Romeo And Juliet Trials Essay

Romeo and Juliet, each born of opposing families, were destined to fall in love and die for each other. These two children fell in love at first sight, and quickly married just in time for the world they knew to fall into chaos. Deaths of friends and family, the banishment of Romeo, and the engagement of Juliet to another man of her parents’ wishes were some of the trials these lovers faced before the ultimate trial they both faced, the death of Romeo and Juliet. Now, the question must be asked, although they both committed suicide after finding their spouse dead, who was actually the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths? All the facts point to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet themselves being their own murderers, and playing into Fate’s hands. Romeo and Juliet from the beginning, were counting on the stars to align, and everything go perfectly, and knowing the history of man, …show more content…
For example, “Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone; Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. Take thou this vial, being then in thy bed,” (Shakespeare 453) In this example the friar gives Juliet a potion to fake her own death, and knowing the risks he let her do this anyways, creating a problem. The Friar couldn’t have been surprised when the letter didn’t reach Romeo in time or when he came to the tomb to find Romeo, Juliet, and Paris dead, because he knew that the stars had to align for all this to work out yet he let Juliet take the potion. Although the Friar is partly to blame, Juliet was still foolish enough to take the potion and Romeo was immature enough to kill Paris and himself before thinking things through. Juliet was taking a huge risk in thinking that everything would go according to plan, which never happens. Romeo was too impulsive and became blind to normal thinking or acting. In the end, although the Friar is partly to blame, Romeo and Juliet were the causes of their own