In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the fate of their lives is determined by the consequences of their actions. Firstly, a hasty marriage is usually not a great idea, especially for the young. Romeo and Juliet getting married on a whim later contributed to their tragic death. After Romeo and Juliet met the night before, they instantly got married the morning after. Secondly, there are dire consequences for murder. Romeo’s impulsive decision to kill Tybalt leads him to be banished from the city. This has a hand in his suicide. Romeo makes this decision after Tybalt kills his best friend, Mercutio. Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, is then killed by Romeo. He is then banished from Verona by the Prince Escalus instead of paying for his life. Thirdly, …show more content…
The Prince tells Romeo, “And for that offence/ Immediately do we exile him hence./ I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding,/ My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;/ But [I will] amerce you with so strong a fine/ That you shall all repent the loss of mine (Shakespeare 3.1.185-190). The Prince is done with these families fighting in Verona. Instead of killing Romeo, which he said was the price of any more feuding, he banishes him. If Romeo was killed instead of banished, Juliet would not have made the plan to fake her death to run away with Romeo. Juliet could have lived instead of killing herself impulsively. For these reasons, if Tyablt knew of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage or Romeo was killed instead of banished, possibly neither of them or only Romeo would have died. Lastly. To avoid marrying Paris, Juliet plans to fake her death. Romeo is supposed to find her and take her to Mantua. She made this plan with Friar Laurence. He explains to her to “Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber./ Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distilled liquor drink thou off;/ When presently through all thy veins shall run” (Shakespeare
Who is Most Responsible for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Romantic love stories often end with a tragedy, because of the loss of passion or a loved one. These tragedies are often the result of one person’s actions that ended someone’s life or love. In the Romeo and Juliet play written by William Shakespeare, two citizens of Verona come together and fall deeply in love.
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.
Because of the time this play was written, people would have strongly believed in bad luck and fate, but the characters were equally to blame. It was just a question of which one is to blame the most for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. First of all, Romeo could be most to blame for the deaths of himself and Juliet, he asked Juliet to marry him when he hardly knew her. Romeo declared his love for her and went to friar Lawrence and asked the friar if he would marry them, Romeo says "Then plainly know my hearts dear love is set, on the fair daughter of rich Capulet, by holy marriage, when, where and how, we met, we woo'd and make exchange of vow. " If Romeo had restrained himself from killing Tybalt, or waited a day before killing himself after hearing about Juliet's death, it might have ended happily, and if Romeo didn't have such deep feelings, his love with Juliet wouldn't have existed in the first place.
Do you believe in love at first sight? Many tragedies and dramatic events happen throughout this play. In, ‘Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, a family feud between the Montague and the Capulets, has been going on for ages; however, two teenagers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love and get married. This causes many fights and people dying, including themselves. There are many characters to blame for all of these deaths. Benvolio is the cause of all these deaths because he convinced Romeo on going to the Capulet party, Benvolio gave up on finding Romeo when he disappeared after the Capulet party, and Benvolio didn’t defend Mercutio when he fought with Tybalt.
In the second act of the play Romeo attends a Capulet party that he knows he never should be going to. The Montague family would forbid of him to do this, but Romeo continues with his actions. After he meets Juliet he marries her without anyone in his family knowing. If he felt as though he must be with Juliet he should have talked to his family regarding the thoughts he was having. After marrying Juliet, he kills Tybalt and becomes banished. If Romeo never goes to the Capulet party and has an altercation with Tybalt he would not be banished. Finally, Romeo returns to Verona and kills himself without ever once sitting down and discussing with his family what is taking place in his life. The impulsive, rebellious actions Juliet partakes in also helps lead to her death. Juliet continues to talk Romeo even after she finds out he is a rival Montague. She then lies about seeing the Friar for confession and marries Romeo. Juliet then proceeds to muck at the idea of marrying Paris after romeo has killed her cousin. She completely becomes a rebel by faking her own death so she can live with Romeo which causes her real death. Romeo and Juliet are two extremely rebellious
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a romance book about two teenagers that fall in love but their love is impossible. They belong to two different disputing families. But the real question is Why are Romeo and Juliet dead, and who is responsible!? Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet”s suicide. This paper will tell you why Juliet’s parents, Friar Lawrence, and fate all share responsibility for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
Who is Responsible for the Tragic Deaths of Romeo and Juliet 'Romeo and Juliet', a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the 16th Century all about two strong hearted teenagers in the city of Verona in Italy who fall in love with each other as 'star crossed lovers'. The two young teenagers of feuding families were destined to fall in love, however many problems occur to the extent of suicide, that affect their relationship, one of the main factors is the feud between their two families. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague.
Romeo’s problems arose when he was banished for avenging Mercuito by murdering Tybalt. His decision to murder Tybalt was not entirely thought through. In fact, after Romeo kills the Capulet, he exclaims that he is ‘fortune’s fool’ (73) line 132. Additionally, his banishment certainly contributed to his death because it kept him away from Verona and Juliet. If he hadn’t been banished, he would have been aware of the plan the Friar and Juliet had created.
Romeo is an extremely impulsive individual. Throughout the drama, Romeo makes decisions without considering the consequences. His mistakes bring about several complications that eventually lead to his untimely death. From the beginning of the novel, Romeo continuously falls in love with different people. The first Act of the play portrays an ardent love for the gorgeous Rosaline who refuses to love him. Romeo's maudlin behavior is a concern to his friends, who decide to take him to the Capulet's masquerade party. Here, Juliet's beauty strikes Romeo and his previous love for Rosaline instantaneously diminishes. After the party, Romeo encounters Juliet and makes the impulsive decision of promising to marry her. Romeo recounts the story of his newfound love and the desire to marry her, to his adviser, Friar Lawrence, and seeks his advice. The Friar explains that, "Young men's love then lies/ not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" (89). The Friar tries to convince Romeo that his love is not true, for he hastily changes his mind about the love of his life. But Romeo does not change his mind and is wed with Juliet. Romeo is also quite brash in his decision to slay Tybalt. If Romeo considered the consequences of murdering his enemy, he could have prevented his banishment from Verona. Romeo fails to consider that there is no need to slay Tybalt because Tybalt is already headed for assassination due to the fact that he started a fray and murdered Mecrutio. Unfortunately, his impulsiveness overpowers him and Romeo fights Tybalt. If only Romeo had thought rationally, he would not be separated from his dear, sweet Juliet. His banishment causes Romeo to cry out with extreme anguish to the Friar, "Hence 'banished' is 'banished from the world,' / And worlds exile is death.
Romeo and Juliet is a play that is a very well known love story of two star-crossed lovers that come from feuding families. The play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of two desperate lovers that come together and fall in love with each other despite their feuding families. Throughout the story there are many events that lead to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. The true question is not how they died but rather who is to blame for their death. There are three things at fault for their death which are fate, the Capulet family, and Friar Lawrence who is most responsible for this tragedy.
First of all, Romeo struggles with his emotions, and it leads to people deaths. In the story Romeo makes a lot to people to die. And one of them was Tybalt because he killed Romeo friend so Romeo got revenge. “This day’s black fate on mo days doth depend; This but begins the woe others must end. This means that everyone is still going to die no matter what because Romeo said they must end. “This shall determine that”. Romeo says that he should resolve this or settle the death that he did. This also means that Romeo shall determine what to do next but they tell him that he is banished but before he left he went with Juliet and they were in the
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 for 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.
When Romeo is talking to himself before he drinks the poison to kill himself he says, “Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet, / Is crimson in thy lips and thy cheeks, / And deah’s pale flag is that advanced there” (V.iii. 94-96). Even though Romeo says that Juliet doesn’t look dead compared to the poor Tybalt, who is lying in peace right next to Juliet, he still goes through with the plan of killing himself. When Juliet wakes up, she sees Romeo dead and tells Friar Lawrence to leave. When Friar leaves, Juliet then kisses the body of Romeo, hoping to extract poison from his lips. After without any luck, Juliet then kills herself with Romeo's dagger. None of this would have happened if Tybalt didn't kill Mercutio and then having Romeo killing Tybalt then Romeo would have never gotten banished for this. After he got banished everything went downhill from there. Romeo’s poor mother even passed away from sadness after his banishment. It broke Lady Montague’s heart when she could not take care of her young Romeo anymore, and she fell into a deep depression before desperately passing
The Victory of Death “Eyes look your last. Arms take your last embrace. And, lips, O you, the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!” (Shakespeare, 139). Those powerful words were breathed from the mouth of Romeo as he arrived at his fateful doom of death sealed by his own hand.
After the wedding, Romeo runs into Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who hates him. They engage in a duel, and Romeo kills Tybalt. He fled the scene of the crime. Later, he discovers from Friar Lawrence that rather than executing him for murder, the Prince of Verona has declared that he be banished forever. Instead of being relieved and grateful, Romeo laments his fate and claims that he would rather be dead than be separated from his dear Juliet.