Who Was To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous plays written. Tis play could have only been written by one of the greatest English poets, William Shakespeare. This play was a tragic love story between two star cross lovers, Romeo and Juliet. These two characters were so blinded by their love and affection for each other, that they were willing to die for one another. Now the blame of their deaths could have been on many different characters in the play. For instance, if Friar Lawrence had never married Romeo and Juliet, it wouldn’t have led to their death. Romeo is also another character that can be blamed for his and Juliet’s death because if Romeo had approached Juliet, no one would have died. But the character that carries most of the blame is Juliet. The reason why she is to blame is because she proposed marriage to Romeo, the second reason is because she didn’t go along with marrying Paris, the third reason is because she went to Friar Lawrence to ask for advice. Juliet is responsible for her

and Romeo’s death, because of her poor decisions.

Juliet is more responsible for the death because of her proposal to Romeo instead of just going along with what her parents advised, which was to marry Paris.

Being that she didn’t listen to her parents when it came to marrying Paris, she was being disrespectful to them. As if disrespecting them by not marrying Paris wasn’t enough, she then proceeded to go behind their backs and married a man who’s family was the enemy to her family. Juliet: “If that thy bent of love honorable, Thy propose marriage, send me word tomorrow” (2.2. 149-150). Juliet’s was so keen on marrying Romeo that she completely disregarded her parents and made the poor decision of not thinking about the families’ situation thoroughly before acting on her emotions. Friar Lawrence: “ And this distilling liquor drink thou of; When presently through all thy veins shall run, A cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse, Shall keep his negativity process, but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou

livest.”
(4.1. 96-100). When Friar Lawrence gives Juliet the sleeping potion to make her appear to be dead, she fell in a deep sleep. The idea of Juliet dead frightened Romeo so much that he took his own life. Juliet could have prevented her own death and his, by telling Romeo before hand that she was going to take this potion. She could have also prevented this is she wasn’t naïve enough to be manipulated by Friar Lawrence. Throughout all of this, the blame came upon Juliet because of her failure to think about her actions thoroughly.
Juliet is responsible for her and Romeos death because of her poor decisions. Not only is she naïve and disobedient, she is also selfish. Out of all the characters, Juliet is most to blame. She didn’t go along with marrying Paris, she proposed marriage to Romeo, and she went to Friar Lawrence to ask for advice. Friar Lawrence does hold some responsibility for marrying the two and giving Juliet the sleeping potion but if Juliet never initiated the proposal, the following events wouldn’t have occurred. Romeo is not to blame because although he went to Friar, he was just a hopeless romantic who had Juliet’s best interest at heart. One could argue that Juliet’s actions were all in the name of love. However, when you love someone, you must do your best to protect them, even if that means distancing yourself.