Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

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Who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? There are many opinions on who is to blame for the deaths of these "star crossed lovers." One of these opinions is that both Romeo and Juliet are equally to blame for their own deaths. Romeo nor Juliet knew how to resolve their own problems and went directly to Friar Lawrence. Whenever Romeo and Juliet failed to resolve their problem, their resolution was suicide. Romeo and Juliet also withheld the love affair between them, from their families. 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. …show more content…

Allowing the Capulets and Montaques to unite, preventing deaths of many including the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo confided to Mercutio of the marriage between he and Juliet, perhaps Mercutio would not have fought with Tybalt preventing them from their deaths. Romeo and Juliet were afraid of the wrong choices being made by their families, which led them to make the wrong choice of death by suicide. In the end, the Capulets and the Montaques reconcile and build a statue in honor of the love of Romeo and

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