Who Was Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

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Who do you really think is responsible for Juliet’s death? Do you think Juliet’s parents were the ones responsible or was it the Friar’s fault? There is many arguments for who’s fault it was, but who would you say was the person responsible for Juliet’s death? Many people believe Friar Lawrence was the one responsible for Juliet’s death.

Friar Lawrence was always supporting and helping out Romeo with everything. Friar Lawrence was the one who planned to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet . He believed that if Romeo and Juliet get married, it would bring the Montagues and Capulets all together and the fighting between them will stop. When Romeo and Juliet got married, things didn’t get better, it got so much worse. Tybalt didn’t want Romeo to be with his cousin Juliet so he decided to confront Romeo ,but while Romeo was trying to make peace with Tybalt and end all problems they had , ,but Mercutio was defending Romeo which made Tybalt and Mercutio start to get angry. Mercutio decided to
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If the parents didn’t make Juliet marry someone she didn’t want to , she could of had so much less problems and could of been wit Romeo. Also if the parents didn’t hate the other family at all then Romeo and Juliet could of been together happily and easily without no problem. People still say if the Friar didn’t give secretly help ROmeo and Juliet marry or if he didn’t gibe Juliet the potion, they both could of been alive.

Juliet’s fate could of been avoided. If the Friar didn’t help them get married her fate would of been different. People believed she could of lived and Romeo also could of lived. Even if the Friar didn’t give her the potion she could of lived too. All those problems they had could of all been avoided. Everything would've been nice and calm for both families, the Friar even knew Romeo And Juliet loving each other would be a bad idea. That is why people think it was the Friar’s was responsible for Juliet’s

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