The Tragic Death of Romeo and Juliet

The Tragic Death of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet set in Verona Italy, is one of the many plays written

by William Shakespeare and also one of the many tragedies. It was this

tragedy that could only stop the feud between two warring families.

Shakespeare makes it very simple that although this tale of two

‘star-crossed’ lovers is a tragedy. That they are in no way to blame

for the fate that befalls them. Instead the blame has gone partly to

their two families who have had an ancient feud between one another,

if it was not for this Tybalt and Juliet would not of died and Romeo

not exiled from Verona. Shakespeare added the two characters Friar

Laurence and the nurse to mould the play together and also to make it

more interesting. It was also because of these two characters that

changed the fate of the two protagonists. He also added them to

maintain the suspense within the play. Part of this is also the fault

of the prince of Verona, as he did not introduce a strict ban against

duelling between the two families Montague and Capulet until somebody

died in the end.

In the following essay I will analyse friar Laurence and the nurse’s

contributions, consider the actions, decision and what options they

had throughout the play that could have turned it around, and at the

end I will come to a final decision of who actually was to blame for

this tragic yet necessary death to stop the bloody killings between

the families.

The nurse has a very strong relationship with Juliet as she has grown

up with her and loved her like a mother. She also plays a crucial role

throughout the play, and is involved in the secretive romance of the

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...on for this is because he was the only one who could

get them married with out anybody realising. If he had just said no,

none of this would of happened. It was friar Laurence who could stop

it then and there but instead he decided not to which ended in the

lover’s deaths. He was the one who made all the plans and ideas he was

the one who had all the bright ideas but they were not as bright as

they thought. Because of these actions that he made he has turned two

family’s lives upside down. So this makes him the person to blame for

the deaths of the two lovers. If only Friar Laurence had though about

his actions and not been thinking just about Romeo and Juliet’s

feelings. If friar Laurence did not marry them thinking that it would

bury the furious feud between the two families then everything would

not be as it is now.