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Simply a tragedy is an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe. A tragedy happens based on conditions that other people put you through. One person is rarely ever the only blame for a tragedy; its mostly because what other people put you through. In a famous Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet are a part of a tragedy that is not only their fault. Many people throughout the play are partially responsible for this tragedy, and influence it in ways that were not right. In Romeo and Juliet characters that take a part in this tragedy are Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, and Tybalt.

One of the major character that takes place in this tragedy is Friar Lawrence. The Friar involvement starts when Romeo asks him to marry him and Juliet. Friar seems to be solacing Romeo and Juliet , but he actually is not. Friar agrees to do it and keeping it obscured thinking that it may then bind the two families together as he says “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (2.3.91-92). Friar thinks he is making peace , but he is not keeping it a secret from both families leads to the death of both teenagers. Friar starts this when he gives Juliet the poison just because he does not want to take the blame for what's happening. Friar's lying and hiding Juliet’s fake death led Romeo’s servant who does not know think she is not dead telling Romeo. Romeo then kills himself because of him hiding, and doing stuff without actually thinking. Nevertheless, in the end everything is falling back to what the Friar does. Additionally at the end of the story when Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead and did not want to go back with Friar he just ...

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...which leads Juliet to fake death . Tybalt is a pernicious and a haughty character throughout the story causing the death of lots of people like Romeo and Juliet.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet would not have taken place without all the rancor between the two families . All the involvement of characters that are so blind thinking they are doing the right thing, but they are not. Sadly all these people trying to make things right leads to the death of the two lovers that wants nothing but each other. The Friar is trying to be as helpful as possible, but does not do the right thing. Lord Capulet taking away his daughter freedom without even listening to her, and listening to only his point of view is very likely to not end well. Tybalt craving for revenge leads him to destroying Romeo and Juliet’s life. All these three characters are major causes of the tragedy.