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Mercutio And Juliet In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Did you know that having a bad connection with your daughter as a father can lead to her making bad decisions in choosing boyfriends? Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare. It's about the son and daughter of two feuding families who fell in love. They get married, but when Romeo gets exiled and Juliet is forced to marry Paris, Juliet threatens to kill herself unless Friar Lawrence helps her. They made a plan to fake her death, but Romeo thinks she's actually dead and drinks deadly poison. When Juliet wakes up, she finds Romeo dead and stabs herself. Their deaths end the feud. There are many people to blame for their deaths, but Lord Capulet, Juliet's father, is to blame the most. He's to blame because he started the feud between the families, caused people to die and because of his poor connection as a father with Juliet. People might think Romeo is most to blame because he was impulsive and rushed everything. In the play, Romeo and Juliet meet at a …show more content…

After Romeo and Juliet get married, When Mercutio and Tybalt start to fight, Romeo tries to stop them, but Mercutio is killed by Tybalt and Romeo kills him. When Mercutio dies, he says, “May a plague strike both your houses. Goddammit! I can't believe the dog, that rat, that mouse that cat could scratch me to death!” (Text 1, Page 89). Research that supports this is in Text 8. “A gang member is 60 times more likely to experience death by homicide than the general population.” (Text 8, Line 14). This supports my thesis when the gangs of the families are always fighting each other and they’d die from it. In conclusion, Lord Capulet is to blame for the deaths of Romeo an Juliet because he started the feud, caused family members to die and had a bad connection with Juliet. We can learn from their deaths that you should not rush through things and that you should take time to spend with your family when growing

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