Juliet Is To Blame For The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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Before Shakespeare’s writings many plays and stories written could only be understood by the one who wrote it or those in the same community. Shakespeare introduced about 1700 new words that everyone around the country could use and understand easily. One of Shakespeare's best writes, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy about two star crossed lovers from two houses that highly despise one another. The two lovers do whatever they can to be together but it never seems to be enough, and in the end they decide the only way to be together forever is through death. I believe that Juliet is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet could have been easily preventable if Juliet simply would have married Paris. Lady Capulet says, “ What say you? Can you love the gentleman? This night you shall behold him at our feast. Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face And find delight writ there …show more content…

Juliet was very against marrying Paris though and she made sure to let her father know how she felt. He however replies to her emotions saying,¨Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fingers itch.—Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child, But now I see this one is one too much And that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!¨(3:5:160-168). When Juliet's father told her that they will disown her and how much of a disappointment she was for the family, this was a perfect opportunity for her to escape to Mantua and be with Romeo safely. Even with the perfect opportunity though, Juliet decided to stay and take extreme measures to be with Romeo. If she really loved him I believe that she would have taken the opportunity to be with

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