Who's To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

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Who is to blame for the star-crossed lovers’ deaths?
Why did these two lovers die? Who is to blame? What mistakes were made? In this tragic story Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but are of the two royal families in lovely Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues. They cannot be together because of the ancient feud between the two families. They form a plan to run away together,but because of a sudden turn of events Romeo is banished! Juliet is devastated of his exile and thinks her only hope is to end her own life. But, Romeo and Juliet's dear friend Friar Lawrence helps them throughout their secret love confession and comes up with an alternative way for them to be together. In the end, there were six deaths including the lovers that were suicides,

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