they begin to recognize the trouble they caused others in the feud. Was this tragedy for the two families? Well yes because in the end only by them losing their children did they resolve to end the feud and cobble together.
There is a fine line between having poor luck and being absolutely ludicrous. Gambling with fate is a risky business. Maybe, if the Friar and Juliet would keep brainstorming ways to avoid the upcoming marriage of her and Paris, the story would not reach its end with such a shocking mortality. The calamity of Romeo and Juliet can not simply be blamed on a broken mirror. Unfortunately, these lovers bring themselves to their doom. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is not a case of bad luck, but a series of poor decision making.
The two families – Montagues and Capulets – are to be blamed for their family members’ deaths. The quarrel between these two households is basically the main reason why Romeo and Juliet died. During the prologue, there is obvious evidence of hate and conflict. The fifth sentence of the prologue describes the Montagues and Capulets as having “Fatal loins”, meaning that they may cause the unfortunate end of their children’s lives. The Prologue also states that their children’s deaths will end the strife between the two families, this showing that there must be some sort of connection between the death and feud (Shakespeare). Since the Prologue is a small preview or thesis of what’s to come, it is clear to see that this rivalry is the root of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Capulets, however, must take more of the b...
In the tremendous play of ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Shakespeare’s ways engages the audience straight away. The astounding methods he uses hooks the audience into the play and allows them to read on, wondering what will happen. The tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet, as mentioned in the prologue, sets a variety of themes throughout Act 1 Scene 5. Many of the recognisable themes are: youth and age, revenge, forbidden love, fate, action and hate. The main idea of the play is a feud that had been going on between two families, The ‘Montagues and Capulets’, the son of the Montagues and the daughter of the Capulets fall in love and the story tells us how tragic, death, happiness and revenge find them throughout the play.
Blame is when you put the cause of an action on someone else. People resort to blame because it is easier to blame someone else for their own actions than owning up for your own. People can also feel less terrible and reduce their guilt on the subject of the blame. Blame is a factor in Romeo and Juliet because throughout the story the characters point out each others actions instead of their own which leads to all the conflicts in the story line. Love and themselves are to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
In Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the lovers meet their doom, by scene iii of Act V. With their fatal flaw of impulsivity, Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their death. Contrarily, if it was not for the unintentional influence of the pugnacious Tybalt, the star-crossed lovers may have remained together, perpetually. To the audience, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are already understood, for it is a Shakespearean tragedy. However, the causes, predominantly Romeo’s and Juliet’s fatal flaw of impulsivity and rashness, are as simple as Shakespearean writing. Though Romeo and Juliet are wholly to blame for their tragic suicides, in Act V scene iii, Tybalt is, in turn, responsible, as his combative spirit forced Romeo to murder him and Juliet to marry Paris.
People have had some people in their life that are really close to them and matter to them like their family member or friends. But those people or are also the cause of their problems and they don’t even know that since they think whatever they are doing is right, after all the things they have helped out with. The play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare had a person, that was close to one of the main character, but also was the reason for him and his love's death. Friar Laurence was to blame for the death of the two lovers. The reason I think this is because he secretly helped Romeo get married to Juliet knowing that the consequences won’t be good, Friar Laurence helped Juliet fake her death, but could not deliver the letter on
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the greatest playwright of all time by William Shakespeare. In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet lots of things happen. The actions of people include g the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Who’s to blame for the deaths of both? Whose actions caused the them to die. Could Romeo and Juliet have caused for their own deaths or others.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a tragic play about star crossed lovers who take their lives. Although the play is a bit past it’s century, it can still be used in our daily lives with the ones we love. The play ends tragically, with no one character specifically to blame. However some characters do have more of a part in the reason why it all ends in the gutter. Reading the book and watching the movie provides me a clear view of who is to blame, and it could have ended not so bad.