Many people know the story of Romeo and Juliet. They know the tragedy of it, and the obscene love story. However, many people may have overlooked the people who have influenced, or are responsible, for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, indirect or not. The three characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending of the play are Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, and Tybalt.
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, can be categorized as a tragedy, or a love story. It is about a boy, named Romeo, who falls in love with Juliet. However, both of their families are feuding, and this causes trouble with their relationship. Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, forces her to be married to Count Paris, a wealthy man who is older than her. Juliet refuses,
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Firstly, he gave Juliet the vial of which contained sleep medicine so she could miss her wedding with Paris. However, at the end of the play, Romeo believes Juliet has died, and kills himself over it. When Juliet wakes up, she sees her love’s dead body over her, and decides to kill herself as well. From Act 4, Scene 1: “[Friar Lawrence]: When you’re in bed, take this vial, mix its contents with liquor, and drink” Furthermore, Friar Lawrence is the one that broke the news to Romeo that he has been banished from Verona. Even though this is completely indirect, Romeo seeks Juliet more, which only leads to the inevitable ending of the play. Overall, Friar Lawrence cleary contributed to the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, directly, and indirectly. His actions influenced both of them to lead to their …show more content…
If he would have not had such a hot-headed temper, Tybalt, as well as Romeo and Juliet, would be alive. First of all, Tybalt was eager to call Romeo a villain, even though Romeo simply didn’t do anything wrong. In Act 3, Scene 1: “[Romeo]: I’ve never done you harm. I love you more than understanding.” Tybalt then stabs Mercutio in a duel, and kills him. Romeo fights Tybalt and kills him for justice, and then he is banished from Verona. This is cause and effect. If Tybalt never killed Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, then he wouldn’t have been banished, and his love for Juliet wouldn’t have been strengthened. Ergo, Tybalt’s violence was a factor. In Act 3, Scene 1: “[Prince]: Romeo is herby exiled from Verona [for the killing of Tybalt].” Tybalt, clearly, contributed as equally as the other characters did. If Romeo was never exiled, and Tybalt never killed Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet alike would’ve never killed
Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was one of the biggest love story of all time. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets and the Montague had a big fight that made the families very angry at each other. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. The two couple marry and run away. In the process both of them will die. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet who are the top three people that caused the two to die. The two people that are chosen are Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet. Friar was chosen because he is the one that married Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet was chosen because she is forcing Juliet to marry Paris which is making Juliet want Romeo even more. The third thing
The main people that can be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet are Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo. Juliet is one of the main people to blame for Romeo’s death. In Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo states, “Thy drugs are quick. This with a kiss I die.” This reveals that he killed himself to be with her, not knowing that she was faking her death to avoid marrying Paris.
The corresponding syllabi.... ... middle of paper ... ... Also, the Friar failed to send word to Romeo that Juliet wasn’t really dead and by the time he got to the tomb, it was too late and Romeo and Juliet were dead. Friar Lawrence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he was a coward, secretive, and had a lack of communication with the other characters.
Love isn't always easy, not everyone has a happily ever after. The play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. In the play two young kids fall in love, there names are Romeo and Juliet. They are hopelessly in love with each other but there family forbids it so they keep there relationship a secret, which ultimately results in the death. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are caused by the Monteque and Capulet feud.
To conclude, Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. He was the one who married them in the first place. This caused Juliet to go into hysteria and vow to kill she would kill herself before being married to Paris. He did not go to Mantua so that caused communication issues with Romeo which ended up killing Romeo. Friar Lawrence fled the scene when he saw Romeo dead. He was also the only one who took the blame for everything. Friar Lawrence was very irresponsible, illogical and he is the main reason why the play Romeo and Juliet ended so
Friar Lawrence showed that he was impatient when he rushed everything and didn’t wait to see if Romeo received the letter, instead he gave her the potion. When she drank the potion and Romeo came to see her, he assumed she was dead and drank a poison and fell dead at her side, after awakening Juliet sees Romeo dead beside her and takes his dagger and says “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” And plunges the dagger into her stomach and too falls dead with her beloved Romeo. If Friar Lawrence hadn’t been so sympathetic with marrying the two and hadn’t been impatient when it came to the letter, Romeo wouldn’t have drunken the poison and Juliet would have never stabbed herself. In conclusion, the tragic death of young Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on their family and friends.
for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. There are many characters. who could be said to have some responsibility for the deaths of the two main characters, but in my opinion, Romeo himself, Friar Lawrence. and the Nurse are the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Before I go on to discuss the character who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, I will consider what the word blame means.
Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s stronger affections for each other because he married them and therefore binding their love. Friar Lawrence also came up with a risky solution to get Romeo and Juliet together for the rest of their lives without anyone knowing. However, it consisted of faking Juliet’s death and Romeo did not know she was not actually dead, but alive. Friar Lawrence’s messenger did not tell Romeo the plan in time because Romeo had already heard of Juliet’s death and had gone to her tomb to die with her. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the star-crossed lovers’ death because of his miscalculated
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of the lovers, because he was secretive, did not communicate well, and he was a coward. He had the potential to stop everything and prevent the death. If he only had thought things through, Romeo and Juliet would’ve survived. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet solely rest on the Friar’s shoulder. The Friar set up everything that happened and created a huge mess that could have been prevented.
Who is the blame of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, or is it nobody’s fault? In Romeo and Juliet By Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet are faced with many difficulties to get to their all time goal of marriage and a happy life. In the final act of the book Romeo and Juliet both decide to kill themselves. There were reasons that they decided to do that, so we have to keep in mind the events and people that are involved in any way to Romeo and Juliet’s life have to be considered a reason they have decided to commit suicide. In my opinion, the deaths were in fault of Friar Laurence, “The Family Feud,” and also the decisions of Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare introduced the audience to Friar Lawrence, in act one, as Romeo's mentor. Juliet was introduced to Friar Lawrence for her marriage to Romeo. Since the day Juliet met Friar Lawrence, she went to him for most of her challenging obstacles, "Tell me not Friar, that thou hear'st of this, unless thou tell me how I may prevent it." This quote shows how Juliet couldn't resolve her own problems, she depends on Friar Lawrence for her own fate. With resulting to Friar Lawrence all the time, if his resolution did not work she wanted to commit suicide. She believed her only choices were, trust Friar or commit suicide. "If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my knife I'll help it presently." This quote shows that Juliet will be eased with a knife through her own gut.
Although some believe that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death because he came up with the plan for Juliet to drink a liquid so she can be with Romeo, Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, is all to blame and is the reason the drama has happened. Friar Lawrence told Juliet, when in the chamber, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off,” (IV.i.93-94). Friar Lawrence wants Juliet to take this while in bed so that it looks like she collapsed and died. Although he wanted her take this, there was no other option, other than suicide. People of Verona thought she was dead, as did Romeo. Romeo wanted to be with Juliet, so he slain himself. Although all of this is true, Tybalt is still to blame for many reasons. Tybalt got Romeo banished from Verona from fighting. Tybalt started the fight. The Prince made an announcement,”And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence,” (III.i.185-186). Since the Prince banished Romeo, he can’t see Juliet anymore. Juliet came up with the plan with Friar Lawrence because of Tybalt causing this.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the three characters who are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Laurence, Lady Capulet, and Lord Capulet.
Friar Lawrence is directly at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence is at fault for the Romeo and Juliet’s death because he proposed the dangerous plan of giving the “poison” to Juliet when she threatened to commit suicide. In Act 4 Scene 1 Friar Lawrence says, “Thou has the strength to “slay” thy self… take thou this vial, being then in bed… a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress.” (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 4.1, 73, 95, 98-99.)
Everyone is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, and Romeo and Juliet’s parents all played their own role in causing the four deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Paris. It is not just one of them to blame, every one of them did something to cause the tragedy. Some of them played a bigger role than others, but everyone contributed. Fate had nothing to do with it and it was all the different characters faults. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence’s rash decisions where the main cause of the tragedy.