Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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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)

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