Romeo and Juliet’s Death in William Shakespeare's Play

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Romeo and Juliet’s Death in William Shakespeare's Play

All types of Elizabethan people would go to the theatre. The upper

class would sit in the galleries, while the poorer people would stand

on the ground around the stage. Some men would be allowed to sit on

the stage around the actors as they were performing. The audience

would throw things and shout at the actors. The theatre would be built

around a square or round courtyard.

Different audiences may think that different people were to blame for

Romeo and Juliet’s demise. Some people may think it is just one

person’s fault, and others may think it is a combination of people to

blame.

When Elizabethan society saw Romeo and Juliet, they would see it

differently to us. We generally feel sorry for the couple, and tend to

blame everyone else for what happened to them, but Elizabethan people

would have thought that Romeo and Juliet should have listened to their

parents, and should never have even met. However, I think that a lot

of people were to blame.

Firstly, Peter, the Capulet’s servant. He is illiterate, and he had

been given the job of inviting friends of the Capulets to their feast.

He can’t read the names of the people he’s meant to invite, so he asks

Romeo for help. He is so grateful to Romeo, that he invites him to the

feast without knowing that he is a Montague.

Mercutio is at fault because if he hadn’t forced Romeo to go to the

Capulets feast, Romeo would never have met Juliet. Also, later on in

the story, Mercutio gets into a fight with Tybalt. Mercutio is killed,

and Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge his friend’s death.

The Nurse is responsible because she encouraged Juliet, by delivering

the couple’s messages and even helped arrange the secret wedding.

Furthermore, she advised Juliet to marry Paris when she knew Juliet

was already married to Romeo by saying in Act 3, scene 5

“I think you are happy in this second match,

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