Romeo And Juliet Who Is To Blame Essay

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Who is truly to blame for the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet? What motives were made to start the deaths that occurred?

Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. But they are of feuding families and cannot be together. Their families feud breaks them apart and forces them not to be together, leaving Juliet to marry Paris unless she can change what will come. Juliet drinks a potion given to her by Friar Lawrence and fall into a sleep that makes her seem dead. Then when Romeo find out about Juliet's death, he cannot live with the grief and buy poison. “These violent delights have violent ends”(2.6.9). Who are the ones to blame for the tragedies, Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are to blame for the tragedies.

Romeo is one to blame for the tragedy, because he pursued the forbidden fruit that is Juliet and his love for her blinded him from the dangers. “I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized Henceforth I never will be Romeo”(2.2.49-51). If Romeo weren’t a Montague, then it would be simpler for him and Juliet to be together, but since he is a montague, he has to be careful. Romeo jumps to conclusions too quickly and is impatient when he is awaiting news when he is banished. Some might argue that Romeo was only driven by love and wan not blinded by it. However
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Romeo and juliet were married behind their feuding families backs, which caused them to have conspire and want to run away. Paris dies at Romeo’s hand outside Juliet’s tomb, even though Juliet didn’t love him. Romeo and juliet die for the other, because they couldn’t live knowing the one they loved was dead. “Romeo, there dead, ws husband to that Juliet, And she there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife”(5.3.231-232). By being in love and striving to be together, the dug their own graves, while Paris made things worse by trying to have Juliet’s hand when she wanted