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WHO IS TO BLAME

“Romeo and Juliet” is a young couple’s play about love and hate, adolescent angst and death by Shakespeare. The continual feud between the Montague and the Capulet families results in ongoing conflict. There are many factors that are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence, fate and their parents can be held responsible for their tragic demise. But the lovers too, especially Romeo, makes some poor decisions. Miscalculation and accidents also play a part.

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THE FEUDING FAMILIES

The feud is responsible for the tragic deaths. They are born into enemy families and it is expected that both marry a person from the same family. There is a lot of ill-feeling and hatred between the two clans. The feuding families creates a malignant context for the lovers. The play is about ‘The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, which but their children’s end nought could remove. ’

When Juliet first meets Romeo she knows that their relationship is cursed because it is her fate to fall in love with a member of the enemy household. Juliet and Romeo are both determined to find a way to be together and get married despite their enemy status. Juliet regrets that Romeo is a Montague, but she asks, “What’s in a name”. She tells Romeo, “doff thy name … and take all myself.”

Marriage plans:

Lord Capulet insists on the marriage. (Act 4/1 and Act 3/5)

Lord and Lady Capulet force her to marry Paris without asking her opinion because they assume that she will obey them. They misunderstand the extent and purpose of her grief following Tybalt’s death. They think it is simply unhealthy.

When she does not obey their orders, Lord Capulet gets angry “Hang you, you minx! You disobedient wretch! I’ll tell you now: Go to the church on Thursday, or never look on my face again!” He is very arrogant and shows little concern for Juliet’s feelings. He accuses her of being ungrateful. This makes Juliet extremely unhappy and gives her further reason to be disobedient. As a result she consults Friar Lawrence.

MERCUTIO AND TYBALT

The continued brawling between clan members such as Tybalt and Mercutio directly leads to Romeo’s exile. BOTH Mercutio (Montagues) and Tybalt (Capulet) are troublemakers. Shakespeare constructs the two figures as mirror images of their different families. Both and Mercutio incite hatred and inflame the tension between the two clans. Both bear a grudge against each other. They both use words and phrases to deliberately offend each other.

Mercutio is just as provocative as Tybalt. When they meet in Act III, Mercutio states that “I care not” that Tybalt is coming and that they must prevent a fight. His language and his words are very inflammatory. In response to Tybalt he states “a word and a blow”. He deliberately misunderstands/ misinterprets Tybalt’s words, “consortst” as an insult. Tybalt deliberately uses the word “consort’st” because of its double meaning. As a result, Mercutio interprets this offensively. He is the one who draws his “fiddlestick” or sword first and prompts a fight. He refuses to listen to reason from either Benvolio or Romeo. He also refers to Romeo’s words of peace as “vile submission”.

Likewise, Mercutio hates Tybalt and provokes him to a fight when he asks if Tybalt, the “Good King of Cats”, is a coward, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk” (3.1)

Tybalt is also provocative and greets Romeo with the phrase “here comes my man”. Tybalt has a grudge against Romeo from the time he comes to the ball. He is stubborn, hot-tempered and provocative. Tybalt says he hates “peace” as he hates “hell, all Montagues, and thee.” He says to Romeo, “thou art a villain”, which refers to the fact that he is intended as an insult and refers to a man of inferior birth, as a peasant. He tells Romeo, “turn and draw”.

He also feels slighted that Lord Capulet seems to protect Romeo and state that he is a “virtuous” and “well-govern’d youth” with a good reputation. This seems to fuel Tybalt’s sense of inferiority, and, feeling slighted and aggrieved, he is constantly looking for an outlet to vent his anger on Romeo.

He derails R’s attempts to mediate between the clans. He exacerbates and aggravates the tension between the clans. He refers to Romeo as his “man” which is a pun on servant; it is demeaning. He states that he cannot excuse the “injuries that thou hast done me”.

Tybalt refuses to take Romeo seriously, when he states that he “loves thee better than thou canst devise”. He goes against the Prince’s orders when he provokes the brawl and kills Mercutio, thus provoking Romeo. He is so hot-tempered that he takes advantage of Romeo’s attempts to restrain Mercutio and stabs him. He recklessly and impulsively stabs Mercutio thus precipating a chain of action that leads to the death of both Romeo and Juliet.

When Romeo kills Tybalt, Romeo must flee. Because of his fiery nature, he becomes the catalyst for the ensuring tragic events. He lacks Romeo’s charitable attitude and peaceable nature.

Both Tybalt and Mercutio play a major role in Romeo’s downfall. They refuse to settle for peace. They deliberately use inflammatory words. They both want to fight.

ROMEO has a tendency to be impulsive and this contributes to his exile . Even Friar Lawrence tries to warn him that it is not good to be impulsive. Friar Lawrence is shocked that Romeo has so quickly changed his affection from Rosaline to Juliet. However, Romeo does display his love for Juliet when he tries to restrain Tybalt and states that contrary to expectation he “love(s) thee better than thou canst devise”

After Tybalt kills Mercutio, he decides that he must defend his honour and no longer shows control and restraint. He imagines that his love has weakened him. He worries that Juliet’s “beauty hath made me effeminate” and is determined to change this. He says let “fire-eyed fury be my conduct now”. Only when it is too late, he realizes how foolish he has been. He realizes he is “fortune’s fool” and doomed by their feuding families. Sadly, Romeo also panics when he sees Juliet in the casket.

THE TRAGEDY is a catalogue of errors originating in Fr L’s ill-hatched plan.

it was too sophisticated and risk-laden (despite its worthy aims) and ends up with disastrous consequences
he encourages Juliet to deceive her parents; she fakes death which is a very upsetting experience for her parents.
F L does not have any back-up plans; Friar John was waylaid by authorities and FL fails inform Balthasar who hurries to tell Romeo about Juliet’s death.
R ends up distraught and unable to think clearly: Romeo is too young and impulsive to evaluate the situation when it backfired

Ill-hatched plan

Friar Lawrence’s scheme is not well planned and is perhaps too sophisticated for the young lovers. Juliet blindly places her faith in Friar Lawrence and when the plan backfires both Romeo and Juliet are too young, naive and innocent to think of other remedies.

Friar Lawrence instigates the dangerous plan that has disastrous consequences, although love and peace are his main aims. He states that “ this this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love’ . Friar organises the risk-laden scheme which seeks to avoid Juliet’s hasty marriage to Paris. (Also he knows that Juliet is threatening to kill herself if he does not find a solution.) The plan appears simple, but it is full of risks.

It encourages Juliet to deceive her parents. She feigns death which leads to disaster upon the lack of communication with Romeo. Friar Lawrence’s scheme is not well planned and is perhaps too sophisticated for the young lovers. Juliet blindly places her faith in Friar Lawrence and when the plan backfires both Romeo and Juliet are too young, naive and innocent to think of other remedies.

He does not have any back-up plans. Friar John is held up by the authorities. He is unable to give Romeo the letter about Friar Lawrence’s scheme because he and another monk were delayed by the authorities and quarantined. (“Where the infectious pestilence did reign, Seal’d up the doors, and would not let us forth”.)

Friar Lawrence fails to inform, Romeo’s servant Balthasar, who hurries to Romeo with the news that Juliet is dead. He begs Romeo to show patience, which may have led to a different outcome. Pale and wildly impetuous, Romeo decides to go straight to her tomb.

When he learns about her “death” Romeo rushes to buy poison. In front of Juliet’s body he remains with their memories. He remembers the memory of her kiss: “Death, that hath suck’d the honey of thy breath.” After his death by “true apothecary”, Juliet wakes up and kills herself with a “dagger”

The rivalry between the M and C were the main reason for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Discuss.

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The simmering brawl between warring clan members such as Tybalt and Mercutio directly precipitates the chain of tragic events that leads to Romeo’s exile and the lovers’ death. Shakespeare constructs the two figures as mirror images of their different families which bear an ancient grudge that is difficult, or impossible, to resolve. Both Mercutio, a Montague, and Tybalt, a Capulet, are clearly troublemakers; both are antagonistic towards the Prince’s decree that … “if you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the price of it”. Initially at the masked ball, Tybalt is warned by Capulet to bury his resentment, but instead he is left smouldering from what he feels as an offensive intrusion by a Montague. During the later street encounter, Mercutio is just as provocative as Tybalt. When they meet in Act III, Mercutio states that “I care not” that Tybalt is coming and that they must prevent a fight. Shakespeare constructs the scene in such a way to show how their continued enmity obstructs reconciliation and peace. He employs puns that are used by both Tybalt and Merc to inflame the situation. For example, Mercutio deliberately misunderstands/ misinterprets Tybalt’s words, “consortst”, used because of its double meaning, as an insult. M is the one who draws his “fiddlestick” or sword first and prompts a fight. He refuses to listen to reason from either Benvolio or Romeo. He also refers to Romeo’s words of peace as “vile submission”. Likewise, Mercutio hates Tybalt and provokes him to a fight when he asks if Tybalt, the “Good King of Cats”, is a coward, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk” (3.1) Eventually the death of M and then Tybalt leads to Romeo’s exile and the ill-hatched plan of Friar Lawrence.

If Mercutio and Tybalt act as catalysts, Shakespeare also depicts Lord Capulet as a contributing partner to the tragedy owing to the misuse of his power and authority. His misguided arrogance and despotic nature seal her fate owing to the hasty order to marry Paris, in complete disregard of her wellbeing. Whilst there are some redeeming features to Capulet such as his conciliatory attitude displayed towards Romeo at the masked ball, Shakespeare does place considerable emphasis on his unreasonable order to hastily marry Paris. He clearly misunderstands Juliet’s wishes and the purpose of her grief following Tybalt’s death. Shakespeare depicts Tybalt as clearly sharp despotic ordering her to marry. “Hang you minx …” (quotes…) Shakespeare continues to show how the misuse of his authority and power, which could have been used to solve the feud, instead contributes to the tragic chain of events that leads to the death of the lovers

Whilst most members of the feuding families have a direct influence on the outcome, Friar Lawrence’s ill-hatched plan has an indirect influence on the hasty deaths of the lovers as Romeo is bound for exile. However, in the scheme of the play, Shakespeare would suggest that his role, whilst unfortunate, is less blameworthy because of his motives to secure peace. Also, he acted in the best interests of the lovers aware of the depth of their feeling. (Quotes for F L …) However, the plan was nevertheless too sophisticated and risk-laden to withstand the degree of bad luck and unfortunate circumstances. … the passionate lovers took drastic and impetuous measures.

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Getting Real: Lessons in Romeo and Juliet’s Life

I received this letter from a former student:

Dear Teacher:

You may not remember me. I was in your English class years ago. Because of conflicts at home and troubles at school, I decided to drop out. I had no intentions of attending your class that day, but the truant officer was guarding the exit to the school and I couldn’t leave. Thank goodness! Your Romeo and Juliet character analysis lesson, the one about assessing the blame of Romeo and Juliet characters, saved my life . Up to that point, I saw everything as black and white. After your lesson, I realized there were gray areas and that things could be worked out. Because of you I went on to become a clinical psychologist. Who would have thought a character analysis of Romeo and Juliet could have had such a profound effect?

I don’t remember Phil, but I do remember that <em>Romeo and Juliet</em> Characters lesson plan:

This lesson makes an excellent review of <em>Romeo and Juliet</em> .

Whatever you do, don’t tell students they’re doing a character analysis of Romeo and Juliet . Tell them they get to blame Romeo and Juliet characters. Teenagers love to blame.

Instruct students to copy the following Romeo and Juliet characters’ names, leaving at least three lines in between: Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Tybalt, Mercutio, Lady Capulet, Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence, Nurse, Montague, Prince Escalus, Paris, Fate, Friar John, Rosaline.
For each character, find at least two pieces of evidence to explain their guilt in Romeo and Juliet’s death.
Instruct students to rank the characters’ blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death by assigning each character a number, with the number 1 being the most responsible.
Assign students into groups of four.
As a group, instruct students to compile a list of their top 5 most responsible for the young lovers’ deaths, and their reasons for the assignation. Groups must come to a consensus. Students must be prepared to defend their answers.
Make a chart on the board to record each groups’ answers. Include your answers on the chart. I’ve included an example on page 2.
Discuss the results. Pay special attention to anomalies and force groups to explain their choices.

My Character Analysis of Romeo and Juliet, Part 1

1. Friar Lawrence: Friar Lawrence’s plans were irresponsible and reckless. Ecclesiastical leaders, in addition, should be held to a higher standard.

2. Romeo: As a husband, Romeo really needed to step up and control his emotions. How’d you like this guy governing your family, or teaching your children, or handling your investments?

3. Lord Capulet: Capulet needs to stop slapping his daughter around and start listening to her.

4. Nurse: Come on, Nurse. When Juliet needed you most, you deserted her. I hope you enjoy the rest of your miserable life, you traitorous wench.

5. Friar John: Come on John, your boss sent you on an important assignment and you dilly-dallied at some sick guy’s house. Champions find a way to get it done. You’re no champion.

6. Tybalt: I have an idea, Tybalt. Shut your mouth! Romeo was sincere. He really did like you, but you thought he was a sissy. As it turns out, you’re the bigger sissy because he carved you up.

7. Mercutio: Hey dummy, it wasn’t Romeo’s fault you got killed by Tybalt. It was your fault. You’re the idiot who ran his mouth one too many times. You got exactly what was coming to you, so rot in hell!

My Character Analysis of Romeo and Juliet, Part 2

8. Montague: Do you even remember why you hate the Capulets?

9. Paris: Dude, she doesn’t like you! If you wouldn’t have forced her to marry you, she would not have taken such drastic measures to escape. Hint: if a woman fakes her own suicide to avoid marrying you, she probably doesn’t want to marry you.

10. Escalus: Did you bother to think of the ramifications of your ridiculous law? Instead of pronouncing threats, perhaps you should spend some time coming up with a solution. Have you ever heard of diplomacy?

11. Lady Capulet: How about a little sympathy for your daughter, you floozy?

12. Juliet: Granted, she stabs herself, but let’s look at this from her perspective: she’s 13-years-old. Her husband’s been banished; she’s been forced to marry someone else; her best friend deserts her; her mother has turned against her; her father beats her; she wakes up in a tomb next to her dead husband; and in a panic, Friar Lawrence, the last of his many stupid choices, deserts her. Add the whole women have no rights in 13th century Verona angle, and Juliet has no reason to live.

13. Rosaline: It’s not Rosaline’s fault she’s hot. She was sensible. Romeo was a loser and she knew it.

14. Fate: Poor choices, not fate, lead to their deaths.

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Why Are Romeo And Juliet To Blame For Their Deaths

Romeo and Juliet’s death could be seen as a consequence of many peoples actions, their own included. Directly and indirectly people could be blamed actions have consequences whether they are disastrous or beneficial depends on the primary action. There were many actions that can be seen to be helping but in truth aren’t. Romeo and Juliet is a story of how two young people fall in love at first sight, however due to a long lasting feud between their respective families, their love has to be secret.

As they are not permitted to share their forbidden love they go about finding and implementing ways to see each other. Romeo and Juliet’s downfall results from a plan to be together that goes wrong. But many people can share some blame for their deaths.

Romeo himself carries a large proportion of the blame as he is a heavy influence where Juliet’s actions are concerned. Romeo does things to take the lovers one step closer to their death.

The first major action that Romeo takes is making an appearance at the Capulet household for a party, uninvited. This invokes two further incidents; Romeo meets for the first time and falls in love with Juliet Capulet , and Romeo is also spotted by Tybalt. Tybalt is enraged by this insult and tells his uncle Lord Capulet about Romeos presence, “Uncle, this is a Montague,our foe…” although Romeo is spotted nothing comes of it as Lord Capulet wants to see his party guests have an evening without any drama.

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After the party, Romeo goes back to Capulet mansion in search of Juliet’s window, to which he succeeds in finding. After talking for a while Juliet wants to go and tries to arrange another meeting, however Romeo thinks he is being left “…so unsatisfied…” , but Juliet is chaste in her ways, so Romeo ask her for ” Th’ exchange of thy loves faithful vow for mine”, to which Juliet agrees and they are wed the following day. By Romeo going in search of Juliet this leads her on even more to the point of engagement, and can be seen as an irresponsible, even immature activity showing his naivety.

Why Is Lord Capulet Not To Blame For The Deaths

Juliet’s naivety can be seen as the main reason she could be accountable for the deaths of the lovers. Her naivety can be broken down into several points; first of all Juliet did not have to keep her relationship with a foe however as she was naï¿½ve, she may not have been able to see past the “love” that she thought she and Romeo shared. By taking the potion and following Friar Lawrence’s plan is again an example of Juliet’s naivety. By following the plan to be with Romeo but without having a main input on the plan itself. Juliet admits herself that she can be of no good by saying “if in thy wisdom thou canst give no help” this shows that she could have no input even if she wanted to. If Juliet had told her parents they may have been understanding about the situation however she assumed that they wouldn’t be and avoided telling them and they had to find out for their selves, enraging them.

Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague have a large part to play in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Reasons they could be held partially if not completely responsible may include; The initial fued between the families, created a hatred to anyone linked by blood or service between the families. This tells us that even if Romeo and Juliet admitted to their parents that they had been seeing each other and told them of their desire to be wed , they may have taken a negative attitude to the situation and to the opposing family and it would have been harder for Romeo and Juliet to see each other if they were allowed at all. The Capulets put pressure on Juliet to be wed to Paris, Juliet does not like this idea at all, so is willing to try almost anything to avoid having to be wed to Paris and be with Romeo who is already her Husband, this pressure forces Romeo and Juliet to devise the plan which leads to their lives ending. The impression Romeos parents create is one that shows that they don’t know Romeo all too well this is shown when the Montagues turn to Benvolio to find where he has been going in the mornings. This is best shown towards the start of the story, lady Montague asks Benvolio “O where is Romeo, saw you him today?” this shows concern, however most parents prefer to know the whereabouts of their children.

Tybalt continued violence into the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, ever since the party he had an individual score with Romeo so the hatred was in effect doubled, his fiery attitude caused the fourth civil brawl between the families, he confronted Romeo who did not want to fight but to be nice, in the end this brawl causes two casualties Mercutio and Tybalt, Tybalt is killed by Romeo as he Killed Mercutio, Romeos best friend. As this was the 4th civil brawl Romeo is exiled, as before warned by Prince . This distance between Romeo and Juliet, makes them long for each other even more so, forcing their plans to become more drastic.

Friar Lawrence can be seen as partially responsible too. By marrying the two families together Friar Lawrence could have turned the feud two ways, to either resolve or it may have gotten worse. Also he devised the final plan that immediately caused the deaths. The plan was simple but bad timing and miss communication brought about the tragedy. Romeo kills himself slightly before Juliet Awakes, once Juliet arises and realises Romeo is dead, she too wants to die, this is evident as Juliet says, “…And left no friendly drop, to help me after”. Many peoples actions can be seen to be a main cause or reason behind Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Proportions of blame can be labelled to certain people or all can share an equal amount of blame.

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Why Is Romeo To Blame For The Deaths

Romeo and Juliet are two lovers whose deaths have been attributed to the actions of several people who stood in between their love. The decision by Romeo’s father to exile Romeo after he kills Tybalt is considered a major reason for Romeo’s suicide because Romeo now knows that he can never be with his true love, Juliet. Romeo also blames the events of the play on Romeo’s friend Paris, who simply decides to marry Juliet after Romeo kills himself.

Lady Capulet is also blamed for Romeo’s suicide because she forces Juliet to marry Paris. Romeo blames Benvolio for bringing Romeo back to Verona knowing that Romeo would never be able to see Juliet again. Many critics say that Lord and Lady Montague share some of the blame as well since they are poor parents who allow their children to run free without any supervision or guidance.

The characters may argue over who is truly responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, but it is impossible to pinpoint one specific person at fault. Although Romeo would not have killed Tybalt if his father had not exiled him, he probably would have ended up killing himself anyways. If Romeo had not killed Paris then Juliet would have died of grief when Romeo killed himself. Romeo was too young and impulsive to be able to deal with his problems alone, which is why Romeo’s friends blamed themselves for his death.

Romeo’s parents are also to blame because they did not know how Romeo felt about Juliet so they probably could have prevented all events in the play from happening if they simply paid attention to their son. Lady Capulet is also at fault because she forced Juliet into marrying Paris after Romeo committed suicide. These characters are all responsible for some aspect of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, but it is nearly impossible to determine one specific person who caused their murders or suicides.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers. After Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead, he commits suicide in order to be with her for eternity. Romeo and Juliet was not the only ones to die; Romeo’s friend Mercutio also dies at the hands of Romeo after Romeo mistakes him for his enemy Tybalt. Tybalt, Romeo’s cousin, later dies in a duel during a fight between Romeo and Tybalt. So who is responsible for all these deaths? Was it Romeo or Tybalt who caused them?

The main character in Romeo and Juliet is Romeo Montague. He falls deeply in love with Juliet Capulet but her family will not allow them to marry because Romeo’s family is the enemy of Juliet’s. Romeo and Juliet, secretly married by a priest, believe that they can carry on their love as long as Romeo does not reveal his true identity. Romeo has a very short temper at times and it gets him into many fights with other characters in the play. He seems to be very impulsive and reckless; for example Romeo kills Mercutio at the party after Romeo thinks that Mercutio was killing Tybalt (Mercutio wasn’t actually harming anyone).

Romeo and Juliet are characters who have had to deal with very unfortunate situations. The outcomes of which, are tragic deaths because of the miscommunications that occurred between Romeo and his friends, Romeo and Juliet themselves, or Romeo’s friends and Juliet’s family. Throughout this play Romeo is faced with obstacles in which he must overcome to ensure happiness for himself, but each time something occurs leaving him at a point of no return; too far gone to be saved. He dies in the end due to his own selfishness.

Romeo was given chances here and there in which if he would change his way of thinking and alter the paths he took in life could’ve resulted in a positive outcome leading Romeo down a path toward happiness instead of destruction. Romeo was a young boy but he acted as if he had more experience in life than what Romeo actually had. Romeo’s friends brought him down to their level, they were the people who Romeo should be spending his time with. Romeo was always capable of having positive influences in his life, Romeo just needed guidance and that guidance came in the form of Friar Lawrence.

Romeo is not at fault for Juliet’s death because all her actions are planned out by her parents, she was forced to do something she didn’t want to do. If Juliet wasn’t told what to do by her parents Romeo may have never met her causing them both to live happy lives without each other, but unfortunately this isn’t how it works here. Romeo being in the wrong, Romeo and his friends breaking into Juliet’s party while she was taking a sleeping potion. Romeo should’ve known better than to think that something like this would work out for the good.

Romeo needed to take Romeo’s time in trying to get close with Juliet because if Romeo never got caught by her father they would’ve been able to be together possibly living happily ever after. Romeo carries responsibility for Mercutio’s death because Romeo gets mad at Benvolio for not fighting Tybalt then he goes off on his own resulting in him killing Tybalt which eventually makes Romeo kill Paris leading up to Mercutio being stabbed by Romeo who is filled with anger from Romeo killing Tybalt.

Eventually when Romeo finds out about Mercutio’s death Romeo decides to kill himself because Romeo feels as if Romeo is responsible for Romeo’s death. Romeo had a lot of chances before this that could have led him down a path toward happiness instead of destruction which Romeo never took. Romeo was given headaches from Lord and Lady Capulet, especially Lord Capulet who also wanted the life of Romeo to be taken away from him because Lord Capulet blamed Romeo for what happened between Romeo and Juliet.

This caused Romeo to reconsider decisions he made in life such as meeting with Juliet under the balcony or going on adventures with his friends rather than staying safe at home. In conclusion Romeo is not at fault for the deaths of either Romeo or Juliet because they both had their own self-destructive ways Romeo may have controlled Romeo but Juliet was always in control of Romeo. Romeo and his friends are not to blam for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they were young like Romeo therefore they didn’t understand how dangerous their actions were until it was too late.

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Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare Who is to blame for their deaths?

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Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

Who is to blame for their deaths?

Rome and Juliet by Shakespeare is a tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers whose lives come to a tragic end. In this assignment I intend to explore the question, ‘Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?’ There are many characters that may have helped or hindered the situation between them. The social context that is the backdrop to the play and the parental expectations of each noble family will be explored as this assignment develops.

The feud between the two households, Montague and Capulet, underlies the entire tragedy and is the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The feud was the setting of the tragedy. Without it, Romeo and Juliet would never have had to keep their marriage and love a secret. The feud aggravated the characters to express anger towards their enemies, which resulted in fights that ended fatally and these fatal fights lead to the fatal deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

During the course of the play, Benvolio often emerges as the peacemaker. We can see right from the start when he tries to stop a brawl between the servants of two families in act 1 scene 1, “Part fools. Put up thy swords, you know not what you do,” He fights only when he is attacked, “I do but keep peace. Put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me.” At the beginning of the play, due to his nature, he persuades Romeo to gate crash the Capulet’s party to take his mind off Rosaline. “Compare her face with some that I will show. And I will make thee think thy swan a crow,” Is what he tells Romeo. It is because of him that they met. Although he had good intensions, it was the beginning of the end for Romeo and Juliet. In all, I believe it not to be entirely Benvolio’s fault although the fact that he was immature enough to tell Romeo to gate crash a party. If this had never of happened then the outcome would have been totally different.

On the other hand Tybalt, a relative of the Capulet’s, and a rash hot-blooded young man is always up for a fight. In act 1 scene 1 he argues with Benvolio instead of helping to resolve the feud, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee,” Then he continues, “Have at thee, coward!” This leads me to believe he is one of the key factors in the deaths, as if he had accepted peace instead of fighting then the whole tail would have turned out different. And the fact he hates the Montagues so much he set out to hurt or kill the peacemaker instead of making peace. Ever since he first caught sight of Romeo at the party, his immediate instinct was to intimidate him into fighting him even though was told by Lord Capulet to “Be the man!” he still sets out to intimidate Romeo into a fight, “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me, therefore turn and draw,” and will not let what he saw at the party be forgotten, “This intrusion shall now seeming so sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.” The grudge Tybalt holds, as illustrated by this quote, does bring about much pain, in the form of Tybalt's, Mercutio's, Romeo's, Paris's, and Juliet's death. He also ignored what the Prince had warned. If Tybalt obeyed the Prince and Lord Capulet the outcome may have changed because Mercutio wouldn’t have died, which triggered off all the bad times, the pivot point. His behaviour hindered the situation at hand and he could have helped resolve the whole feud by simply walking away from the fight.

Similarly, Mercutio, a strong, wilful and loyal friend of Romeo, was looking for trouble. He antagonises Tybalt by insulting him and encouraging him to fight. When he died he was standing up for Romeo because Romeo wouldn’t fight. He finds Romeo embarrassing because he wouldn’t fight and possibly confused to the reason behind it; I know this because he says, “Oh calm, dishonourable, vile submission.” And has to turn to fight Tybalt himself or Romeo may have been injured.

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He uses humour a lot which Tybalt may have found patronising and didn’t help the situation. He says, “Here’s my fiddlestick, here’s that shall make you dance,” as he draws his sword. And when he dies he says, “Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man.” He died simply because he fought Tybalt instead of following Benvolio’s instructions to leave the site and the Princes orders not to fight. He was also standing up for himself as he was insulted by Tybalt, as Tybalt says that he “consortest with Romeo.” But the main factor of this fight seen happened to be Mercutio cursing the two households. This could be THE factor that contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet. But should he have left the site would Romeo have died in the fight?

Juliet's Nurse who is closer to Juliet than her mother is; she nursed baby Juliet and most probably breast fed her, which was a typical thing to happen in those days. She is a comical character, who mourns over her lost daughter and husband, yet constantly delivers sexual jokes. Always talkative and playful, she urges Juliet to “seek happy nights.” The Nurse also provides support for Juliet and knows about her marriage to Romeo. I believe she acted irresponsibly when she found out about marriage with Romeo. All she wanted Juliet to do was have a good time, have a boyfriend and just live life as she wants. But she should have put a stop to the marriage. She knew what would happen if Lord and Lady Capulet found out and did nothing to stop it. In my opinion she hindered the situation. Although immediately after the fight that caused the death of Tybalt, she changes her mind and asks if she will “speak well of him that killed your cousin?” So she tries to turn Juliet against him and continues by saying, “Romeo is banish’d, and all the world to nothing…I think it best you married with the county. O, he’s lovely gentleman. Romeo’s a dishclout to him.” So she is implying that Paris is so much better than Romeo and she should move on. All she wanted was the best for Juliet and give as much love and support as she had done in the past.

Further more Friar Lawrence who is Romeo's friend and advises him in many ways; he is wise and practical, with good intentions although he is a bit short-sighted when he gets the idea. He was worried about Romeo when he had not slept and found another girl so easily after being so madly in love with Rosaline. The Friar marries Romeo and Juliet in an attempt to bring peace to their families. Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is necessary to help someone or in this case the whole of Verona. When he marries Romeo and Juliet, he is risking his reputation as a Friar, in those days priests were very highly thought of and respected, so he can help the two lovers families come together and stop the “ancient feud”. Also, when he says “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink though off,” He tells Juliet to drink a potion that gives the effect that she is dead and avoids her marriage Paris. In the end it goes horribly wrong as the letter he writes never gets to Romeo. He is the key part in the death of Romeo and Juliet, even though he set out with good intentions. He should have acted more maturely by not going ahead with the marriage or at least telling the parents.

Alternatively, Lady Capulet saw this as an opportunity to join with royalty but Lord Capulet initially wanted to keep Juliet in the household for another two years or “two more summers wither” as he puts it. But soon changes his mind. If he had kept to his first opinion then she wouldn’t have had to drink the potion. When he had changed his mind he began to pressure her into the marriage and threatened her with “get thee to church on a Thursday or never look me in the face” as did Lady Capulet. If Juliet’s parents hadn’t pressured her into the marriage and listened to what she wanted then she wouldn’t have had to drink the potion and the series of events would have been altered. Although in those days this might not have been moral, as the daughter was the fathers possession until she married so she should have obeyed her father’s wishes.

Romeo’s behaviour however, was not always rational as he quickly changed his mind from being madly in love with Rosaline, “In sadness, cousin I do love a woman” and then we changed his mind and married Juliet he never told anyone of their marriage. It was due to this fact that, Tybalt and Mercutio engage in a duel. Romeo tries to stop the duel when he says “Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier down” and also when he says “Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons. Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath forbidden bandying in Verona streets; Hold Tybalt! Good Mercutio!” As Romeo holds Mercutio under his arms, Tybalt stabs Mercutio. Mercutio then responds, “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses!” Romeo is outraged and saddened by Mercutio's death and through rage he attacks Tybalt and kills him. Romeo's punishment for this act is banishment from Verona. If he had let Tybalt go after he murdered Mercutio then Tybalt would have been executed and the story would have changed dramatically.

In my opinion fate was the largest role in the play. I don’t believe in fate but this is but a story. Fate brought Romeo and Juliet together and it forced them apart. Shakespeare hints at the fact that fate has a role in the play through one of Juliet’s lines, “Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” She sees Romeo dead in a tomb, which is where he eventually ends up in the end of the play, beside her. This why she talks about Romeo being so low in a tomb, he's dead, and she has foreseen it, before it has even happened. How could she have seen the future if it wasn't already decided for her? The answer is she probably couldn't have. The prince at the start of the play says, “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets...If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” Which also hints at something going to happen which has already been decided. Romeo and Juliet’s actions may have been predestined, but they were their own. They may not have realized the consequence of their love, but even if they did, they didn't care. Things happen because of fate, and actions happen because of things. It's a never ending circle of actions. Each depends on the other, yet each has the power to affect everything on its own .

In conclusion, from the very beginning, the love of Romeo and Juliet was destined to be destroyed. Not by one man alone but due to fate. It is tragic that both these people had to die. There were circumstances throughout the course of their lives that led up to their deaths. It is impossible to pin point the specific person to blame for the two deaths. The reason behind this is one thing leads to another and that couldn’t have happened without the previous incident. If the families had not been feuding and Friar Lawrence’s plan had worked, the outcome of this story may have been different, although fate could not be changed. The murderer in the case of Romeo and Juliet was, over all, fate. “For never was there a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo”.

From this powerfully written play I have learned how the social context has such a dramatic effect upon the feelings, actions and generally the everyday life of people. If there was no feud between the families maybe they would never have met or hated each other or have lived happily ever after. Maybe if the families we’re great friends they would have been made to marry each other and killed themselves because they didn’t want to marry.

I believe all our lives as individuals would be different if we came from a different background, a different place to live or a wealthier background.

I have also learnt that feuds should never be long lasting. One party should have the maturity to attempt at making up and if that fails, have the maturity to leave the situation and let it die out. There should be no wrong in trying to make up whatever the reason was behind the feud in the first place. This is why I believe in ‘forgive and forget’ because in the end people will get hurt due to immaturity.

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Original Italian Tale vs. Shakespeare’s Tragedy

The story described in Shakespeare’s tragedy is based on the Italian tale that was translated into English in the sixteenth century. Original version represents situations and lines from Romeo and Juliet lives.

Shakespeare added a few more main characters: Mercutio, Paris, and Tybalt. Numerous researches state that Shakespeare used three sources to write his tragedy: a novella Giulietta e Romeo by Matteo Bandello, written in 1554; a story Il Novellio, by Masuccio Salernitano; and the Historia Novellamente Ritrovata di Due Nobili Amanti, written by Luigi Da Porto.

You can learn more about these novels to find out similarities and differences between primary sources and Shakespeare’s work

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If you’re going to write Romeo and Juliet essay on fate, read this paragraph. Fate is the fundamental concept of the plot. It makes us look at Romeo and Juliet affair as a single tragedy.

At the same time, another core element of the story is love. From the very beginning of the drama, you will clearly understand that the story will end in tragedy.

Shakespeare shows us the value of fate events.

However, love remains a crucial thematic element. The roles of Nurse, Paris, and Romeo show us a physical attraction, sympathy, and romantic affection while being the embodiment of love. Analyze what type of love is represented by each character in your essay. Explain, what do you think real love is.

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Among the central idea to consider for your Romeo and Juliet essay titles is an issue of value and duality. Shakespeare actively uses duality in his tragedy by representing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as reasons of tragedy in Verona, which brought new order to the city.

Friar Laurence also reveals ambiguity when he helped Romeo and thus forced young lovers to suffer in the end. The decision to marry couple had a reason to end the conflict between Montague and Capulets.

Romeo and Juliet’s example discloses happiness and blame brought by key episodes and change in society. In your writing, you may analyze how the effect of adoration had influenced Romeo, Juliet, and other people lives.

Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet

A lot of Romeo and Juliet essay examples analyze the role of gender and masculinity in the tragedy. Mercutio is shown as a classic example of a real man: active, brave citizen.

He is a person of action. On the other hand, Romeo is described as a boy who seeks for love. Romeo and Juliet love thrown into quarreling world.

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Who Is To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet?

In this essay I will state who or what are responsible for their deaths, the main theme of the story is hatred and fate.

Firstly I must introduce the two families because their attitude of hatred is responsible for the deaths mainly because if they hadnt quarrelled then maybe Romeo and Juliet wouldnt have got married in secret.

Resulting in the feud all the members perpetuated the feud this is illustrated by Tybalt from the Capulet family, Juliets cousin, he started the fight that resulted in Romeo getting banished and he was always causing trouble.

He more than any one else in the story kept hatred alive between the two families because of his violence .

I also blame Lord and Lady Capulet , Juliets parents because they should have paid more attention to Juliets wishes when she refused to marry Paris.

At first they threatened to throw her out onto the streets as in Act three Scene 5 Capulet says to Juliet “Thursday is near lay hand on heart and you be mine, Ill give you to my friend, and you to be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets.”

Lady Capulet also put her daughter in the care of the Nurse who raised Juliet as her surrogate daughter.

The Nurse being a blabbermouth out spoken person was also responsible for the death of Juliet.

She never acknowledged that maybe Juliet wasnt ready for this immense step in her life from an on looker guardian.

In Act two-Scene four the Nurse warns Romeo to be true to Juliet and she explains there is another man after her Paris she compares the two.

She says to Romeo that her Juliet is sweet “well sir my mistress is sweetest lady, lord o there is a noble man in town Paris.”

She encouraged Juliet in her romance with Romeo because the action of her being a blabber mouth is that she carried the messages of a secret meeting of where she knew that they where going to spend a night of passion together in Act three Scene two she says to Juliet “hie to your chamber Ill find Romeo to comfort you hark ye, your Romeo will be here all night”

She advised Juliet to marry Paris, knowing she was already married to Romeo.

I also blame Friar Lawrence who was the person that took these newly met lustful children into their marriage, since Romeo and Juliet where two children were married so soon and at a young age this made them unable to make theyre own decisions.

This statement can be proved about Romeo because when he was banished he bellowed like a baby the Nurse had to make young Romeo act like a man just to think of Juliet instead of himself.

The main reason for Friar Lawrences decision to marry the two is wrong is because he thought this might help to make the two families stop fighting in Act two Scenes six Friar Lawrence says, “till holy church incorporate two in one”.

In the end this was proven to be the motivation for the two children killing themselves he also gave Juliet the sleeping potion Act four Scene one “take this vial, being in bed and this distilled liquor drink thou off”.

Now I must introduce The Prince ruler of Verona where the story is set.

The Prince had the power to act to stop the feud between the two families.

It was unjustified of him to send Romeo away from Verona as a punishment for killing Tybalt when the fighting was Tybalt’s own fault for killing Mercutio in Act three Scene three he says “hence from Verona art thou banished: taking thy part, hath rushd aside the law and turn’d that black word into banishment”.

Mercutio had an influence on Romeo because of his friend ship, Mercutio’s attitude to the quarrels and fighting made the situation worse.

He saw the feud as a game and that attitude led him to his death and Romeos banishment.

Even though I am blaming certain people for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet I have to consider that Romeo and Juliet had an affect on there own fates.

Firstly, I will blame Romeo because he acted too hastily throughout the story and he was a romancer because the opening of the story he was in love with Rosoline then he fell for Juliet.

He shouldnt have asked Juliet to marry him so suddenly, and he should have thought more carefully before rushing back to Verona after hearing of Juliets death.

He also acted violently and without thinking when he killed Tybalt in revenge and then later the killing of Paris.

Now I will explain why I think Juliet was responsible for her own death Juliet of death and Romeos death to, I think she shouldnt have deceived and disobeyed her parents.

Like Romeo, she was too rash in rushing into marriage.

She knew she was already engaged to marry Paris at the time of the ball when she first met Romeo and until then she was very happy with her parents choice of Paris a wealthy bachelor.

Before my conclusion can be stated I will have to introduce what I think are the main reasons for the deaths, which is fate.

Fate seemed to control their lives and force them together, becoming the ultimate controlling power in this play even if it is not recognised however in the prologue there is a chosen identity of starts “a pair star-crossed lovers”.

A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involved fate, they believed in the stars and that their actions were not always there own, Romeo for example scene 1 act 4 says “some consequence yet hanging in the stars….by some vile forfeit of untimely death . But hath the steerage over my course direct sail”.

He is simply saying to his friends he had a dream, which lead him to believe that he will die young because of something in the stars, something that will happen.

The only instance of fate managed to direct Romeo into its web like a spider.

There is another instance of strong fate where an illiterate servant of the Capulets was sent to invite people to the ball; in Act one Scene two “I can never find what names I must to be learned”, Romeo saw this list with Rosalines name on it, which got Romeo and his friends to the ball.

When he got to the ball Romeo was memorised by Juliet, and she was simply memorised by him.

They later realise their identity, but they are in love and wont let their names get in the way of their strong emotions.

If fate didnt put them together then what or who did?

What are the chances of all that happening a million to one so thats why I have come to my conclusion that the main reason for what is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the fate.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two star crossed lovers whose love cannot apart them from their two feuding families.

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