Romeo And Juliet Dbq Analysis

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Everyone knows the tale of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, but no one asks who was to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. There are many characters that can be blamed for their death Friar Lawrence, The Feud, and Fate are only a few characters that play a role in their death. These characters in particular had major influence on their death and that is why they hold the most blame.
The character that carries the biggest blame is Fate. The first place Fate is mentioned is in the prologue in document A. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (DBQ: Project, 2013). This quote points the blame at fate because it implies that Romeo and Juliet's love was fatal and they were star-cross’d lovers. Fatal in Shakespeare's time meant that something was caused by fate and it also related to death. In document E, block one which is taken from Act V …show more content…

This quote from Document C, taken from Act II, Scene iii is Friar Lawrence saying he will marry Romeo and Juliet just to end the Feud. In document C block two Friar Lawrence says “these violent delight have violent ends”(DBQ:Project,2013) .Friar Lawrence already knows that this will end badly, but all he wants is peace so he goes against his judgement and marries the two anyway. As we know this leads to their demise as it causes a lot of confusion between all of the characters when they try to escape from their parents strife.Friar Lawrence then has to save Juliet from her own family problems in document C and makes her a remedy that is supposed to solve all of her problems. While informing everyone of what is going on it is revealed in document E that Friar Lawrence's letter was not able to get through to Romeo, causing his plan to blow up in his face and have two people die at the hands of his

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