Who Killed Romeo And Juliet

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Who killed Romeo and Juliet? Who killed Romeo and Juliet? There may be a handful of people who could’ve killed Romeo and Juliet. Such as their parents and their family members. For example in the book, Romeo’s and Juliet’s families were having a family feud between them. So Romeo and Juliet weren’t able to be together and weren’t even supposed to ever talk or make any contact. Even though there are a handful of people that could’ve killed them, none of them did kill them. As a matter of fact, Romeo and Juliet killed each other. Juliet had decided to drink the sleeping potion that was given to her by the Friar. Juliet drank the potion because she didn’t want to marry Paris, she wanted to be with Romeo so she had pretended her death. When she

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