Lord Capulet Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

I blame you! There are always people to blame for the outcome of certain situations. William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” takes place in the 1300’s of Verona, Italy, where an acrimony between two clans separates the love of Romeo and Juliet. These star crossed lovers face a harsh end and the blame for their deaths must burden the guilty. It ends up being the characters Lord Capulet, the Nurse, and the Friar that engendered Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.

Paris, a renowned individual of the Capulet clan, is expected to be the spouse of Juliet. The rush Juliet is faced to marry Paris is shown when Lord Capulet says, “To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church,/ Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither” (III.v.113-114). Lord Capulet has guilt for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Juliet would not have had to take such drastic measures to get away with Romeo if it weren’t for her father forcing her to marry

Although, the Nurse unexpectedly sides with Juliet’s father, saying, “Faith, here it is. Romeo is banished, and all the world to nothing/ That does he ne’er come back to challenge you,/ Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth./ Then, since the case so stands as now it doth,/ I think it is best you married with the County” (III.v.225-229). The Nurse was closest to Juliet of them all; she raised Juliet. The fact that the Nurse sided against Juliet was the last straw for Juliet. That was what finally pushed Juliet into seeing the Friar to discuss their deviant and ultimately unsuccessful plan. In the end, Juliet’s nurse shares the blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because, similar to Juliet’s parents, she supports the idea of Juliet marrying Paris. Furthermore, this gives Juliet the reason to hopelessly give up because she has already lost everything. Juliet would be willing to do anything to be with Romeo at this point, all because of the