People die every day and many from suicide, it may seem ordinary. Most of these suicides may come from the loss of a loved one. Yet, the family wishes for answers for their loss of their loved one and may begin to ponder who is to blame for this tragic suicide. During the Renaissance time a man by the name of William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Romeo and Juliet”. These star-crossed lovers have to battle through a feud between their two families, and in their case it is not easy. Plenty of unfortunate events are put into place which result into a suicide of the two. However, many people are to blame for the devastating self inflicted deaths of the star-crossed lovers. Still, there are a few specifically that play a enormous role.
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Lord Capulet tried to force Juliet to marry Paris. The reason why Juliet wanted the potion from the friar was because she did not want to marry Paris. The wedding was already on Thursday, and she had no say in what her father had planned. Lord Capulet stated, “Get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face” (3.5.162-163). Caplet is now threatening Juliet by saying if you do not come to your wedding I will disown you. Because Lord Capulet said that, Juliet asked for help from the friar, which that turned into a catastrophe, that lead to her death. As well as the Capulets, the Montagues played a great position in Romeo’s suicide. Romeo’s parents were oblivious towards him by not caring that he is out all night, and they never seem to try to talk to him. Romeo’s parents being oblivious resulted in Romeo acting the same way in the situation where he killed Tybalt and thinking nothing would happen to him. Children gain most of their parents traits. Due to Romeo being unaware of his consequences he got banished from Verona, and moved to a place called Mantua. If his parents were not so insensible of his feelings and choices, he might have thought a tad bit harder before murdering Tybalt. Later on, when Romeo was at the tomb with Juliet starting to kill himself. There is a possibility that he thought it would be the right choice …show more content…
The first key factor that caused their deaths is his impatience. Romeo was way too quick to marry Juliet. He met her at a party and immediately wanted to have a long lived life with her. Even the Nurse from the Capulets tried to talk to Romeo about taking his time, but he was not taking no for an answer and was too impatient, and needed to marry Juliet. The marriage caused some complications. For example they are on opposite ends of a family feud and Romeo still does not put that into consideration and still proceeds even though there are possibilities that they get caught and can’t see eachother anymore. Those anxious examples carried on into Romeo being by her unconscious body about to drink a potion that would kill him. He was too snappy to kill himself that he did not notice Juliet’s eyes moving then staring at him. As well as that, Romeo even states, “is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death’s pale flag is not advancѐd there”(5.3.104-105). Her lips are crimson and her cheeks are not pale because she is not actually dead. According to Quora.com they state, “after 30 minutes, the lips, finger- and toe nails fade to a pale color or turn white as blood leaves”. Juliet has been assumed dead for many hours now, so her lips would not be crimson. Romeo then jumps to conclusions and takes his own life. Impatience is the main attribute of Romeo’s,
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
Juliet, like Romeo shouldn't have rushed into marrying each other, and Juliet said, "It was too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden. " But she never did anything about this. She went along with the marriage that resulted in death. Also Juliet was already engaged to marry Paris at the time, and she was happy with that and happy with her parents, she shouldn't have disobeyed them, then their love for each other would never have happened. Tybalt is another character that could be to blame.
Capulet said to Juliet: Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church a’Thursday, or never look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me! When Juliet arrived, and threatened to stab herself if she had to marry Paris, Friar Lawrence gave her a potion to make her appear dead for 42 hours so she could leave with Romeo.
Some people argue that fate played a big factor in the death of Romeo and Juliet,However the teens decisions are what caused their own deaths they both made the decision to kill themselves. They both made the decision to kill themselves Romeo did it after he thought Juliet was dead Romeo says “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick.Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.119.120). After Juliet wakes up and sees that Romeo has taken
Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to her tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. Capulet's controlling actions appeared as early as Act I Scene 2, when he was arranging Juliet's marriage to Paris without her consent. Paris wondered if Juliet would like him and Capulet responded with, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (IV, 3, ln. 13-14). stating that he doesn't just think Juliet will like him but that he knows she will like him. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he shouted, "To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." (V, 3, ln. 154-155). making her agree to go to the church. Although she did agree to go, her thought of, "I'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (V, 3, ln. 241-242). showed that she did not plan on marrying Paris and that she would die first. Juliet's arrangement to Paris had brought her death because it had resulted in the potion plan which had caused Romeo and Juliet to die. If Capulet had never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have been living happily with Romeo.
Romeo denies the fate of Mercutio who fought against Tybalt and lost, so he challenges Tybalt to fight in defense of his honor. His sense of honor would not allow himself to ignore the death of Mercutio. It mandated his absurd behavior to take Tybalt’s life which even further separated the Montague and Capulet family. Moreover, Romeo still decides to marry Juliet after he takes Tybalt’s life. His sense of honor leads him to find Father Lawrence who will marry both Juliet
...re her fake dead body is kept, and drinks the poison he brought with him, hastily, without giving it a second thought, assuming that Juliet was dead and that he might not be able to live without her. However, Juliet wakes up at the moment when Romeo falls dead on her lap and she exclaims, “Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end” (5.3.167), signifying the untimely death of Romeo that occurred due to his unnecessary haste.
Tybalt provoked everything! Juliet cried as soon as she found out that Romeo was banished and after he left her when they consummated their marriage. Juliet’s parents thought she was crying because of the death of Tybalt since he was her cousin, but in reality she was crying over the fact that Romeo had to leave Verona. After Juliet refused to marry Paris, her father practically disowned her. Lord Capulet says, “Forget about you, you worthless girl! You disobedient wretch! I’ll tell you what. Go to church on Thursday or never look me in the face again. Don’t say anything. Don’t reply. Don’t talk back to me. I feel like slapping you. Wife, we never thought ourselves blessed that God only gave us this one child. But now I see that this one is one too many. We were cursed with when we had her. She disgusts me, the little hussy!” (3.5.201). This proves that because Tybalt got Romeo banished and because Juliet was crying so much, her parents wanted her to marry to try and make her happy. That was her father’s way of telling her that if she didn’t want to marry Paris then he’d disown her. Juliet did not want to fail her parents but she did not want to marry Paris so she came up with a plan with Friar Lawrence. When Juliet drank the potion to make it seem as if she was dead, everything went fine until Romeo didn’t receive the letter telling the plan. Romeo showed up at the tombs and thought Juliet was dead, he killed himself and then Juliet woke
In the case of Tybalt's death, Romeo's desire for revenge clouds his judgment and he acts without considering the potential consequences. Similarly, his decision to take his own life after hearing of Juliet's supposed death is a rash and impulsive choice that ultimately leads to tragedy. If Romeo had taken the time to think things through and seek advice from others, he may have been able to avoid these tragic outcomes.
In Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the lovers meet their doom, in 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 flaws 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.
Unfortunately, Romeo wasn’t informed of the plan, and after he heard about Juliet’s death, he sincerely believed she had died. Balthasar, who told Romeo of Juliet’s ‘death’, didn’t want to leave Romeo unaccompanied because he believed that he looked ‘.pale and wild and did import some misadventure. ’(116) lines 28-29. Balthasar’s suspicions were valid because Romeo decided to take his life. He did not stop to ask how she died, or what Friar Laurence had to say about her death.
Tybalt did not take a direct role in Juliet’s ‘death’, but he set the course for incidents that lead to it. As a Capulet, he had long participated in the feud between his family and the Montagues. The day after he spotted Romeo at a party hosted by his family, he went out looking for him – and a fight. He accidentally murdered Mercutio, Romeo later killed him in revenge. Juliet, rather than being upset by Tybalt’s death, sobbed for Romeo, who was banished for the murder. The misunderstandings regarding Juliet’s grief led to a marriage she felt she could only escape by faking her own death. While Tybalt was not immediately involved in Juliet’s ‘death’, he played such a major role in starting the events that would ultimately lead to it that he must be deemed partly responsible.
Another character who is responsible for the deaths of the lovers in Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Knowing that her father would disagree with her being married to Romeo, a Montague, Romeo and Juliet were forced to keep their love a secret. In the beginning of the play, Lord Capulet tells Paris that Juliet is still to young to woo and that he should wait two years. However, later in the play, he tells Paris that Juliet will be married to him in two days. After hearing that she will be wed in two days, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence asking for help. If Lord Capulet did not force Juliet to marry Paris, she would not have had to fake her death. The plan that Friar Lawrence devised to prevent the wedding led to death of Romeo and Juliet.
They not only encounter problems they can't cope with because of their youth, but their passionate involvement with each other prevents them from thinking and behaving rationally. Their deaths seem to come as an inevitable conclusion to their star-crossed relationship; it couldn''t end any other
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a story of two young lovers who caused five deaths, an exilation, and a holy friar to do deceitful works. The fatalities have some controversy with how they were dealt with and reacted upon. Death affects loved ones, and from that comes justice and injustice. The most affected group in one’s death is the family and close loved ones of the victim.