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Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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Rush Dunlap Mrs. Gaston Pre-AP English 15 March 2024 Responsibility in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet there are many people that are responsible for their deaths. There are three people that are most responsible, Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own decisions that they made that were rash and irresponsible. Friar Lawrence is responsible for encouraging this behavior. Romeo played the biggest role in their deaths because of how reckless he was about everything. The reader can see how rash and quick his mind can change when he says “Did my heart love till now,” (Romeo 1.5.59). He said this after he went on and on about being in love with Rosaline. Romeo also shows his lust when he says “Sin from my lips the sin they have taken,”(Romeo 1.5.107). …show more content…

At the end of the play, he makes the most rash decision of all, killing himself after saying “I defy you stars”(Romeo 5.1.24) trying to defy fate after seeing Juliet dead. This was very rash because he could have just waited two minutes and she would have woken up. Juliet also played a significant role in their deaths. Juliet was young and naive; the reader can see this in the quote from Capulet, “My child is yet a stranger in this world she hath not seen fourteen years,”(Romeo 1.2). After she sees Romeo for the first time, she says “Go ask him his name”. – If he be married, My grave is like to be my wedding bed,” (Romeo 1.5.134). The reader can tell that she is very lustful and irresponsible. She also said that she did not want to get married yet and that she wanted to wait. When she says, "Then I'll be brief." O happy dagger, This is thy

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