Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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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. He also gave the potion to Juliet to make her seem dead for about two days. The last reason is that he failed to get the letter explaining the plan that said Juliet asleep and seemed dead but was not. Friar Lawrence gave the idea of Romeo and Juliet to get married, Friar Lawrence says “This marriage may be lucky enough to turn

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