William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
In this essay I am going to analyze and explain the details and reasons
behind the people who I have chosen to blame for both Romeo and
Juliet’s deaths. We can see that the two ‘star crossed lovers’ decided
to kill themselves due to several characters actions. I personally
believe that Tybalts character has to hold some of the responsibility
especially since he was keen to fight with the Montagues, furthermore
I also believe strongly that both Lord and Lady Capulet’s characters
must bare some of the burden as they had tried to pressurise Juliet
into marrying the character Paris.
The whole play was written around one poem which was written into 1562
by Arthur Brooke. This play was made so that it would be appealing to
all audiences by including tragedy, romance and comedy all into one
plot. An example of this is shown in the prologue, as this particular
part tells us what to expect in one short introductory paragraph. This
short piece of writing gives us a well described beginning, by
introducing such information, such as characters, into the story; this
gives the reader interest right from the start. For example, the
audience is told that Romeo and Juliet will die. This has an affect on
the audience as it gives them an opportunity to interpret the play in
there own way. This short effective paragraph even starts to introduce
the characters who are to be blamed for the two lover’s deaths.
The three main characters that I have chosen to blame for the deaths
of Romeo and Juliet are Tybalt and Lord and Lady Capulet. There are
several reasons behind each of my choices, and I am going to start
with Tybalt.
Tybalt is a nephew of Lady Capulet and he is exceedingly keen to fight
with the Montagues and also, he wants to attack Romeo at the Capulet
party. Later in the play he kills Mercutio, which insights Romeo to
kill him. Tybalt has a great effect on Romeo, and he stirs up Romeo’s