Causes Of Romeo And Juliet's Death

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While there are many actions by the people of Verona who contributed to the events that caused Romeo and Juliet's death, the people who are ultimately responsible are themselves. For they were young and reckless. To begin, people believe that it was Mercutio's fault for bringing Romeo to the party where Romeo and Juliet met. But when thinking about that more in depth, it was really Romeos fault for falling for Juliet in the first place. Not only is it Romeos fault but also Juliet's fault for falling in love with him too, and not telling him she wasn't interested just like Rosaline, Romeo's original crush, said. People also say Mercutio losing the fight and getting killed was the reason for Romeo and Juliet's death. Him losing the fight caused Romeo to avenge the murder of his death, ending up with him being exiled from Verona.

After Romeo was exiled, he should have just moved on from what could have been. When he was exiled from Verona, that was the Prince showing mercy for him since Mercutio, his close friend, was killed by Tybalt. He should have used it to his advantage but he was rather
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When Juliet woke up she realized that Romeo's dead body was right next to her. Friar hears the watch approaching and leaves Juliet who was very vulnerable at the time. “I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away.” If friar had not left Juliet in the monument alone, she would not have killed herself. But it was not Friar Laurence's job to be there to stop her from suicide. It is Juliet's own fault for the action. Romeo is responsible for drinking the poison to his death and Juliet is responsible for unsheathing Romeo's dagger and saying “O happy dagger, / this is thy sheath”, then stabbing herself and dying upon Romeos

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