If you've ever read Romeo and Juliet, then you know that it's a tragic love story. About two teenagers from feuding families who fall in love and marry in secret, but it ends in tragedy when Juliet fakes her death, resulting in Romeo's death and her actual death. But who's to blame for their deaths? Is it Tybalt for killing Mercutio and starting more trouble between the families? Or perhaps the nurse and Friar Lawrence for marrying them in secret? The truth is, Juliet's parents are to blame for their deaths, they not were not only hardly involved in their daughter’s life, but Lady and Lord Capulet both treat their daughter terribly when she doesn't wish to be wed, her father forced her to marry Paris only days after the death of her beloved kinsman, and they threatened to
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One reason that the parents are to blame is that neither of them were very involved with or close to their daughter. At the beginning of Act 1 Scene 3 (Line 1), Lady capulet asks the nurse where her daughter is. This line shows that Lady Capulet doesn't know the whereabouts of Juliet but the nurse does. From this, it can be concluded that the nurse pays more attention to Juliet than her mother does, therefore she would know better than Lady Capulet where Juliet was and what she was occupied with. In Act 1 Scene 5 (Lines 148-151) Juliet asks the nurse about Romeo and who he is, rather than her mother, who she had just spoken to minutes before. This shows that Juliet is more comfortable asking the nurse about men and expressing her curiosity to her rather than to her mother. In that same scene (Lines 152-155) Juliet expresses to the nurse her interest in Romeo as well as the strong feelings she
One reason that the parents are to blame is that neither of them were very involved with or close to their daughter. At the beginning of Act 1 Scene 3 (Line 1), Lady capulet asks the nurse where her daughter is. This line shows that Lady Capulet doesn't know the whereabouts of Juliet but the nurse does. From this, it can be concluded that the nurse pays more attention to Juliet than her mother does, therefore she would know better than Lady Capulet where Juliet was and what she was occupied with. In Act 1 Scene 5 (Lines 148-151) Juliet asks the nurse about Romeo and who he is, rather than her mother, who she had just spoken to minutes before. This shows that Juliet is more comfortable asking the nurse about men and expressing her curiosity to her rather than to her mother. In that same scene (Lines 152-155) Juliet expresses to the nurse her interest in Romeo as well as the strong feelings she