The Reasons for the Death of Romeo and Juliet
For hundreds of years people have argued over the reason for the death
of Romeo and Juliet. I think it has got something to do with fate,
chance, adolescent passion, feud and their fathers and a few other
factors.
There are many suggestions in the play that the deaths were destined
by fate. At the time the play was written people believed and praised
the stars just as people today use modern day horoscopes to predict
the outcome of their lives. At the beginning of the play the prologue
tells us that Romeo and Juliet are a pair of “star crossed lovers.”
Romeo believes what will happen will happen. “I fear too early for my
mind misgives, some consequence yet hanging in the stars.” Later on
when Romeo hears of Juliet’s death he cannot believe it and says,
“then I defy you stars.” Romeo says he feels his future is “hanging in
the stars” and he is “fortunes fool.”
Often in life things happen by chance. Throughout the play there are
many incidents that happen by chance. One of these is the accidental
meeting of Romeo and the illiterate servant Peter carrying the
Capulet’s invitation list. Romeo reads the guest list and finds out
that Rosaline, his true love, will be there. He decides to go to the
Capulet’s ball where he meets and falls in love with Juliet. If he had
never met Peter then he would never have gone to the ball and he would
have never met Juliet there. After the ball Romeo does not go home but
decides to hang about in the Capulet’s garden. By chance Juliet comes
out onto the balcony and starts speaking about the name Romeo. “O
Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?” and he answers from the
darkness. They talk about their love for each other. Juliet asks him
to marry her and she tells him to send a messenger next morning to
tell him the time and the place of the wedding.
The death of Mercutio is an unhappy chance happening.
Romeo is in love with Rosaline at the very beginning of the story and has just found out that she has taken the vow of chastity. Meanwhile Lord Capulet has given County Paris Juliet’s hand in marriage if he can wait until she is sixteen. The Capulets have a party so that Juliet and the Count can meet and he can then woo her. When Romeo and Juliet first meet they are at the Capulet party, which Romeo sneaks into. They fall in love at first sight without realizing that they are enemies. Fate brings them together and it is fate that they are enemies.
Romeo, heartbroken over his "love" Rosaline, and Juliet, an innocent girl. The two meet by fate, and instantly fall in love. This is where their lives started to go down, even though for them, they thought it was going to be the best thing ever! They split away from each other for the first time, but soon meet afterwards in the orchard, where Juliet's balcony is located. This scene is famously known as "The Balcony Scene". They speak to each other of love, kiss, and then finally- marriage is brought up. This makes everything even worse for them. Skipping a couple of scenes now, Romeo and Juliet are married now (Yay!), Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, and Tybalt is killed by Romeo. This puts their marriage in danger, because Romeo is
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The leading force, in my opinion, that led to Romeo and Juliet's death is the conflict between the two fathers, Capulet and Montague. It's because of this conflict that Romeo and Juliet feel they must hide their love, which, in the end, is the cause of their deaths. Because of this conflict, confrontations occurred and insults were thrown. Hatred is bred which is evident when Tybalt, who is Lady Capulet's nephew, joins the fight against the Montague family. Tybalt hates Romeo and doesn't hesitate to let it be known.
Mercutio, Romeo's kingsmen, invites Romeo to crash a Capulet party. Romeo at first passes on the offer, but then decides to go. The choice to attend the party made way for so many negative things to happen. The choice to attend the Capulet party gave him the opportunity to meet Juliet but also create more bad blood with the rival family. Essentially Romeo doomed himself right from the start.
The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Was it just one person’s fault, or a mixture? In this essay, I will include many different reasons as to why Romeo and Juliet die. I will explain in detail each point and put forward my own opinions. I will use quotes to back up each point and explain why the historical context is relevant.
Romeo and Juliet is a play that is a very well known love story of two star-crossed lovers that come from feuding families. The play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of two desperate lovers that come together and fall in love with each other despite their feuding families. Throughout the story there are many events that lead to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. The true question is not how they died but rather who is to blame for their death. There are three things at fault for their death which are fate, the Capulet family, and Friar Lawrence who is most responsible for this tragedy.
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
So it is likely that Shakespeare meant for fate to be the cause of Romeo and Juliet's death. I think that the family feud is the main cause for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If the families were not so hateful towards each other Romeo and Juliet would not have kept there love for each other a secret, and they would have no need for committing suicide. This also backs up the point that fate could be to blame for their deaths.
In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, many people lead to the outcome of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. The play is about a boy, Romeo, and a girl, Juliet, from two rival families that fall in love. The two families, the Montagues and Capulets, have been fighting for a long time and it affects the entire city of Verona, where they live. It is debated whether or not the deaths of the star-crossed lovers could be blamed on numerous people. The tragedy of their deaths was the faults of multiple characters and could have been prevented.
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Both Romeo and Juliet speak of the role of fate and chance, it plays a
Near the beginning of the story the Capulets hold a party and some Montagues show up including Romeo. Juliet's father lets them stay and soon Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. If they didn't have the party they would not have met in the first place. So Romeo and Juliet seem to get along and before the night is over they fall in love with each other and are basically inseparable. Juliet proposes which leads to a private marriage performed by Friar Lawrence. Soon after a day of meeting the two are
Two lovers lay dead on the ground. One with a wisp of poison on his breath, and the other with a dagger inside her. In the prologue, Shakespeare reveals to us that two star-crossed lovers die because of their families’ ongoing feud. When the two families discover what has happened and how they caused it, the families agree to end the feud and no longer quarrel. Was Romeo’s and Juliet’s death at the hand of the family in the form of fate, or did their choices cause this tragedy? In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, free will is more dominant than fate in the outcome of the play and is shown by Juliet’s actions, Romeo’s actions, and the actions of others.
Simon Virk Ms. Tsang ENG201-08 02/17/16 Unnecessary Suicide The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, published in 1597 by William Shakespeare, is a suspenseful and romantic story about two lovers whose love cannot part them from their feuding families. Although they were responsible for killing themselves, there are certain individuals who influenced them to commit suicide. Those who are most responsible for the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet include Friar Lawrence, for his selfish desire to be a hero, Capulet, for imposing an ultimatum and his disconnection from his daughter, and the Nurse, for her irresponsibility and betrayal to Juliet. Friar Lawrence’s unwise and poorly crafted plans led to the lover’s death.