Who Was Responsible For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

Would you die for someone you really love? Would you hesitate to save one of your loved ones from danger? Well there are two people who would, and that is Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is written by William Shakespeare. In this play, love at first sight occurs, and the two lovers of two different families that have hatred towards each other for many generations, have to go through many obstacles, in order for them to be together. The two star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, go through a horrible death to be together. Who was responsible for the death of both, Romeo and Juliet? Was it themselves or someone else? The three characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending of the play are Mr. Capulet, the Friar, and Tybalt.

Romeo

and Juliet took their lives at end of the story because they could not be together. Why could they not be together? It was because of their families, but mostly the fault goes to Mr.

Capulet. Juliet's father had already chosen Paris to marry her. But then Romeo showed up in her life. With Paris being juliet’s future husband the had to meet each other. Mr. Capulet purposed to throw a masquerade party for them to spend time together. Everyone in Verona was invited about the party, well everyone who was not in the Montague household. Somehow Romeo and Benvolio got informed about the Capulet party and decided to go. Romeo went for one reason and that was to get Rosaline off of his mind. That is when both Romeo and Juliet fell in love, but before that ever happened Tybalt saw Romeo and was going to kick him out, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, a villain that is hither come in spite. To scorn at our solemnity this night.” (Act 1, scene 5) But Mr. Capulet stopped Tybalt from fighting Romeo. So if Mr. Capulet would of let Tybalt have Romeo leave the party, Juliet would’ve known Romeo was a Montague, and never would of married Romeo. She would have married Paris. Mr. Capulet should have never gotten mad about Juliet being in love with Romeo, he was to harsh with Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris. “ Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’Thursday, or

never after look me in the face…”(Act 3, scene 5) With Juliet not wanting to marry Paris her father is infuriated with her. If Capulet listened to what juliet had to say, he would understand that she fell in love with Romeo, and that she does not want to marry someone who doesn’t love her back like Romeo does. Capulet is judging Romeo because of the household he is from, but Juliet does not believe that he is the enemy because he is a Montague “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” ( Act 2, scene 2) Mr. Capulet needs to stop judging Romeo by where he is from, and needs to get to know him first. If Capulet knew Romeo, he would have not forced Juliet marry Paris, which made her fake her death.
The second person to be responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is the Friar.

He had a lot of responsibility for the death. The Friar was the one who married Romeo and Juliet. The only reason why he married them was because he knew both families had hatred towards each other for generations and generations. The Friar thought the if the two married, that the families would be forced to get along. “ ...for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (Act 2, scene 3) He first doubted that they were not in love, but the idea of the two households getting along had him marry them. Another reason why the Friar was responsible for the death was because he had Romeo sneak into Juliet’s room for their honeymoon. He should have just made Romeo leave when the Prince said he was banished from Verona. When the Friar heard that Juliet did not want to marry Paris, he gave her a potion that makes her go to a long sleep, which makes it seem like she is dead. Juliet drank the potion the day she was going to marry Paris. Before she did that, the Friar said he would write a letter to Romeo saying she was not dead. The letter never got to Romeo, instead he heard that Juliet was really dead. “ I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault, and presently took post to tell you. O, pardon me for bringing you these ill news, but you did leave me with the duty, sir.”(Act 5, scene 1) Romeo went back to Verona, but he bought a potion, from the Apothecary, that

makes him die the second he drinks it. He went to go see Juliet, and sees for himself that she is dead, he then drinks the potion and dies in an instant. If the Friar did not give Juliet the idea for faking her death, both Romeo and Juliet are dead.
The last person who is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is the Nurse. The nurse was supposed to be with juliet all the time. She also knew the Juliet got married to Romeo. She was had to stop the wedding. The nurse helped her instead, she got helped Romeo sneak into the Capulet house for his honeymoon with Juliet. “...I’ll find Romeo to comfort you. I know where he is…” (Act 3, scene 2) The nurse then went and made sure that Capulet and lady Capulet did not see Romeo or find out they got married. The day Paris was going to marry Juliet, the nurse should of never left her. If the nurse was by Juliet the whole time, she would have never drank the potion the Friar gave her. It was the nurse’s responsibility to be with Juliet and take care of her and not let her do anything wrong.
In conclusion, Capulet the Friar, and the nurse were responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If they had acted differently listened to them and agreed to one solution with them, there would be a possibility that they would be alive.