Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a story of two teenagers from two rival families who fall in love. The play consists of many unfortunate events and tragic deaths that many characters could have played a part in. However, Friar Laurence is primarily to blame for the catastrophic deaths that take place in Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths by secretly getting them married. Friar Laurence believes the Montague and Capulet households, who have despised each other for quite a while, will reconcile because of the wedding, so he consents to marry Romeo and Juliet behind their families’ back.…
Does grief affect people's decision making? Death is a main contributor to plans that occur in Romeo and Juliet but some of the most influential ones could be the deaths of Paris and Tybalt. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Paris and Tybalt’s deaths have many differences and similarities that affect how Romeo made decisions. In Romeo and Juliet the differences and similarities of Paris and Tybalt’s deaths affect Romeo’s decisions.…
In my opinion I think Friar Lawrence is responsible for their deaths. In Act II , scene 6 Romeo and Juliet are getting married. Friar Lawrence agreed to let Romeo and Juliet get married. And by the time they were married, Friar knew everything. Friar could’ve told the Montagues and Capulets that Romeo and Juliet loved each other, and if he had told them a even bigger conflict would happen.…
In the story “Romeo and Juliet” it would end with both characters dying at the end. There are many people to blame for the death of these two like the parents for always having to fight each other, the nurse, etc. Also Friar Lawrence for three main reasons, Him giving the idea to marry Juliet to Romeo when their families are enemies and he thought it was good so it would end the feud between them but made things worse.…
Romeo and Juliet’s death. Who’s fault was it for the death of two star-crossed lovers? Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love once they meet. Juliet and Romeo are so in love they get married but it didn’t take very long before Romeo got banished and Juliet get forced into getting married.…
Good morning/ afternoon. Today I’m here to persuade you to share my belief on who is ultimately responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. I believe, and before I conclude my speech I can guarantee you will too, that the feud is to blame for the deaths of our star-crossed lovers. This is because it causes massive fights, clouds people’s judgement and actions and makes Romeo and Juliet’s love forbidden.…
In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet take their lives. There are various people to blame for their deaths. Who is really to blame? Mercutio, Tybalt, or maybe even themselves? Ultimately, if Juliet’s parents had provided a safe environment for her, the Friar had made better decisions, and the Nurse did not turn on her, I believe their deaths could had been avoided.…
“Do not be misled; bad company corrupts a good character…” The previous quote is cited from the Bible. With that being said, characters and their future have always been affected by those that they are around. Although it is important to always take ownership in your wrongs, those around you will likely affect your future. In the short play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were provoked by those around them.…
Although there were many factors that came into blame of Romeo and Juliet's death, the main cause of their deaths was the feud amongst the Montagues and Capulets. The ignorance and lack of forgiveness of the both families is what drove Juliet and Romeo to take their lives. The feud of the two families is to blame for the tragedy, because the star-crossed lovers(Romeo and Juliet) were never able to marry each other with the aprovement of their parents; the feud was what drove Tybalt to be hot-headed towards the Montagues which led to his death and the banishment of Romeo. Juliet would have never been aloud to marry Romeo publicly, and not just because of the feud but Juliet had been destined to marry Paris. Causing he two lovers to disobey(marry)…
When two star crossed lovers gets stuck in the middle of a family feud there is no chance that they can be together. But that doesn’t stop them for doing anything in there power to be together. Oh yeah! I forgot to mention there names are Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague, the last names just scream sworn enemies.…
Introduction Two households that were both alike in dignity, share a connection of two “Star Crossed Lovers” who take their lives, due to their misadventures and mistakes. Although it might have been Romeo and Juliet’s decision to take each other’s lives’, it might have been another’s influence as the reason why they did as such. Friar Laurence is one to blame for the death of the young teenagers, but did he mean to cause such grief? Many times, Friar features as a main story teller in the book, helping the couple with their needs, sorting out other characters problems and coming up with lucrative plans to help them out trouble. He also causes grief and despair in the family’s due to miscommunication and badly planned schemes.…
However, in order to help Juliet through her "grief" over Tybalt's death, Capulet decides to marry her off to Paris (III, iv). Of course this is a problem as she is secretly married to Romeo at this time. In III, v, Lady Capulet states, "I'll send one in Mantua, where that same banished runagate doth live, that he shall soon keep Tybalt company…" (ll94-96). This statement prophesizes Romeo's death later in the final scene of the play. Then, Lady Capulet wishes her daughter to be married to her grave (ll. 145), which is ironic, as Juliet will take a potion causing her to appear dead in IV, ii. That same evening, the lovers consummate their marriage, and in the morning, Juliet makes yet another prophesy, "O God, I have an ill-divining soul!…
“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents strife” ( prologue.5-7 ). Romeo and Juliet were destine to be together, but the unruly actions of their fellow peers caused the unfortunate death of the couple. By the end this tragic incident lead to concluding their families feud. Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, but who is responsible for their death? To say they killed themselves would be the obvious response.…
On a hot summer day, everybody is one edge. Suddenly Mercutio and Romeo meet Tybalt on the street. Initially, Romeo remains calm, but things quickly escalate and Tybalt and Mercutio begin fighting. Romeo tries to intervene, but Tybalt takes that as an opportunity and fatally wounds Mercutio. This leaves the viewer to wonder what actually happened.…
Zayd Siddiqui Mr. Devine ENG 1D1 Jan/8/16 Causes For Romeo And Juliet’s Death “From Forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their lives”. Romeo and Juliet is an 16th Century play written by William Shakespeare. The Play Portraits the life of two star-crossed lovers as they live hiding their love in fear and secret from their feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. This Path ultimately leads to the two lover’s horrible death, but what were the factors and events leading up to this ending?…