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Romeo And Juliet Responsible Essay

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When six people are dead, and there are a ton of people that were involved with these incidents, who is responsible? There is proof that Romeo is capable and present for all of these deaths, therefore, he is responsible. The Montagues and the Capulets had a long lasting feud that affected who the Montages/Capulets liked and did not like. Romeo, a Montague, did not have a problem with Tybalt, a Capulet, but Tybalt did not like Romeo at all. He had requested to fight Romeo in the middle of Verona, their beloved town, but Romeo refused because he and Tybalt were related then. Mercutio, wanted to defend Romeos honor, so he fought in his place. “No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough,’ twill serve: ask for …show more content…

That had caused great sadness for Juliet. Her father thought that it would be beneficial if she were to be married, to Paris. Juliet did not like that idea, so she had Friar Laurence create a potion that would cause her to look deceased and go into a deep sleep for forty-two hours. “O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghost seeking out Romeo that did spit his body upon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee” (iv.iii.54-57). After a few days, Romeo had learned about Juliet’s, so called, death. He immediately went to the apothecary’s house to buy a fatal poison. “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor: Hold, there is forty ducats: let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker may fall dead and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired” (v.i.58-64). The apothecary gave Romeo the potion, a potion that Romeo had later found was very strong. The potion that Romeo had bought had killed him almost instantly. When Juliet had woken up from her deep sleep, and she found Romeo on the ground in her tomb. Juliet was immediately hit with a wave of depression. Juliet took the only course of action that she thought was appropriate, stabbing herself with a dagger. That is two suicides in one day caused by

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