Montague In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The Rulers Fault For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

Even though there is many people to blame for the poor sorrow death of Romeo and Juliet , The feud between the capulets and the montagues in the end cause them to take their lives.

In the beginning the Capulets and the Montagues are having a argument and then started fighting in a public place in verona as they were fighting the prince walked in to stop the fight for it has been going happening for a long time and he tells them if he catches The capulets and Montagues fighting again they would get killed for its dangerous for others on the street. The prince is telling the montagues and the capulets to stop the fighting since they had three fights already and it can cause serious danger around others but if they
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The capulets and montagues notice that they shouldn't have been fighting with each other for it only caused the two to lose their loved ones.The prince tells Lord Capulet and Lord Montague how their hate towards each other cause death upon many. Prince/Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love ands I, for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brace of kinsmen, All are punished
Capulet-/O brother Montague give me thy hand this is my daughter's jointure for no more can i demand.
Montague/But i can give thee more gold for i will raise her statue in pure gold, that whiles Verona by that names is known there shall no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful juliet
(Act V, Scene III, lines 285-302). The quote proves how the Capulets and Montagues accept their wrong for they only lost the ones they truly loved and now they can't do anything but to end the feud between them. Continuing to closing statement. This is why Romeo and Juliet's death the fault of the Capulets and the

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