While it can be debated over whether who actually cause Romeo and Juliet's deaths, but based on textual evidence, I believe Friar Laurence is more directly involved with the deaths. In the play Romeo and Juliet, it is written so you decide who you think caused the two lovers deaths. Based on looking at the text, many people choose Capulet as the person who is most responsible for romeo and juliet's deaths. I think that Capulet was definitely a factor involved in the Deaths of romeo and juliet because he wanted juliet to marry paris , however it's Friar Laurence who has the responsibility of getting Juliet out of that situation. Consequently his ultimate failure was the final blow that pushed the events that led to their deaths into action.
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Romeo and Juliet, the Shakespearean playwright of two star crossed lovers, ends in two tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Who can be hold responsible for their deaths, when so many things went wrong along the way? Many could be held responsible for the deaths of the two lovers, but Romeo himself deserves to carry the heavier load of responsible for not only his death, but the death of his lover, Juliet as well. The young boy's acts of irresponsibility, impulse, belligerence, immaturity, and streak of bad decisions only brought definite consequences to both himself and Juliet. As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo's true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. "Here's to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick– thus with a kiss I die." Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive. Romeo is also extremely short tempered and belligerent. Often, Romeo resorts to violence when conflict occurs, he is quick to act out of rage. This goes hand in hand with how impulsive and irresponsible he is, which further supports that he was responsible for him and Juliet's death. Romeo kills Paris out of rage and fury, as violence has become a natural instinct or reaction for him. Romeo killed Tybalt as well, over a simple joke. That is two lives that Romeo himself his responsible for taking, is it hard to believe he could be responsible for his own as well as Juliet's, due to what we've seen him capable of over the course of the story. "O, I am slain if thou be merciful open the tomb lay me with Juliet." Romeo seems to be careless of any consequences he may face due to his
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Romeo and Juliet is a love story told throughout the ages.It tells the story of a love story that ends with fateful death. Though it only lasts four days, it has been remembered for hundreds of years. But, who was responsible for the deaths of the two lovers? Who ended the most well known love story of all time? Was is the parents of the families, or maybe the Friar who allowed them to get married? There are three points of their deaths: the foreshadowing, how it happened, and who was responsible. So, how did the fateful end of Romeo and Juliet come to be, and how did they actually happen? We know that everything started on "that fateful night", but how did things go south so fast? In quick summary, Romeo and Juliet meet at a party, but can't be together because their families are sworn enemies. But, they meet together, fall in love, and get secretly married by Friar Lawrence – all in three days. But trouble arises when Romeo is exiled for killing Tybalt and Juliet is set to marry Paris, even though she is already is to Romeo. So, she decides she would rather die than be subjected to marry Paris. So, she asks Friar Lawrence for something to help her, in which he gives her a potion that will make it seem as if she is dead, so she will be put in a tomb where she will later awake. Romeo is supposed to know that she isn't truly dead, but the letter fails to reach him. So, he buys a poison and rushes to her tomb to say farewell. After killing himself, Juliet wakes up to find Get more content
While the death of Romeo and Juliet caused a truce between their families, someone is still to blame for the tragic event. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about two star–crossed lovers who have a forbidden love, because of a feud between their families. They try many ways to make their love work out, including an intelligent plan made by their friar, but it go so well.. The two kill themselves due to a misunderstanding of events. Many characters in the story could be held responsible for the blame of the two lovers' death. A common debate is as to which are the main ones accused. The families of the starcrossed pair, and the fate of their love are to blame, but their Friar is carrying the most responsibility for their deaths. Romeo and Juliet's families, the Montagues and Capulets are forces held to blame for their children's suicides. Juliet's father, Capulet, scolds Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris, a bachelor prince her parents had set up for her. Juliet wants to marry Romeo only. "Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o'Thursday. Or never look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me. My fingers itch...(Document D)" Capulet is telling Juliet she must go to the church Thursday and marry Paris, if she tries to talk back again, he will hit her. Juliet's mother is also rushing her daughter's marriage. "Well, think of marriage now; younger than you. (Document B) " Juliet's mother is telling her she has
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