Essay Who Is To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

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In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet tragedy is drawn from every aspect of the play’s characters and affects the outcome entirely. The play Romeo and Juliet has theme that is about a consuming love. It is a story of hatred overcome by that love, old hate versus young love, talking no thought for the past or the future, and this love ends in “love-devouring”. In dramatic literature, characters are responsible for the disastrous outcome. The events of Shakespeare’s play also depend on the characters of the people in them, not on an arbitrary fate, as it was the nature of Mercutio and Tybalt which caused the banishment of Romeo. Many people are at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, specifically Friar Lawrence, the couple's parents …show more content…

He wedded them together hoping to end the ongoing feud between their two families. When speaking to Romeo about the feud between their respective families, he says "But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love” (Act II Sce III). Friar Lawrence thought maybe this marriage will be fortunate enough to change the hatred of the two family into pure love. Moreover, instead of helping with the secret wedding he should have been wise and encouraging them to face their families with the facts about their love for each other and face the consequences of their decisions. As a result of wedding them together, a stronger connection between the couple was formed: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till holy church incorporate two in one" (Act II, Sce vi). Fighting continues between the Capulets and the Montagues, and Romeo is banished from the city for killing Tybalt. Friar wants to help Juliet avoid marrying her parent’s suitor, Paris, so he suggested the plan of feigning her death. Friar intend to get the message to Romeo, but it is tragically undelivered. Instead taking this hasty decision, and going through all this, He should have talked to the families. The families would

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