Romeo And Juliet Blame

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Are there limits to what can stop love? How far are you willing to fight for someone you love? The story of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare is a tragedy about two star-crossed lovers, whose love was doomed by fate, and both of their lives lost. It begins with a feud between two families. The Capulets and The Montagues, they've been enemies for years, but the love affair between two teens changes everything.

The story begins with telling you about the deaths of the lovers but not what led up to it. There are many people to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but the person most to blame would be the Priest, Friar Lawrence, who kept their secrets, and arranged for their marriage.

Juliet was a naive teen girl, daughter …show more content…

Tybalt, the capulet, kills Mercutio which leads Romeo to killing Tybalt. Once the capulets discover this they banish Romeo, therefore crushing his secret lover Juliet and dooming her to marry Paris. Friar Lawrence has the idea for Juliet to take a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead, just to avoid marrying Paris, which is a lot of responsibility for a naive 13 year old girl. “If…thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest” (4.1.72, 93, 98). This quote shows Friar Lawrence's is irresponsibility that leads to Juliet's being buried alive, and ultimately to her …show more content…

Later he receives a message from Friar John that says he was unable to deliver the letter to Romeo. “I could not send it, - here it is again, - nor get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful they were of infection” (5.2.14-16) This means that Friar John had been quarantined and Romeo knew nothing of Juliet's fake death. Friar Lawrence's is poor decision making arises here again, as he shouldnt have trusted anyone else with a letter of such importance, might he have done it himself things likely would have gone differently. Upon seeing Juliet's ‘dead’ body, Romeo consumes poison in hopes to be with her. Which again, wouldn't have happened if Friar Lawrence had not had the sleeping potion idea in the first place, this tragedy would not have happened. Friar Lawrence enters the room as Juliet is waking up and they are panic stricken with the sight of Romeo's dead body. Friar Lawrence fears being caught and abandons Juliet in the tomb, instead of helping her, or attempting to console her. “Stay not to question, for the Watch is coming; come, go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay” (5.3.158-159) Friar Lawrence's selfishness and carelessness is ultimately the death of the two teens as Juliet takes Romeo's dagger and wounds herself, “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there

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