The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet

The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare the famous playwright and poet, wrote in the late

1500's, one of the most respected tragedies of all time "Romeo and

Juliet".

The play is about "two star crossed lovers" who are from rival

families and are doomed to die in a fate sealed by the cold shed blood

of friends and family. Romeo and Juliet first meet at a party and

afterwards arrange to get married the following day. Soon after the

wedding there is a big fight between the two houses and in the

confusion Juliet's cousin is slaughtered and Romeo is banished.

Juliet, whilst in hysterics about Romeo's banishment, seeks the help

of the able and slightly senile Friar Lawrence. The friar, being a man

of the church, agrees to help Juliet and arranges for her to sneak

away after she has drunk a potion which will make her seem dead to the

world for 42 hours. The plan goes according to plan until Romeo fails

to receive word from Friar Lawrence about the plan. Romeo hears of

Juliet's death and races back to Verona whilst stopping on the way for

some poison. Romeo arrives at Juliet's grave and drinks the potion, he

dies fairly quickly and as he is doing so Juliet wakes from her death

sees Romeo dead and stabs herself with his dagger. Such is story of

these to lovers destined to die.

This essay will look at each character involved in the play and their

lives to determine who is responsible for these two casualties of a

war between families that has been going on for generation after

generation. Could they have never had a chance as they were destined

two die from the moment that they were born because it was written in

the skies? This essay is here to answer that question. So join me

Chris Leydon on an epic journey of betrayal, deceit and lies as we

dive deep into the lives of Romeo and Juliet!

First of all we shall look at the parents and their responsibilities