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Who Was Responsible For The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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Who is truly responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? As a reader finishes Romeo and Juliet, a play about tragic teenage love, by William Shakespeare they are often left wondering who is to blame. There are many causes, but some of them had more of an impact than others. The reasons for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are the feud, irrational decisions, and the friar and the nurse. The feud was one of the main reasons for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If the feud had not been there they would not have been afraid to show their love. As written in the prologue “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.”(prologue.3-6) This shows how because of the feud Romeo and Juliet took their lives. The feud was also the reason for so much conflict and death in the first place. This caused Romeo to be punished. The prince said that because Romeo killed Tybalt he should be banished (3.2.196-197) The feud was not the only reason for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. …show more content…

When Friar Laurence and Juliet came up with the solution to fake her death instead of telling her parents. He gives her a sleeping potion and tells her to not let anyone sleep in the room(4.1.91-122) This is an extremely irrational decision and something was bound to go wrong. Romeo also made many irrational decisions. These included killing Tybalt and Rushing to Verona right after he heard Juliet had died. If he hadn’t done these things the tragedy would not have happened. There were also other reasons for the tragedy of Romeo and

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