Who Is To Blame In Romeo And Juliet Essay

Blame is an idea of assigning fault to someone else and not yourself. People result to blame to escape fault or because they seem to be in the right. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend is quoted from their book, It's Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan for Overcoming Life's Obstacles saying, "We live in a culture of blame. People will blame anyone or anything for their misery sooner than take the responsibility to own it and make it better." Romeo and Juliet includes the factor of blame as a result of the suicide of both main characters, and how the cause of their suicide is debatable through blaming other characters or even themselves. The Montague-Capulet feud worked together with Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other lead to each character’s misery and the quote makes it apparent how actions from both sides are at fault. …show more content…
A family feud only supports division and strongly encourages blame. The family rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet families also caused an influence in how they control their children. A play fight between the adversaries of the Montague and Capulet family break out spreading throughout the city of Verona. Abruptly, the town of Verona outbreaks in chaos and violence. With an attempt from one adversary to deal with the situation, blame is used to “turn the tables” against both families even more. Soon this commotion only leads to them being declared as enemies. An outbreak of commotion in Verona only resulted in a “lose-lose” situation. Both families would possibly be more accepting of their children’s relationship because there would not have been any tension between them. Instead, this family rivalry is used as a driving factor to divide Romeo and