Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Taking Responsibility for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, the star crossed lovers, the perfect sadly losing

there lives for their great love of each other. The tragic death has

many characters to blame, but it is impossible to pinpoint the full

responsibility on one individual character. Many of the characters in

'Romeo and Juliet' blame each other, for example, the Prince blames

the two families and feud for their deaths. He believes that if

certain things were different than this whole mess would not have

occurred. If this terrible feud were not occurring than there would

have been no objection to Romeo and Juliet getting married.

"Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, see what a scourge is laid

apon your hate,"

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(Act5 Scene3 lines 291-292) (The Prince)

The most obvious character to blame in 'Romeo and Juliet' is most

probably Friar Lawrence, for it was him who invents the bizarre scheme

that will bring them together. Romeo puts his faith and trust in the

Friar and he treats him almost like his own father. The Friars

character is a very selfish one. At first he shows care and concern

for Romeo by not totally agreeing with Romeos actions and decisions,

for Romeo was not long ago in love with Rosaline,

"Young men's love, then, lies not truly in their hearts, but in their

eyes."

(Act2 Scene3 lines 67-68) (Friar Lawrence)

But as time progresses his thoughts change and he agrees to marry

Romeo and Juliet, His intentions were not for the best of Romeo and

Juliet but to gain prais...

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...s to dealing with situations she acts much more mature, and she

plays things much more safely than him. Although her character is very

open she, still make sure the decisions she makes in life are the

right ones. When she was about to take the potion she thought of all

the different scenarios and chose which one was best for her, this is

the complete opposite to Romeo.

One of the key issues of the play was FATE. .

One of the key issues of the play was FATE. You could say all of the

events had a certain path and that one thing lead to another. Overall

every single character is somewhat involved in the deaths of the

star-crossed lovers, and even though they did not kill them literally,

they all contributed in leading them in that direction.

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet" 1597. Clark and Wright