Have you ever wondered why people commit suicide? Some of the common reasons for suicide involve relationships, family issues, big mistakes, and depression. Many reasons may be proposed for Romeo and Juliet’s suicide, however, the couple themselves are ultimately the blame for their death. The story of Romeo and Juliet involves issues with family and their relationship. Romeo is a type of character who falls in love easily and takes his love very serious. Romeo met Juliet at the masquerade ball thrown by the Capulets. Romeo went to the ball with Mercutio who was neither a Montague nor a Capulet. Mercutio was laid back and outgoing where as Romeo was serious. Romeo was not supposed to be at this ball because Romeo and Juliet’s family were enemies, so some people say that fate brought the two together.
Romeo and Juliet decided to seal their fate and get married the day after meeting each other. They declare their love real when Romeo is in the backyard and Juliet is up on the balcony and they are talking to each other. As Romeo swears his love by the moon stating, “Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear” (2.2 116). Juliet responds and says, “O, swear not by the moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable” (2.2 118-120). After this statement by Juliet she states “Do not swear at all; Or if thou wilt, swear by the gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, and I’ll believe thee”(2.2 122-125). She says this because she feels like he is the most important thing in her life. The two decided to get married after this which wasn’t the best idea without consulting their parents. This decision was a big part in the play because if they were to have told their parents what is the worst that c...
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...e taken the letter to Romeo himself meaning the plan would go through and Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself. More towards to the end of the play Friar Lawrence made another major mistake by leaving Juliet in her grave alone. It may not have kept her from killing herself but it would be a great influence on her not to commit suicide. If he were to stay in the grave long enough for her family to get her maybe she would see that a lot of people would miss her if she had killed herself. There was many situation that could have resulted in Romeo and Juliet not killing themselves.
In conclusion there were many people that could have done things differently to result in a different ending. No matter what is going on in your life there is no reason to commit suicide. You can always get help from someone. Things like this happen all the time, don’t be another statistic.
5. Juliet object to Romeo’s swearing on the moon because the moon changes every month and it would not be a strong thing to swear their love on. “O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb” (II-II-114-115)
Failing to uphold his end of the plan, causing the plan to fail and resulting with both Romeo and Juliet dying. Friar Laurence admits to being responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence made a huge mistake that he could have avoided himself, if only he had thought out his plan better. He trusted Juliet an unstable fourteen-year-old with a potion to make her appear dead just so she would not have to marry Paris. Resulting in the death of herself, Friar Lawrence had even said, "If…thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest." He should have been more careful, Friar Laurence's idea for Juliet was very risky and because of his own ignorance has ended up in tragedy. He also admits that he left the tomb and left Juliet there. The Friar knew that Juliet had previously threatened to kill herself, yet he still abandoned her with Romeo's knife. If the Friar truly cared about her safety, he would have forced her to come with him or stayed to prevent her from making any irresponsible
Primarily, the lazy and neglectful Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. First of all, Romeo discovers Juliet supposedly dead, unaware that she is actually not dead. Romeo is obviously not informed about the plan, Friar Lawrence’s thoughtlessness is clearly shown when Romeo says “Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! / Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on / The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! / Here’s to my love! [Drinks]. O true apothecary” (Shakespeare V, iii, 116-119). If Friar personally went to tell Romeo about Juliet’s plans, instead of promptly assuming that Romeo would get the letter, then Romeo would have not killed himself. The Friar should have taken the time and energy to make a face to face verbal exchange with Romeo, therefore it would have been merely impossible to
Juliet is to drink a potion to make her appear dead, and later wake to be free of the shame of marrying Paris. Here, Friar Lawrence is assuring Juliet that he will send a letter to Romeo, explaining their plan. Romeo doesn’t receive that letter, and he does not know what is to happen. Free will comes with great consequences. Friar Lawrence and Juliet inflicted their own wounds by not telling Romeo of their plan. If they had taken the time to make sure that Romeo got the information, their plan might have succeeded, and Romeo and Juliet would be free to marry each other. A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents. (V, iii, 154-155)
It wasn’t one thing that caused Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves but many separate factors that worked together to contribute to this sad ending. Like in life, many things are to blame for an incident, not just one. Three of the main reasons they died were, Friar Laurence's fatal mistake, their shared characteristic of impulsiveness and their families feud. This famous love story shows us that with almost everything, there is more than one cause.
Romeo, as a young adolescence, your brain is not fully developed, which may lead to regretful decisions. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, teens have a “tendency to act on impulse -without regard for risk.” Therefore, you may not see how irrational this idea is; although, you will when it is too late. Also, Friar Lawrence has devised a plan that reunites you and your Juliet. His plan is to fake Juliet’s death, steal her away in the night, and hide the two of you from your families so that you may live happily ever after. When you die in a matter of hours, Friar explains to both houses how the plan went wrong starting with how he gave Juliet a sleeping potion and he claims he, “intended for it wrought on her the form of death.” He continues to say, “Meantime I writ to Romeo that he should hither come as this dire night to help to take her from her borrowed grave.” Finally he pleas that, “Friar John was stayed by accident, and yesternight returned my letter back.” In my ghostly form, I witnessed him explain the unfolding of these events. Take it from me that making this impulsive decision is unwise and will only ruin Friar’s plan. In addition, poor Juliet is unfortunate enough to awaken to your
Firstly, he gave Juliet the vial of which contained sleep medicine so she could miss her wedding with Paris. However, at the end of the play, Romeo believes Juliet has died, and kills himself over it. When Juliet wakes up, she sees her love’s dead body over her, and decides to kill herself as well. From Act 4, Scene 1: “[Friar Lawrence]: When you’re in bed, take this vial, mix its contents with liquor, and drink” Furthermore, Friar Lawrence is the one that broke the news to Romeo that he has been banished from Verona. Even though this is completely indirect, Romeo seeks Juliet more, which only leads to the inevitable ending of the play. Overall, Friar Lawrence cleary contributed to the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, directly, and indirectly. His actions influenced both of them to lead to their
Instead of the friar’s plan he had in mind, Romeo is told by Balthasar about Juliet’s “death”: “her body sleeps in Capel’s monument, and her immortal part with angels lives”(v I, 19-20). Is looks like a straightforward accident that Balthasar told Romeo about his point of view of the event, by fate, Balthasar tells Romeo what he believes to be real, but this piece of false information he gave is the cause of the tragedy. After Romeo hears from Balthasar that Juliet is dead, he blames the stars (Romeo believed that his life was already planned in the stars), “is it e’en so? - then is defy you, star!”(V I, 25). Without know the plan of the friar, he had a plan to make end up with Juliet think it’s his fortune to die with his true love. Friar Lawrence’s plan is also broken because friar john was not able to send the message to Romeo: “I could not sent it, her it is again, nor a messenger to bring it thee/ so fearful were they of infection” (v iii, 14-16). Friar Lawrence’s plan being ruined, because of this small failure turned out to be deadly. Romeo, not know Juliet is not actually dead, make a huge incorrect decision, because he is ignorant, lead himself and Juliet towards their final stage of their planed life,concluding it
First, it was Friar Lawrence's fault Romeo and Juliet committed suicide. Friar Lawrence not only made one, but three mistakes that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. He had gave a poison to Juliet, he trusted someone else with a letter of great importance to deliver to Romeo, and he fled to Juliet’s tomb, instead of trying to help her. Friar Lawrence was planning for Romeo and Juliet to be together but it did not end well. Friar Lawrence made the mistake of trusting a unstable fourteen year with a potion.
He also tells Juliet that "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall hem come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua" (Act 4, Scene 1.) Unforeseen to neither the Friar nor Juliet that an error such as the one of Friar John’s would prove to be deadly. Poor Romeo was not able to receive the letter. Friar Lawrence plays a significant role in the plan for Juliet to "sleep."Friar Lawrence plays an important rule in the actual deaths of Romeo, Juliet, And Paris. Friar Lawrence is unable to reach Romeo with the news of Juliet’s "death." Romeo, thinking Juliet is dead rushes to Verona, but not before buying some fast poison.
...t life. Suicide is the most extreme manifestation of this fear of life. A more moderate manifestation of this fear is depression. Early in the play, Romeo is described as having depression like symptoms. As the love affair progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that Romeo can not handle life without Juliet. By the end of the play, he kills himself because he can no longer have Juliet. Romeo’s final act of suicide is not completely based on the death of Juliet. The depression he exhibits at the onset of the play is already exhibiting his desire to escape life.
The attempt that Friar Lawrence had made to fix up his wrong doings was a mistake and took a huge role in leading up to the two deaths. He had a second chance to come clean and tell the families the truth, but he chose to ignore that opportunity and came up with a plan that resulted in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. After Romeo had been banished, the plan that the Friar conjured up was for Juliet to take a potion which would make her appear dead.
...t on the spot, and are too immature. Romeo and Juliet’s spring of blind love quickly deepens and causes them to face situation that they have never faced before. They do not know how to handle their bizarre complications, as the story takes a quick, unpredicted turn and turns into a nightmare for them. Romeo and Juliet are forced to make rash decisions one after the other and do not consider the possible solutions other than suicide, causing them to look up to suicide as their only hope. Their bizarre complications are caused by their blind, immature, and excessive love and their act of taking their own lives is also caused by immaturity, idolatry for each other, and the shortness of time. Romeo and Juliet suicide at the end of the story, due to the shortness of time and the extremity of their love; they believe that they have no other options, other than suicide.
Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s stronger affections for each other because he married them and therefore binding their love. Friar Lawrence also came up with a risky solution to get Romeo and Juliet together for the rest of their lives without anyone knowing. However, it consisted of faking Juliet’s death and Romeo did not know she was not actually dead, but alive. Friar Lawrence’s messenger did not tell Romeo the plan in time because Romeo had already heard of Juliet’s death and had gone to her tomb to die with her. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the star-crossed lovers’ death because of his miscalculated
The National Library of Medicine’s website states that most people who commit suicide do so because they are “trying to get away from a life situation that seems impossible to deal with” (“Suicide”). This idea is prevalent in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, fall deeply in love at their first meeting. Unfortunately, it is not meant to be, due to the fact that they are from feuding families. They disregard the feud, however, and secretly marry just two days after meeting one another. After the wedding, Romeo runs into Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who hates him. They engage in a duel and Romeo kills Tybalt. He flees the scene of the crime. Later, he discovers from Friar Lawrence that rather than executing him for murder, the Prince of Verona has declared that he be banished forever. Instead of being relieved and grateful, Romeo laments his fate and claims that he would rather be dead than be separated from his dear Juliet. “There is no world without Verona walls but purgatory, torture, and hell itself” (3.3.17-18).