Romeo And Juliet Dbq Analysis

Romeo and Juliet, star crossed lovers, with their love destined for death. With their lives ending in an untimely death, who is to blame? One may say fate was determined to keep them apart. Was it Friar Lawrence, who agreed to marry them and aided Juliet with a sleeping remedy? Or was it the ongoing feud between the Capulets and Montagues? Sworn enemies to be lovers who end in a tragic death. One may dig deeper to find out who is really to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
One may put the majority of the blame on the shoulders of fate itself. Fate was certainly destined to keep Romeo and Juliet apart. The prologue reads “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…” (DBQ Romeo and Juliet Doc. A). Fate had it that they would meet and fall in love, but that they would both take their life. In Act 1, Scene 3, Lady Capulet tells Juliet she must marry Paris because she claims “Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers….” (DBQ Romeo and Juliet Doc. B). It is the custom in Verona, or one may say fate for young girls in Verona, to marry young and have children. Even though Juliet is in love with Romeo, she is being ripped away from him by her family to marry the County Paris. The blame of fate continues in Act 5, Scene 2, Friar Lawrence has sent out …show more content…
He may not play a major role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but he is not completely innocent either. Act 4, Scene 1 Friar Lawrence is consulting Juliet on how to postpone the marriage of her and Paris. “...I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it…” (DBQ Romeo and Juliet Doc. C). He is agreeing with Juliet that he wants to postpone the wedding as much as she does. In all he is agreeing with her on disregarding the rules. “....And if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy.” (DBQ Romeo and Juliet Doc. C). He not only wants to postpone the wedding, he is willing to give Juliet a sleeping elixir to get her out of the wedding by faking her own