Some people are blamed for certain crimes. They can be either minor or huge. Romeo is a person to blame for some big crimes. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo & Juliet, Romeo is to blame for many of the deaths because he kills two people, is blinded by love, and is very irrational. Romeo kills two people, Tybalt and Paris. As Romeo fights them and kills both, Benvolio wants Romeo to be gone and Paris makes a final request. “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain” (3.1.128-129). “O, I am slain! If thou be merciful, open the tomb, lay me with Juliet” (5.3.72-73). After Tybalt is slain, Benvolio wants Romeo to be gone before the prince comes, and Paris wants to be next to Juliet in the tomb. So Romeo is responsible for the deaths because he kills two of the characters himself. …show more content…
Romeo is blinded by love, and it leads to some bad decisions.
Romeo does not think about problems in the relationship and wants to act quickly, which Juliet notices, and asks if he truly loves her. “Do not swear at all; or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self” (2.2.112-113). He is told to swear on himself of his love, and it is believed that this blinded himself with love. So that is why Romeo is blinded by love, and responsible for the deaths. Lastly, Romeo is irrational, causing him to not think properly and make bad decisions. After Romeo kills Paris, he goes to Juliet’s “dead” body to kill himself. “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.119-120). He drinks the poison to kill himself without checking if Juliet has actually done an irrational thing like that herself, and when she wakes, she kills herself as well. So that is why Romeo is irrational, and responsible for Juliet’s death, and his
own. So those are the reasons why Romeo is to blame for all the deaths in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo & Juliet. He kills Paris and Tybalt, gets blinded by love for Juliet, and thought very irrationally. He kills Paris and Tybalt, thus making him banished, he wanted to show his love for Juliet, so he couldn’t think properly, and he was irrational, not thinking things through and not thinking about the consequences. So maybe this could’ve been avoided if Romeo wasn’t, well, Romeo. Even though the feud would still be going, maybe there wouldn’t be as many deaths. But if Romeo truly loved Juliet, he might’ve thought a little more rationally than he did in the play.
In the end, Romeo is responsible for five deaths, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Juliet and himself. Juliet kills herself because she is under different circumstances and does what she feels is the only option left. Juliet is courageous and strong in seeking advice and not being overly sensitive. Romeo is not only weak and foolish, but is responsible for the tragic death of his own and Juliet’s. Work Cited Shakespeare, William.
Romeo- Love causes Romeo to act impulsively and put himself in dangerous situations. For example, in act two scene two, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet grounds due to his love for Juliet. He loves her so much that he was willing to risk being caught by Juliet’s kinsman. If he was caught, a fight could have broken out, which would put Romeo’s life in danger. Also, he would lose his life due to the prince’s penalty. However, due to his intrusion of the Capulet party in act one scene five, it is Tybalt’s rage that jeopardizes Romeo’s well-being. This shows the intensity of Romeo’s love for Juliet, and how he cares more about seeing her than his own safety. For example, in act five scene three, Romeo kills himself because he believes that Juliet
While reading Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet” it is easy to see that everybody in the story is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Personally however, I believe that three of the main characters are more at fault then the other characters. First is Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Next is Benvolio, nephew of Lord Montague and Romeo’s other friend. Last is Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet Franciscan Priest. In a story of unorthodox love, family feuding, and violence, many are at blame for the deaths.
Who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? There are many opinions on who is to blame for the deaths of these "star crossed lovers." One of these opinions is that both Romeo and Juliet are equally to blame for their own deaths. Romeo nor Juliet knew how to resolve their own problems and went directly to Friar Lawrence. Whenever Romeo and Juliet failed to resolve their problem, their resolution was suicide. Romeo and Juliet also withheld the love affair between them, from their families.
Nobody forced Juliet to drink the potion, nor kill herself. Romeo also chose by his own free will to kill Tybalt and to drink his poison. The ill-fated lovers, the ill-disposed parents and the ill-mannered prince all contribute to the deaths. Because of their decisions and because of their behaviors and characteristics they play their parts in the conflicts. The Prince is to blame because he failed to fulfill his duty to the people of Verona.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is an action-packed play and has 3 main characters that can be blamed for the deaths, Tybalt, Capulet and Friar Lawrence. Tybalt’s aggressive and defensive behaviour caused him to be a point of blame in the deaths and made him responsible for his own death. Unsupportive and selfish behaviour causes Juliet’s’ father Capulet to be responsible.
Another reason Juliet is to blame for their death is shown when she says “O, think’st thou we shall ever meet again?”, after Romeo’s banishment showing that she just let him go instead of being with him even after foreshadowing her and his death. It can be argued that Benvolio may have influenced the deaths. In Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo commands Benvolio saying “Draw, Benvolio, beat down their weapons,” yet Benvolio fails to join in which leads to the death of Mercutio, Romeo killing Tybalt, and eventually, the death of Romeo and Juliet. It may also be argued that it was Friar John’s fault that they died. In Act 5, Scene 2, Friar John says “I could not send it,” talking about the letter informing Romeo about the plan to fake Juliet’s death, which led Romeo to think she was dead and kill himself and her waking up and killing herself.
Romeo says that his heart has never seen or found true beauty.He is at the Capulet party.Romeo said this about Juliet, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”(1.5.52-53). (That Romeo feel in love with Juliet to fast. So with that being the second reason that it is Romeo’s fault but the next reason will also show why it is his fault. He killed Tybalt which lead to his banishment and then Juliet wanted to kill herself because of it. Juliet is talking to the Friar because she doesn’t want to marry Paris. Juliet was telling this to the Friar, “Give me some present counsel; or, behold, Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire” (4.1.61-66). It shows that because Romeo had been banished that Juliet had to either marry Paris or kill herself. Which lead to the plan being made that Juliet faked her death and then with that plan failing. Which lead to Romeo drinking the poison and killing himself. Which made Juliet actually kill herself. So with that being the third reason Romeo is to blame for the death of himself and Juliet. That is why you need to be more
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, there are three people at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence, but the Friar is most at fault. All three people are at fault for different reasons. Romeo is at fault because he knew the punishment if he fought Tybalt. Juliet deliberately stabbed herself and the Friar put the idea of killing themselves in their head. All three of these people are at fault, but the Friar is most at fault.
When a tragedy occurs, the question often arises about who is responsible. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is the story of how two enemy families came in between their children’s love for each other. Because their love for each other was so strong, they both don’t make the best decisions. In the end the two lovers meet death and leave a big mark on the world we know today. The characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending of the play are Lord and Lady Capulet and Romeo and Juliet themselves.
Romeo’s decision to kill Tybalt is an example of Romeo’s irrationalism because the fight could have been avoided. Furthermore, this fight banished Romeo from Verona which resulted in many more situations which all led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Next, when Romeo drank the poison next to Juliet, he was very quick to act. This terrible decision killed Romeo himself, and once Juliet woke up, she was also quick to stab herself, causing her to quickly die. Lastly, Friar Lawrence did not properly think through his plan to give Juliet the potion which would mimic her death because the message to Romeo did not arrive, causing Romeo to kill himself. In conclusion, these characters are held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet instead of
How could he be responsible? One may ask, Just because he is a main character, it does not always mean he is not guilty for the two deaths, his own, ond juliets. Almost the second Romeo saw Juliet, he was madly in love. If Romeo would have got to know Juliet, it could have possibly turned into a different possibility. Plus he came to a conclusion very quick, he thought that Juliet tokk her life and Romeo, for some reason, had to take his own in return.”Is it even so? Then i defy you, Stars!”(DBQ:Prodject,2013) This is just one of the many things that made him
There are many people to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet including the fight between the Montague and Capulet.There is one character who is most to blame the the deaths, Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is the most responsible for the deaths.
His impatient heart does not allow him to think of others, and he does not think of consequences of his actions. When he sneaks up unto Juliet’s balcony, he is completely naive of what will happen to him or Juliet if he is caught in Capulet territory. Also, When he marries Juliet, he does not think of the consequences of the marriage; he completely ignores the fact that Juliet is from the Capulets. Romeo’s selfishness also shows when he threatens to kill himself in Friar’s chamber; and when he eventually kills himself at the end of the in front of Juliet without even checking her vitals. Romeo's immaturity is evident in his relationship with Juliet; he asks Juliet to marry him within 24 hours of meeting her. Even before he met Juliet he was immature, he was crying about a girl, who just dumped him minutes before he fell head over heels for Juliet. His immaturity and selfishness also ties into the fact of his ability to love
Romeo had a few character flaws that helped cause this. One of these was him going to the dance. If he had never gone to that dance then he would have never met Juliet, meaning the tragedy would have never happened. Juliet's father also had a character flaw that tied into this, he let Romeo stay after Tybalt told him that there was Romeo there who is a Montague. If he had listened to Tybalt then Romeo would have not met Juliet. Another one of Romeo's character flaws was a lot later in the story. He was told that Juliet had died and he rushed to her tomb. When he got there he said to himself that she did not look dead because she was not really pale and still had a reddish tint to her cheeks. If he would have been more observant he could have known that she did not actually die and that would have prevented the death of him and Juliet. Juliet also had some character flaws. One of them was her wanting to marry Romeo. She knew that she was not supposed to marry anyone from the Montague family because of the big feud. She ended up getting married to him despite the feud among the families. This marriage was where the Friar messed up. He should not have agreed to secretly get Romeo and Juliet married, he could have just told them no. Instead he got them married