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

Who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet?

In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers fall in love despite their feuding families. Their love meets many obstacles, deaths, banishment, their parents and friends on their journey to the end. The Capulet and Montague families and their mutual hatred and their consequent actions, have a hand in the way the tragedy unfolds. However, the Montague and Capulet families action do not cause Romeo and Juliet’s death, rather they have a shared consequence in the matter.

Parents today are an important influence on their children. It is their job to teach them right from wrong, do the right actions, and make the best decisions. If they behave badly then their …show more content…
He marries the two lovers in secret knowing that their families are feuding and irresponsibly fails to consider the consequences of a secret marriage. He helps Juliet fake her death by giving her a potion to make her appear dead, but he fails to ensure that the message that Juliet is only sleeping gets through to Romeo. Consequently, Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead and kills himself. Friar Lawrence even agrees himself that he played a part in their deaths and he throws himself on the prince’s mercy. However, his decisions are not the primary nor the only cause of Romeo and Juliet’s …show more content…
Therefore, it could be said that it is their own poor decisions that result in their untimely deaths. Juliet makes the decision to run to Friar Lawrence for help. Friar Lawrence encourages Juliet to take the potion, but he doesn’t force her to take it. Juliet decides to take it of her own free will. It is Romeo who decides to kill Tybalt in anger and it is Romeo who kills himself in haste. Romeo was immature and too quick to fall in love. Juliet lies to her mum and insists that if Romeo doesn’t want to change his name to a Capulet then she will give up her name to become a Montague. She is saying that she will disobey her

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