Who Is To Blame For Romeo's Banishment?

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Despite what many knew of Romeo being a young adult, his actions spoke contrary to his age. Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy genre novel written by the infamous William Shakespeare. A tragic love story that narrates between two lovesick teenagers whose families are enemies. They fall in love, but cannot be together. They ended up killing themselves because they couldn’t cope with being separated. Despite this, Romeo is responsible for his own banishment, not only does he choose an incomplete crush over his last name, but also turns a blind eye to his actions. In the first place, Romeo gave up his name the moment he confessed his love for Juliet. This idea is particularly present in the scene of Juliet on her balcony, where she is speaking aloud to herself. It states, ““O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou …show more content…

She questions why Romeo is a Montague, why they had to be enemies. Marry her and she will be a Montague too, she says. It could be argued that Juliet was still unsure of her feelings towards Romeo, that she was speaking nonsense without knowing. . While that might be true, that does not dismiss the fact that Juliet still agreed to marry Romeo without double thinking. She could have declined his offer and made him wait if she was unsure of their love for each other, nonetheless, she agreed to his offer. Overall, Juliet played a big role in Romeo’s act of disobedience; she convinced him with her beauty to give up and end this feud together. Besides, they both betrayed their families, and even ended up dying for each other because they were so oddly in love. Secondly, given the fact that Romeo can’t think straight when it comes to romance, his doings have caused the loss of his freedom. An example of this idea can be found in scene three of Shakespeare’s novel. In the scene, after the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt ended and Romeo stabbed Tybalt as revenge, Benvolio explains the situation to Prince Escalus; ““There

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