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Their Death! Who was to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Was it their love, their parents, or others? Surely a question we must ask ourselves.
The Montague and the Capulets were families, torn by feuds between their families. Each opposing one another Except for Romeo and Juliet.
But someone has to be blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s death. But whom?
It is clear it is due to the Capulets and the Montagues feud between each other. Let’s summarize it up.
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What about the fight at the beginning of the story that caused the deaths of two people? Could the fight between the families cause Juliet to take the vile?
“Sampson: Draw if you be men, Gregory, remember thy swashing throw. [They fight]”
As both
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of them fought, none of them knew that their actions would have consequences. Like most expressions, when you play with fire, someone’s going to get burned. Soon they would find out why. Willeto 2 “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” (1, 1 82-83) Both knew that if they fought again, they would have to pay the price with their lives.
So they knew that no more fights could be made.
So, if they fought again, the lives of each other would be the price they would have to pay. But, what if no one knew? Or what if no one found out?
The fight was clearly a warning for the two families. So, what does this have to do with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Well, this fight caused many more incidents between the fate of Romeo and Juliet.
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Due to the fact that both of the families could not get along with each other. The Capulets would not allow Juliet to marry anyone else except Paris. But Juliet no longer wanted to because she only fell in love with
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Romeo. “Lady Capulet: That you are now a maid. Thus then a brief, the valiant Paris seeks you for his love” By now, Lady Capulet only want Juliet to marry Paris because he is close with the Capulets and does not want her to be close to any Montagues. (1, 3 80-81) Juliet fell in love with Romeo from the dance they had at the party. But Capulets and Montagues never got along. Maybe causing them to never get together publicly. Willeto 3 “Juliet: I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” (1, 3 104-106) Juliet admitted that she did not want to get married at all to the Prince.
That she’ll do it if she has too, but not for her own heart. Her love was still there for Romeo. But in all, Juliet would not marry anyone else other than Romeo.
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Fate ultimately ended the two lives of Romeo and Juliet. Fate caused the two to die and be next to each other for the rest of their lives. But when fate brought them to go to Friar Lawrence from the answer.
“O, she knew well thy love did read by rote and could not spell.”
By then, it was too late to change fate for the two lovers. Juliet took to vile and Romeo was never told in time. (2, 3 93-94)
After that, the news was given that Juliet died and Romeo fell into despair, forcing him to find the poor salesman to get poison. It was too late. Romeo took the poison.
“Friar Lawrence: Poison hath residence and medicine power.” (1, 3, 26)
Romeo took the vile and it was too late to save him. Romeo died instantly and Juliet woke up to see Romeo dead right next to her. Juliet grabbed his dagger and stabbed herself. Until then. Both Families promised to build statues of the star-crossed lovers in order to remember
them. Willeto 4 So fate must of caused the deaths of the two lovers and to beyond. The families caused the fights and never let anyone see each other from different families. Romeo and Juliet were killed because of fate and there was no other way for them to love each other again. V- Conclusion Paragraph Fate caused the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Fate caused the two to never see each other. Fate caused them to run away from their problems. Fate caused Juliet to get the vile. Fate caused Romeo to take the Poison. And fate caused them to kill each other. If it were not for fate, the lovers would be married and have a happy ending to their lives. But instead, fate caused an ending where both ended up dead. Honestly, Juliet and Romeo should have confessed their love to the Capulets and the Montagues, this may have avoided the fight between the two and caused a new peace between them. A lesson taught was that speak up, don’t let rules scare you if it means to love someone. Some themes addressed were love is more important that rules. In Summary, Romeo and Juliet loss their love for each other due to fate. But in the end, cherishing what they had for a few days, meant a life time of living.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
The reader realizes this when the prologue states, “Two households, both alike in dignity/ In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,/ Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean./ From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life” (I 1-6). This translates to say two families have been rivals for many years. Romeo and Juliet are two from separate rivaling families that fall in love. The reader can acknowledge that these two individuals meet one another due to fate. However, they know that because of their parents’ hatred of each other, they can never be together. “My only love sprung from my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown, and known too late!/ Prodigious birth of love it is to me,/ That I must love a loathed enemy” (I v138-140). A decision is made that the only way to be happy is to take their lives. As soon as the play begins, the audience can foresee a tragic ending because of the language used.
If Romeo and Juliet never fell in love, then they never would have killed themselves to be together. Their deaths helped Lord Montague and Lord Capulet to settle their differences and end the feud between the two houses. Therefore, without their lives, the feud would have never ended. This theme is important to the story because the unnecessary fighting is causing many casualties, and disturbing the peace of Verona.
Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead she kills herself. The result of the ignorance of the
The lack of communication between the young couple killed them. Romeo’s reaction to seeing juliet dead (not actually dead) was to kill himself. “Oh my love! My wife, death that hath sucked” (3.5.141-142) If Romeo and Juliet planned out the rescue of Juliet's body more thoroughly, Romeo would not have killed himself.
The feud meant that they had to keep their relationship under wraps and tip-toe around their families. The ancient grudge between the two families meant that if one member of either family found out about Romeo and Juliet then they would be killed, ‘If they do see thee, they will murder thee.’ The family feud between the Montague and Capulet families could also be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they both grew up with people dieing within the families because of the grudge. For instance Mercutio and Tybalt, Mercutio was a very loyal friend of Romeo’s and Tybalt was Juliet’s cousin. The deaths of these characters meant that Romeo and Juliet were both distressed and unhappy, and thus could have given more reason to their own deaths, ‘ A’ Thursday let it be, a’ Thursday, tell her,
In the course of the play, Romeo and Juliet immediately fall in love. Also, they know they are meant for each other and therefore decide to get married. After this marriage, there was a brief moment in time where everything was perfect. They are married, in love and there is nothing stopping them from being together. This however quickly changes after a fight that leads to death. Once Romeo is banished from Verona for the penalty of murder, love grows tremendously between the couple and drives the need to be together. The marriage between Romeo and Juliet is hidden from their parents, so Montague decides to arrange a marriage between her and Paris. With all the conflict arising between Juliet’s family, Friar Lawrence creates a plan that unfortunately does not succeed. His plan for Juliet is to tell her father she will marry Paris then go to bed with no one, not even the nurse. After, she will drink a potion to make her seem dead for forty two hours and then have a messenger tell Romeo about it. He will have her put in a vault to wait for Friar to bring her out so she and Romeo can elope. The plan was perfect until tragedy occurs, Benvolio had seen Juliet dead and immediately tells Romeo about it. The result is Romeo and Juliet murdering themselves and the play had a tragic ending. Overall, young, innocent lovers die, through no fault of their own but a simple mistake. “How oft when men are at the
The family feud came between Juliet and Romeo because they would never be allowed to be with each other because their families hate each other. There was always an ancient grudge between the two families that led to some tension between Romeo and Juliet. In the prologue in the beginning of the play it states “ where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge to new mutiny”(DBQ, Who’s to Blame? -Document A)
When Juliet first wants to know Romeo’s name, she tells her nurse, “Go ask for his name. If he is married, my grave is like my wedding bed.” Basically, she’s saying that she will never marry, if she can not marry him. How much more dramatic can you get? And, of course, Romeo wants to join her in dramaticness, like everything else, and declares that “[his] life was better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of [her] love.”
In Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers’ passion did come before their reasoning, and as you saw, it did infact end in tragedy. Romeo and Juliet both died by their own hands, as a result of the both of them not wanting to be without one another. From death of family members, to death of friends, to taking their own lives, both Romeo and Juliet have lead sorrowful lives, due to their extreme
Every action we take, decision we make, and person we fall in love with always leads us to our inevitable destiny. Some people are meant to live happily ever after while others may not be so lucky. Romeo and Juliet ended up being one of those not so lucky couples. Born as enemies, their love ended up pulling them closer to their destiny which was proven to be death. The main people that can be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet are Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo.
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers lost their lives when hate and love collided. From the Montagues came Romeo and from the Capulets came Juliet. The two families were feuding and Romeo and Juliet could not stand being without each other. They both killed themselves because they thought life was not worth living without the other. Though there are many who can be blamed for this tragic ending, there are three that are the most responsible.
In the Prologue, the Chorus tells the audience of the family feud between the Capulets and Montagues. Additionally, family feuds and holding grudges led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet struggles with the conflict that Romeo is a Montague, an enemy to her family, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name,/ Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,/ And I'll no longer be a Capulet,” (2.2.36-39). Juliet tries to imagine the hatred could be reconciled. She also tries to think of Romeo as though he is not a Montague. The family feud affects Romeo and Juliet’s love affair, causing them to be sneaky, tell lies, and forcing them to create secret plans with the Friar Lawrence. However, because of all the impulsive actions and character flaws stated above, the family feud drove the lovers apart, and put them to their
Romeo then continues this pattern with the next step of his love with marrying Juliet. Romeo tells Friar Lawrence, “I have been feasting with mine enemy” (2.3.53). By this Romeo is risking telling Friar and is quick to love and marry Juliet. This puts the strength of their love at risk as they just met. As the play progresses Romeo becomes more willing to take risks. For example he gets between Tybalt and Mercutio which leads to the death of Tybalt, Mercutio, and his banishment. As one thing leads to another, it becomes too hard when Romeo finds that the love of his life is dead he is quick to choose death. At this point for Romeo it is the final stage of the tragic pattern. When Balthasar informs Romeo of Juliet’s death he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight” (5.1.37). Romeo’s immediate reaction is to go to Juliet in the tomb and “lie with thee” meaning kill himself so they can be together again. By jumping to the extreme decision of killing himself he puts his life in danger without checking with Friar who was supposed to be sending him news of Juliet and Verona. On his way to Verona he goes to an apothecary, he says, “Let me have/A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear/As will disperse