Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most famous plays in history. But are there characters to be blamed for the death of these star crossed lovers, is everyone innocent? Perhaps the situation is that there are both innocent characters that wanted the two to be together for the sake of their happiness and to possible end the Capulet/Montague feud, such as the Nurse and Friar Lawrence, and those who should be punished for being the reason the lovers were driven to such extreme measures such as Lord Capulet.
First of all, Juliet’s nurse in Romeo & Juliet is a very funny and trustworthy character. She raised Juliet and Juliet trusts her with her secret of being in love with Romeo. The nurse even helps plan their marriage and acts …show more content…
“O she knew well thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me, in one respect I’ll thy assistant be: For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (2.3.87-92). He too is faithful to the lovers and does not tell anyone that the two are married and in love. Although the Friar is somewhat at fault for what happened to Romeo and Juliet by not being able to get to Romeo fast enough, he did try to get there to tell him that Juliet was only in a coma. Friar Lawrence’s plan most likely would have worked had Romeo gotten to Juliet’s grave a little bit later than he did. “No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest; the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to wanny ashes, thy eyes’ windows fall, like Death when he shuts up the day of life; each part, depriv’d of supple government, shall stiff and stark and cold appear like death, and in this borrow’d likeness of shrunk death thou shalt continue two and forty hours, and then awake as from a pleasant sleep.” (4.1.98-106). His plan for Juliet to go into a coma so that she would not have to marry Paris and then have Romeo come and take her to Mantua worked up until the part where Romeo killed himself before Juliet had fully
First of all, Juliet’s nurse in Romeo & Juliet is a very funny and trustworthy character. She raised Juliet and Juliet trusts her with her secret of being in love with Romeo. The nurse even helps plan their marriage and acts …show more content…
“O she knew well thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me, in one respect I’ll thy assistant be: For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (2.3.87-92). He too is faithful to the lovers and does not tell anyone that the two are married and in love. Although the Friar is somewhat at fault for what happened to Romeo and Juliet by not being able to get to Romeo fast enough, he did try to get there to tell him that Juliet was only in a coma. Friar Lawrence’s plan most likely would have worked had Romeo gotten to Juliet’s grave a little bit later than he did. “No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest; the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to wanny ashes, thy eyes’ windows fall, like Death when he shuts up the day of life; each part, depriv’d of supple government, shall stiff and stark and cold appear like death, and in this borrow’d likeness of shrunk death thou shalt continue two and forty hours, and then awake as from a pleasant sleep.” (4.1.98-106). His plan for Juliet to go into a coma so that she would not have to marry Paris and then have Romeo come and take her to Mantua worked up until the part where Romeo killed himself before Juliet had fully