Who's At Fault In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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Is the love of Romeo and Juliet so strong it would give you the erg to kill people to stay with the love of your life? They just met and they are really young, do they really know what love is? Romeo is too petty and only thinks of himself and what would benefit him. Was killing three people really the right thing to do? The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a cheesy funny play, but who was really at fault of the tragedy? Romeo found the love of his life, but there was one issue she was a Capulet. Juliet dreamed of marrying him, all he wanted to do is be her husband. Romeo got in a fight with Tybalt and killed him. Romeo was banished and was never to be with Juliet again. Juliet was very sad about not her cousin dying, but the fact that Romeo …show more content…
He was never to be able to find real love because of Romeo. He not only killed Tybalt, but Paris too. Was there really a reason for Romeo to kill him did he do it out of pity? Romeo wasn't on his a game he didn't want to fight he wanted to do was say goodbye to Juliet and kill himself to revenge his grief of her death. Paris taunts him by saying “I do defy thy conjurations. And apprehend thee for a felon here.” (5.3.68-69) . Romeo couldn't stand him “Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee boy!” (5.3.70-71). He fights to the death with Paris and Paris loses and lies in the ground dead with a pale face never to be warm again. What was the purpose of Romeo killing Paris? Romeo knew that he was going to kill himself in the first place, but he let Paris get on his nerves and kill him for being a bully. Romeo was sad that Juliet “died”, but he had no right to do away with anyone he he did it all out of self-pity. Yes, his love of his life just died and he never said goodbye, but there are plenty of other girls out there even outside of his village that he could get by. Romeo does not look very innocent, he has messed up so many times no wonder the Capulets don't like his family if he's showing and representing them. Romeo in a way deserves to die, If he was alive still he wouldn't get off very easy would he. The Capulets would hate their family even more than they do in the first place. Romeo has …show more content…
Romeo was the fault of all the tragedy he was the main source of the problem. He was too selfish, petty, and pathetic to keeping from things going worse. For the most part Romeo isn't really seen as the bad guy in Romeo and Juliet, but as you can see Romeo is definitely not perfect and made tons of mistakes. Romeo was the tragedy he was to lost in love and himself, he didn't really know what he was doing he was just sleepwalking through life. Romeo's life was a tragedy in general, he didn't want to see what really was going on with all the hints and all the clues that Juliet was giving him. Love to strong he was shielded from the

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