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I think the feud is the cause of death for Romeo and Juliet, because we see that the hate between the Montague's and the Capulet's cause the fight between them in the beginning (Act 1). This eventually causes them to go into hiding, this also cause Juliet to drink the "poison" and then Romeo hears this and decides to kill himself and then Juliet finds out and then she kills herself.
I agree that the couple was naive. It goes to the point that at that age love is not actually understood. This fact only perpetuates the point that it was a combination of age and bad judgement, that lead to their death.
In my opinion, I believe that it is the 2 families fault due to them having hatred towards each other, which is why Romeo and Juliet and the Friar had to take such drastic measures to get them to stay together. 2 quote that could prove this is as follows: ¨My sword, I say! Old Montague is come And flourishes his blade in spite of me¨ (Act 1 Scene 1) ¨Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease: No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest¨.( Act 4 Scene 1) In the first quote it shows the type of event that would always follow when a Capulet and Montague meet, while in the second quote it shows how far the Friar and Juliet had to go to make sure that Romeo and Juliet stay together.
Friar was that one who caused Romeo and Juliet to die. As he took such a hard path for them to get married, which involved several things to work out, and if one thing didn't check out then the whole things was done for. In this case no one told Romeo that Juliet was actually sleeping. So he got real sad and killed himself, same happened to Juliet. This mainly puts the blame on the Friar, as both Romeo and Juliet trusted him to help them so that they could be together.
I agree with this. Even though the two had made some bad decisions, it was indeed the fault of the two families, for the deaths of the two lovers. Tybalt's death which led to Romeo's banishment could also be pointed out to be a key event, but it all circles back to the families feud which killed Romeo and Juliet in the end.
I agree with this because is there wasn't a family feud, than none of the deaths would have happened.
Though there are a multitude of factors that could have come into play here, I believe Friar Lawrence is the cause of Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Throughout the play, we see the Friar at times be more scheming and suspicious at times than others. This is because he hopes to mend the strife between the Capulet and Montague families. He thinks that to end the family feud, Romeo and Juliet must marry each other in order to bring about peace in Verona. Before Romeo leaves in Act 3 Scene 3, Friar Lawrence creates a plan for Romeo to marry and escape Verona until news of his and Juliet's marriage can be spread. Friar Lawrence states, "Go hence; good night; and here stands all your state:/Either be gone before the watch be set,/Or by the break of day disguised from hence". This seems good on paper, but it all goes sideways and Romeo and Juliet end up dying as a result. It's a pretty anticlimactic ending.
I agree that it was the families' fault. They fought over a dumb feud that caused a lot of trouble for them. All of this could've been avoided if there was no feud to begin with.
I think it was Mercutio also I have to answer this exact question for school. Ironic huh
Truthfully, it should be Friar Laurence that should be the one to blame. He married them even though he knew the trouble that it would surely cause. Then he gave Juliet a potion to make her look like she is dead. Also is could be Mercutio because he convinced Romeo to go to the Capulet's party where he met Juliet, when Romeo never wanted to go in the first place, for he knew the trouble that it could cause.
I agree that the family's feuds contributed to the couple's decision of secret marriage. It also resulted in Romeo to be banished from Verona. I also agree that the young couple were very naive, and their deaths were in their own hands at the time. However, the start of all this seems to be with the family feuds.
I respectfully disagree. In the play the family feud is the reason for their death since they wouldn't have problems in marrying each other if it werent for the family feud.
Romeo and Juliet's families, the Montagues’ and Capulets’ were the fault of their death. Romeo and Juliet were always afraid to show their love to their families as their families hated each other. Romeo was already seen as a murder in the Capulet family and was a criminal that the Capulets’ wanted to kill. Lady Capulet explains the plan to kill Romeo. “Our man will poison Romeo’s drink, and Romeo will join Tybalt in death”(Act 3 Scene 5). The Capulets’ would have not been fond of their daughter marrying Romeo even if it was Juliet’s love, because not only was Romeo a Montague, but he was also a murder. These family expectations are what caused Romeo and Juliet to hide their love and made them fear what would happen if the truth was unrevealed. In the end, when Juliet faked her death, Romeo comes to see her and kills himself thinking Juliet is dead. Juliet then wakes up to see her love dead and kills herself using Romeo's dagger. After this event, the families of the two lovers see their kids dead and come to the conclusion to end their long lasting feud. If they had accepted Romeo and Juliet's love before and had ended their feud, Romeo and Juliet would have still been alive and happy together without having to worry about hiding their love.
I do agree with the first part although the second part is opinion based, no everyone went through the same experiences when they were young. But, I am all for the blaming the kingdom families.
Definitely all of the adults in Romeo and Juliet's life. For example:
Lord Montague and Capulet: Never taking the effort to interact with their children at all unless it was beneficial to them. They were so distanced from their own children that they didn't even realize how in love they were. This tension between the parents and children made Romeo and Juliet feel oppressed- as anyone would- which led to them keeping their relationship and eventual marriage hidden.
Friar Laurence: HE HAD SO MANY CHANCES! Romeo confided in him with Rosaline and Juliet, and most likely more. Instead of helping him deal with these feelings, Friar Laurence chided and teased him about it. He then marries the two, fully aware of the danger he is putting these literal CHILDREN in. And it doesn't stop there, my friends. Oh no. When Juliet asks him for help because she wants to go to Romeo, he gives her this 'poison' instead of just helping her get out of Verona, to where Romeo was. And then he supposedly sent the letter to Romeo, but didn't insure it would arrive safely. He had so many chances to help both Romeo and Juliet, and instead manipulated the situation to benefit his desire for the feud between the Montague and Capulet houses. That isn't an entirely bad desire, but when executed wrong, it is.
The Nurse: Oooh I hate the Nurse so much. She didn't have much to do with the eventual su*cide of Romeo and Juliet, other than the fact that she encouraged Juliet and Romeo's relationship until it got just a little tricky, and then she was all, "Juliet, you might as well marry Paris now. He's better than Romeo ever was, anyways." Ugh. The Nurse was the mother figure to Juliet, and I can't even imagine how devastating it was for her to hear that even her beloved nurse didn't approve of her and Romeo anymore. Again, adding to Romeo and Juliet feeling as if they had nothing else to do but commit su*cide.
Now, lots of people blame Romeo and Juliet for being 'dumb' and 'immature.' Might I remind you that they were 14 and 16-18! THEY WERE STILL MOTHER FRICKIN CHILDREN! They grew up surrounded by the idea that marriage was only made for economical benefit. It's pretty clear that at least Juliet's parents didn't love each other. Besides that, their houses have been in a feud since before they were ever born, taught to hate each other. So obviously they're not going to feel comfortable having a public relationship. Most of the parental and influential figures weren't supportive of their love for each other, so they aren't going to be very happy when their true love dies and they have nowhere and no one to help them.
Romeo and Juliet is a story of how hate and anger will almost certainly end badly. And it did.
Thanks for coming to my rant. Bye :)
Back then, people got married much quicker due to the shorter life span. For Shakespeare, youth in his time had to make far different decisions, like who to marry. However, I will not deny that them keeping it from her parents and Romeo killing Tybalt out of rage and grief was stupid. The matter could've been resolved if either of those things hadn't happened, although the feud plays a part in both.
I think the fault for the death of romeo and Juliet are romeo and Juliet themselves. This is because even if they were crazy in love with each other, there is no reason for themselves to kill themselves. This just shows the stupidity both of them had. Romeo and Juliet barley know each other, they met one night at the Capulet party and they "fall in love". This could have been avoided in many different ways if romeo had not gone to the caupulet ball. in the text it states "Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets' party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers." If romeo had never gone to the party knowing he wasnt allowed them none of this would have happend.
I firmly think it is the fault of the two families for the death of Romeo and Juliet because of their hatred. Romeo and Juliet would never have to go against their parents if they did not hate each other. Their plan from Juliet and Friar Lawrence would never have been created, there would have never been a miscommunication gap, and lastly, they both would have not died at the end. All of this is just because of the feud between the two families. For instance, Romeo and Juliet states, " Deny thy father and refuse thy name" (Shakespeare). Juliet feels conflicted between the love of her life and her family. She would have not had to go all out if her parents understood her and her emotions towards Romeo Montague.
I think the people responsible would be Friar Lawrence and the Nurse. Mainly because they gave Juliet the potion and the only ones that knew they were married. Although Friar Lawrence is ultimately the one at fault because he decided to marry the 2 of them and give Juliet the sleeping potion for her to appear dead. Which in turn caused Romeo to kill himself and then when Juliet sees him dead she does the same thing he did.
I agree that the warring families definitely were one of the causes of Romeo and Juliet's death. As the hate they had for each other eventually affected them negatively. The feud really drove the important events that would occur later on in the story.
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I think the feud is the cause of death for Romeo and Juliet, because we see that the hate between the Montague's and the Capulet's cause the fight between them in the beginning (Act 1). This eventually causes them to go into hiding, this also cause Juliet to drink the "poison" and then Romeo hears this and decides to kill himself and then Juliet finds out and then she kills herself.
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I agree that the couple was naive. It goes to the point that at that age love is not actually understood. This fact only perpetuates the point that it was a combination of age and bad judgement, that lead to their death.
In my opinion, I believe that it is the 2 families fault due to them having hatred towards each other, which is why Romeo and Juliet and the Friar had to take such drastic measures to get them to stay together. 2 quote that could prove this is as follows: ¨My sword, I say! Old Montague is come And flourishes his blade in spite of me¨ (Act 1 Scene 1) ¨Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease: No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest¨.( Act 4 Scene 1) In the first quote it shows the type of event that would always follow when a Capulet and Montague meet, while in the second quote it shows how far the Friar and Juliet had to go to make sure that Romeo and Juliet stay together.
Friar was that one who caused Romeo and Juliet to die. As he took such a hard path for them to get married, which involved several things to work out, and if one thing didn't check out then the whole things was done for. In this case no one told Romeo that Juliet was actually sleeping. So he got real sad and killed himself, same happened to Juliet. This mainly puts the blame on the Friar, as both Romeo and Juliet trusted him to help them so that they could be together.
I agree with this. Even though the two had made some bad decisions, it was indeed the fault of the two families, for the deaths of the two lovers. Tybalt's death which led to Romeo's banishment could also be pointed out to be a key event, but it all circles back to the families feud which killed Romeo and Juliet in the end.
I agree with this because is there wasn't a family feud, than none of the deaths would have happened.
Though there are a multitude of factors that could have come into play here, I believe Friar Lawrence is the cause of Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Throughout the play, we see the Friar at times be more scheming and suspicious at times than others. This is because he hopes to mend the strife between the Capulet and Montague families. He thinks that to end the family feud, Romeo and Juliet must marry each other in order to bring about peace in Verona. Before Romeo leaves in Act 3 Scene 3, Friar Lawrence creates a plan for Romeo to marry and escape Verona until news of his and Juliet's marriage can be spread. Friar Lawrence states, "Go hence; good night; and here stands all your state:/Either be gone before the watch be set,/Or by the break of day disguised from hence". This seems good on paper, but it all goes sideways and Romeo and Juliet end up dying as a result. It's a pretty anticlimactic ending.
I agree that it was the families' fault. They fought over a dumb feud that caused a lot of trouble for them. All of this could've been avoided if there was no feud to begin with.
I think it was Mercutio also I have to answer this exact question for school. Ironic huh
Truthfully, it should be Friar Laurence that should be the one to blame. He married them even though he knew the trouble that it would surely cause. Then he gave Juliet a potion to make her look like she is dead. Also is could be Mercutio because he convinced Romeo to go to the Capulet's party where he met Juliet, when Romeo never wanted to go in the first place, for he knew the trouble that it could cause.
I agree that the family's feuds contributed to the couple's decision of secret marriage. It also resulted in Romeo to be banished from Verona. I also agree that the young couple were very naive, and their deaths were in their own hands at the time. However, the start of all this seems to be with the family feuds.
I respectfully disagree. In the play the family feud is the reason for their death since they wouldn't have problems in marrying each other if it werent for the family feud.
Romeo and Juliet's families, the Montagues’ and Capulets’ were the fault of their death. Romeo and Juliet were always afraid to show their love to their families as their families hated each other. Romeo was already seen as a murder in the Capulet family and was a criminal that the Capulets’ wanted to kill. Lady Capulet explains the plan to kill Romeo. “Our man will poison Romeo’s drink, and Romeo will join Tybalt in death”(Act 3 Scene 5). The Capulets’ would have not been fond of their daughter marrying Romeo even if it was Juliet’s love, because not only was Romeo a Montague, but he was also a murder. These family expectations are what caused Romeo and Juliet to hide their love and made them fear what would happen if the truth was unrevealed. In the end, when Juliet faked her death, Romeo comes to see her and kills himself thinking Juliet is dead. Juliet then wakes up to see her love dead and kills herself using Romeo's dagger. After this event, the families of the two lovers see their kids dead and come to the conclusion to end their long lasting feud. If they had accepted Romeo and Juliet's love before and had ended their feud, Romeo and Juliet would have still been alive and happy together without having to worry about hiding their love.
I do agree with the first part although the second part is opinion based, no everyone went through the same experiences when they were young. But, I am all for the blaming the kingdom families.
Definitely all of the adults in Romeo and Juliet's life. For example:Lord Montague and Capulet: Never taking the effort to interact with their children at all unless it was beneficial to them. They were so distanced from their own children that they didn't even realize how in love they were. This tension between the parents and children made Romeo and Juliet feel oppressed- as anyone would- which led to them keeping their relationship and eventual marriage hidden.
Friar Laurence: HE HAD SO MANY CHANCES! Romeo confided in him with Rosaline and Juliet, and most likely more. Instead of helping him deal with these feelings, Friar Laurence chided and teased him about it. He then marries the two, fully aware of the danger he is putting these literal CHILDREN in. And it doesn't stop there, my friends. Oh no. When Juliet asks him for help because she wants to go to Romeo, he gives her this 'poison' instead of just helping her get out of Verona, to where Romeo was. And then he supposedly sent the letter to Romeo, but didn't insure it would arrive safely. He had so many chances to help both Romeo and Juliet, and instead manipulated the situation to benefit his desire for the feud between the Montague and Capulet houses. That isn't an entirely bad desire, but when executed wrong, it is.
The Nurse: Oooh I hate the Nurse so much. She didn't have much to do with the eventual su*cide of Romeo and Juliet, other than the fact that she encouraged Juliet and Romeo's relationship until it got just a little tricky, and then she was all, "Juliet, you might as well marry Paris now. He's better than Romeo ever was, anyways." Ugh. The Nurse was the mother figure to Juliet, and I can't even imagine how devastating it was for her to hear that even her beloved nurse didn't approve of her and Romeo anymore. Again, adding to Romeo and Juliet feeling as if they had nothing else to do but commit su*cide.
Now, lots of people blame Romeo and Juliet for being 'dumb' and 'immature.' Might I remind you that they were 14 and 16-18! THEY WERE STILL MOTHER FRICKIN CHILDREN! They grew up surrounded by the idea that marriage was only made for economical benefit. It's pretty clear that at least Juliet's parents didn't love each other. Besides that, their houses have been in a feud since before they were ever born, taught to hate each other. So obviously they're not going to feel comfortable having a public relationship. Most of the parental and influential figures weren't supportive of their love for each other, so they aren't going to be very happy when their true love dies and they have nowhere and no one to help them.
Romeo and Juliet is a story of how hate and anger will almost certainly end badly. And it did.
Thanks for coming to my rant. Bye :)
Back then, people got married much quicker due to the shorter life span. For Shakespeare, youth in his time had to make far different decisions, like who to marry. However, I will not deny that them keeping it from her parents and Romeo killing Tybalt out of rage and grief was stupid. The matter could've been resolved if either of those things hadn't happened, although the feud plays a part in both.
I think the fault for the death of romeo and Juliet are romeo and Juliet themselves. This is because even if they were crazy in love with each other, there is no reason for themselves to kill themselves. This just shows the stupidity both of them had. Romeo and Juliet barley know each other, they met one night at the Capulet party and they "fall in love". This could have been avoided in many different ways if romeo had not gone to the caupulet ball. in the text it states "Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets' party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers." If romeo had never gone to the party knowing he wasnt allowed them none of this would have happend.
I firmly think it is the fault of the two families for the death of Romeo and Juliet because of their hatred. Romeo and Juliet would never have to go against their parents if they did not hate each other. Their plan from Juliet and Friar Lawrence would never have been created, there would have never been a miscommunication gap, and lastly, they both would have not died at the end. All of this is just because of the feud between the two families. For instance, Romeo and Juliet states, " Deny thy father and refuse thy name" (Shakespeare). Juliet feels conflicted between the love of her life and her family. She would have not had to go all out if her parents understood her and her emotions towards Romeo Montague.
I think the people responsible would be Friar Lawrence and the Nurse. Mainly because they gave Juliet the potion and the only ones that knew they were married. Although Friar Lawrence is ultimately the one at fault because he decided to marry the 2 of them and give Juliet the sleeping potion for her to appear dead. Which in turn caused Romeo to kill himself and then when Juliet sees him dead she does the same thing he did.
I agree that the warring families definitely were one of the causes of Romeo and Juliet's death. As the hate they had for each other eventually affected them negatively. The feud really drove the important events that would occur later on in the story.
