As most of us know, in the Shakespearean Tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the two characters both end up committing suicide at the end of the play. The blame for the downfall of these characters, and others can be traced to several characters in the play, one of which is the parents/ancestors of the couple. There is bountiful amounts of supporting evidence for the parents being the main cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death, along with a few other deaths of characters.
In the play, Juliet drinks a potion which puts her into a death-like sleep for 48 hours. She enacts this plan to insure that she will not be forced by her parents to marry the count, Paris. If Capulet hadn’t been forcing her into this engagement, and instead let her marry her true love, …show more content…
The feud between families caused the two to hate each other, which causes them to fight. Mercutio and Tybalt get into a fight, like usual, except that Mercutio is killed in this fight. Tybalt is then killed by Romeo in rage for his fallen cousin. The feud that the parents have encouraged not only has the two cousins killed, but also Romeo is banished due to this. “And for that offense Immediately we do exile him hence (3.1.179-180).”
Others may accuse others of this crime, such as Friar Lawrence for marrying the two or even for failing to send the message of Juliet’s fake death, or quite possibly Romeo and Juliet themselves, and though these are plausible, if someone were to follow the blame to it’s roots, you will see that the couple wouldn’t even have to love in secret if the ancestors wouldn’t have gotten in this clash in the first place.
The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet can be traced to the ancestors/parents of Romeo and Juliet. Several reasons support this include but are not limited to the families feud that have corrupted them, and the parents restricting the young couple's love, which soon leads to the horrible suicides of fair Romeo and
In the play, Juliet drinks a potion which puts her into a death-like sleep for 48 hours. She enacts this plan to insure that she will not be forced by her parents to marry the count, Paris. If Capulet hadn’t been forcing her into this engagement, and instead let her marry her true love, …show more content…
The feud between families caused the two to hate each other, which causes them to fight. Mercutio and Tybalt get into a fight, like usual, except that Mercutio is killed in this fight. Tybalt is then killed by Romeo in rage for his fallen cousin. The feud that the parents have encouraged not only has the two cousins killed, but also Romeo is banished due to this. “And for that offense Immediately we do exile him hence (3.1.179-180).”
Others may accuse others of this crime, such as Friar Lawrence for marrying the two or even for failing to send the message of Juliet’s fake death, or quite possibly Romeo and Juliet themselves, and though these are plausible, if someone were to follow the blame to it’s roots, you will see that the couple wouldn’t even have to love in secret if the ancestors wouldn’t have gotten in this clash in the first place.
The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet can be traced to the ancestors/parents of Romeo and Juliet. Several reasons support this include but are not limited to the families feud that have corrupted them, and the parents restricting the young couple's love, which soon leads to the horrible suicides of fair Romeo and