This tragic story of Romeo and Juliet is a very sad love story that went completely wrong. In summary of the story, many people have died and commited suicide over something that could have easily been prevented. What I see as the biggest problem, would be the poor communication and effort that Juliet puts into this situation. If Juliet would have talked everything through and thought about this it could have been prevented. There are many reasons why Juliet is at blame for all the deaths and terrible events that took place through the story.
For starters, the communication between Romeo and Juliet is clearly is very poor and there was not a lot of effort put into this. Juliet should have made sure that the letter went through before executing her plan.”Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift…” (Shakespeare, 454). This shows that Juliet just trusted him with the letter and did not make sure that Romeo got it. In this case he didn’t and that is where things went south.
The point is that Juliet needed to make a better and safer plan before doing her outlandish and foolish plan to be with her lover, Romeo Montague.
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For example, she takes a random potion that the Friar creates and that could potentially kill her and she has no idea what is in it. “What if it be a poison which the Friar subtly hath minist’ red to have me dead…” (Shakespeare, 456). This line that Juliet says clearly shows she doesn’t trust that the potion will work and suspects the Friar might kill her. If she would have never took the potion in the first place and found a better solution, there would have been no confusion for Romeo if she was actually dead. Several people have died for her poor decision making. As you can see Juliet messed up largely in this
The next reason Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is because he trusted Juliet a 14 year old girl with the situation. Friar Laurence stated “If thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest” (4.1.72, 93, and 98). Friar Laurence says if she takes the potion no one will be able to tell if she is dead or not. If Friar Laurence did not give Juliet the potion, Juliet would have never been in a position she was uncomfortable in doing. Which led her to her
If he would have clearly thought out what he thought the best plan was for Juliet, things would have gone better. He directly showed to the audience his absurdity by saying, “If... thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself... take thou this vial... No warmth, no breath shall testify the livest” (4.1.72,93,98). If he never gave Juliet the poison, she never would have been in this terrible position.
From their perspective, the plan seemed so perfect that Juliet drank a potion that made her seem "dead" for two days so she wouldn't have to marry Paris and could run away with Romeo once she woke up. If only Friar Laurence would've made sure Romeo got the letter that said Juliet was only dead for two days and not forever. There could've been the potion. There should've been a better plan than for her to be dead
Romeo and Juliet : Who's to Blame ? Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a story of tragedy. Romeo and Juliet fell in love knowing their families were enemies . Regardless they continued their plans which lead them to a tragedy .
People will blame others for the problems that they have. Blame is when people will assign responsibility for a fault or a wrong. They will do this as to not say it is their fault as they do not want to take responsibility for their own actions. There are many that are at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence and the nurse of Juliet are two people that are at blame in this story.
Romeo and Juliet paints a tale of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet and their tragic love. This William Shakespeare play captures how love has blinded the innocent leading to eventually death. Through misfortunes and predestined fate, the two star crossed lovers ultimately commit suicide. Guilt is an attribute throughout this play and changes the outcome. The primary fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet is debatable.
There are multiple ways that Romeo messed up and they are what sealed his and Juliet's fates. First, he killed Tybalt and got himself banished. This led to him not knowing about the fake death, which might not of even happened if he hadn't been banished. Second, he immediately decided to kill himself after hearing about Juliet's death, instead of trying to figure more out or talking to Friar Lawrence.
One of his key decisions that led to their deaths can be found when he says to Juliet, 'Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution, As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris,' (4.1 69-72). When Juliet turns to Friar Lawrence in desperation because her parents are forcing her to marry Paris, the Friar concocts the insane scheme for Juliet to fake her own death. He tells her that if she has the strength to commit suicide rather than marry Paris, than she should have the strength to pretend she's dead to avoid having to live her life without Romeo. She put her own life on the line with the help of a coward. If the Friar stopped his impulsiveness and made a more well thought out plan, he would have stopped the death of the two
In the story Romeo and Juliet there are many things you can blame people on and many bad things that happen. When Tybalt dies you can easily blame Romeo because in the story he stabs him with a sword. Also you could blame Capulet for Juliet's unhappiness because he make her marry Paris over who she wants to. In Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Friar John and Friar Lawrence are to blame for the deaths for the young lovers.
Romeo should be blamed for his and Juliet’s death because he was impulsive and didn’t think before he acted. This is represented in the play in various forms. For instance, “Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.” (Rom. 2.1.1-2). This exemplifies that Romeo carelessly and impulsively leapt over the Capulet wall to go meet Juliet at night. He did not think of the dangers his actions could possess, but rather if he would be with Juliet. Another example of Romeo’s thoughtless behavior was when Romeo fought with Tybalt. “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him,” (Rom. 3.1.130). This shows that Romeo was ready to kill Tybalt or die doing it himself just to avenge
Just about everyone knows the fascinating stories of life and romance known as “Romeo And Juliet”. And in “Romeo and Juliet” both Romeo and Juliet died in the end by taking their own lives. But who caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Most likely Romeo and Tybalt is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Even though Shakespeare and Juliet in many results are responsible for the deaths because of Shakespeare made it happen, and Romeo and Juliet took their own lives but this wouldn’t be true because writers have their character have free will. It all started with Romeo and Juliet getting married and Tybalt killing one of Romeo's friends. This caused Romeo to kill Tybalt. Which then meant Romeo was “banish’d” (Banish shed). While Romeo
Although so many main characters die, could the ending of Romeo and Juliet be happy? The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a classic story that most people are aware of. The young love and suspense is an instant people pleaser. The ending makes everyone curious for more, but the amount of dead characters hangs the reader in a state of shock and sadness. I blame Romeo and Juliet, their parents, and society for the ‘tragedy’ of Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet also does not bother with Romeo and lets Friar take care of him. “In the meantime, against thou shalt awake,/ Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,/ And hither shall he come, and he and I/ Will watch thy wakening,” (V.i.116-119). Juliet is determined in her trust that Friar Lawrence will get the letter to Romeo. This is actually what leads to the tragedy. Friar Lawrence gave the letter to Friar John, who never got the letter to Romeo in time which ultimately killed him.
While they didn't make the plan, Juliet agreed to it as is shown when it states “shall I be married then tomorrow morning? No, no! This shall forbid it” (Shakespeare 456). She should have thought to question the plan and make sure that Romeo knew of the plan, as that was a key part. However, because she didn't, Romeo came and believed her to be dead. After he killed himself, she saw that he was in fact dead and decided to kill herself. In addition, while believing she was dead, Romeo killed Paris to get to her tomb. Therefore this plan, but more importantly Juliet's agreement, caused the deaths of at least 3 people. Overall, if Juliet had actually been logical and questioned the plan, or even hesitated to carry it out, several people, including themselves, would have
His poorly planned actions caused the most tragedy in Romeo and Juliet. The decision to pursue Juliet in the first place was misguided. He knew that their relationship would be forbidden, but continued to want her anyway. This secrecy caused Juliet to have to fake her own death so that she could be with him. Romeo should have seen the red flags from the very beginning to stay away from her.