Romeo and Juliet question

Romeo and Juliet.

Sorry, I understand the abstract nature of the question but I can't help but see these two in the black-and-white here. The warring families certainly share a great deal of the blame though.

But Romeo and Juliet, young though they may be, made some bad choices. I wasn't that much of an idiot when I was that young.

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Friar Lawrence. He had the chance to unite the families by making the relationship public but he went with the whole complicated looks like she's dead but really isn't method. You know, the classic.

To me Shakespeare meant to say a few things in this play. It is unreasonable and harmful to carry anger and revenge to such ridiculous lengths; not all love stories have happy endings (like we would all prefer); and fate can pay a huge role in our lives (whether we accept such a thing exists or not).

I do not read any one character as being the catalyst, unless it was the parents who were so outraged that it lead the two young people to drastic measures. All the violence related to the hatred between the two families. At some point I doubt that the individual characters played so much of a role as did the anger and hatred.

If the feud had not been so much a part of the culture, it might have been possible for the romance to have a more pleasant ending. But then what kind of a play would it have been?

From the first, it was clear that this could not have a happy ending. Just too much against these two. In these times young people did not just get on an airplane or train and get out of town; get jobs and not go home again. And then there is the fact that the more the parents railed against this love affair, the more the young people were determined they were madly in love (as has happened throughout time).

It is not surprising that Shakespeare used another such story for his idea, and that there have been books, plays and life experiences like this for hundreds of years.

And although there will be lots of dissent I am sure, I really felt that the ending was way overdone. It probably was required for this to have the drama factor, but such a series of missed messages and timing!!!

And in the end, what did the parents get out of their fight? The moral of the story.

The grudges their families built and kept for years.

In my opinion, I believe that it was Friar Lawrence and bad timing fault. The reason being is because of the overall story. Friar Lawrence suggest that Romeo and Juliet to get married- which contributed to Juliet's father's rage and various events because of this suggestion. Not only so, but Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the sleeping potion for her fake ‘death’. “A sleeping potion; which so took effect // As I intended, for it wrought on her // The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo, // That he should hither come as this dire night, // To help to take her from her borrow'd grave, // Being the time the potion's force should cease (Shakespeare 5.3). Lawrence also failed to deliver the message to Romeo causing the distress afterwards in the church. Along with Lawrence's actions, the timing was horrible. If Romeo waited for Juliet to wake up, then maybe their story could have worked out. If Lawerence didn’t leave Juliet right away, maybe she would have not stabbed herself. Overall, I feel as if Romeo’s and Juliet's death was responsible from timing and Lawrence.

What about Mercutio as a prime cause?

The family feud is at the heart of the tragedy. The other factors are an influence, but without the feud there isn't a conflict. Young people have lusted for... a long time, but that doesn't lead to tragedy (just babies.) Bumbling clergy doesn't lead to tragedy. Fate... well, everyone's fate is to die sooner or later, so that's such an inevitability that I don't think we can give it more significance than any other tragedy. So, overall, I'd go with family conflict/feud as a the root cause.

Within that, though, Mercutio is the most active player in the conflict. He picks fights and then loses, and it is his death that brings things to a head, so if we want a single cause then he's probably it. (Tybalt, being less successful at picking fights is a close second.)

The death of Romeo and Juliet was, in my opinion, the Capulets and Montagues were at fault. Their forever lasting feud incentivized Romeo and Juliet to marry in secretive with obstacles. Their plan of faked suicide was the reason why the genuine death occurred amongst them. If the families were at peace in the beginning, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have needed to think of a plan for marriage and love. In the story, Juliet states, "Give me the potion, give it to me! Oh, don’t talk to me about fear" (Act 4 Scene 1)! This shows that Juliet was not scared of this plan and she would put her life on the line to be with the love of her life.

Tybalt. Both families' parents were trying to avoid conflict, when Tybalt's just like 'I WANT TO FIGHT! THEY SULLIED OUR HONOR!' even though he knows the prince will banish them if they fight again. He goes out, fights Mercutio, stabs him, fights Romeo, and promptly dies.
Mercutio's curse was because of the feud, that Tybalt continued.

Love. Fate. Irony.

That they would fall in love with the person they couldn't have.

Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths because they were the ones who chose to commit suicide. They had a choice to commit suicide or not. It is unreasonable to throw the blame on another person or an issue that made them commit suicide. Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths as evidenced by Romeo’s and Juliet’s choice to act upon their love for each other too quickly, their decision to hide their affections for each other from their family, and taking their own lives on their on their own free will. If they had thought about their decisions thoroughly, they would end up living a happy life together.

Every single character in the story contributes to their death in one way or another.

Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. They are responsible for their own deaths because they made decisions for themselves. They decided to get married and they decided to see each other secretly. They weren't forced to do anything they did it because of each other.

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I believe Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. They were the ones who decide they couldn't live without the other, can then committed suicide. Their death may have brought a positive outcome with the end of the feud, it also brought many negative ones. Including Friar Lawerance's capture, Tybalt's death, and Paris's death. In the scene where Romeo is about to commit suicide, he says, "Here's to my love", meaning he made the irrational decision to kill himself after seeing Juliet's dead body, If he only waited a few minutes he would have been able to see that Juliet was still alive. In conclusion, both Romeo and Juliet are the only ones responsible for their deaths.

The people responsible for Romeo's and Juluet's death is no one but themselves. Romeo had previously liked another girl he saw and then all of a sudden he was deeply in love with Juliet. They both knew that they came from rival families but they stilldid not care and got the idea to get married.they both committed suicide for one another i believe that was a little unrealistic because they met that year probably not even a year passed and to commit suicide for someone is nothing but to blame them.no one had a gun to their head telling them to kill themselves.it was their choice that's why they're the ones responsible for their deaths.

I believe that it is Benvolio's fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. It is his fault because he was the one who told Romeo to go to the Capulet ball and find someone other than Rosaline to love. Obviously, this leads to Romeo meeting Juliet and so forth. After he learns of Romeo's depression over Rosaline, he says, "Be ruled by me, forget to think of her" (Romeo and Juliet, 1.1.216). He urges Romeo to take his advice. Benvolio is also Romeo's cousin and also one of his closest friends, so of course Romeo would listen to him. Romeo is also seen to be somewhat fickle. If he had never met Juliet, he would still be depressed over Rosaline, but it is plausible that he would get over her just as quickly as he fell for her. In conclusion, if Benvolio had never told Romeo to go to the Capulet party he would've never met Juliet, at least for the time being. Therefore, they wouldn't fall in love and they wouldn't have to die.

Romeo and Juliet

I know a lot of people think Romeo and Juliet themselves are to blame for their own actions, but I disagree.

Although I am MORE of the opinion that the families feuds were responsible for their deaths, I really think Romeo's parents weren't the problem.

I blame Juliet's parents, mostly.

Here's why: They were simply not consistent with their poor daughter. Juliet, poor dear, was only thirteen freaking years old! The way lord and lady Capulet treated her was horrible. It wasn't KIND of them to set her up with a marriage to Paris AT ALL. First, they were all gentle, "Oh, Juliet, just see if you can like him at the party tonight, ok sweetheart?" then, boom, her cousin dies, she's upset, they decide her grief is excessive and try to force her to get married THAT THURSDAY!

When Juliet, FREAKING WEEPING, begs them to accept that she loves them and is thankful but she doesn't want to marry Paris, the jerks threaten to disown her! To be honest, I think if they continued to be gentle with her, rather than throw a fit and scare the poor child half to death, she might have even told them about Romeo (maybe brought the friar into it for moral support) eventually. She was only a child; I feel that when she screams out that she would rather marry "Romeo who she hates" than Paris, it was her desperate way of subtly telling her parents the truth. But would they listen? Nope.

To make matters worse, her stupid nurse, who HELPED her marry Romeo, suddenly turns on her and is all just do what they want Romeo's as good as dead. That's horrible! The poor girl didn't know where to turn! No wonder she took the friar's crappy advice and drank that stuff to fake death (she was on the verge of killing herself FOR REAL, after all).

Romeo's parents weren't so horrible, in my opinion. The worst than can be said of them is that they (like their rivals the Capulets) held a grudge too long, and they may have been a little foolish to just let Romeo wander around mooning and getting into trouble. But, in their defense, Romeo was likely OLDER, not a thirteen year old.

Juliet's parents didn't have that excuse.

Also does it strike anyone else as sad that we FREQUENTLY see Romeo hanging out with his relatives and buddies and we NEVER see poor Juliet with any friends except her nurse?

We know she loved Tybalt, but what about female BFFs? the girl was so YOUNG! What about her cousin Rosaline? Why wasn't she supporting and comforting her (I'm guessing) younger cousin?

In short, yes, Juliet COULD have decided not to stab herself after Romeo died but think about it, what future would she have had? She could no longer marry Paris whom she didn't love ANYWAY; he was dead, too. Her parents had shown that they were unapproachable. Her nurse had let her down. The friar's plans always proved to fail; she could no longer trust HIM.

As you can probably tell, I feel really bad for Juliet. All the poor girl wanted was to be loyal to her husband; she didn't want to marry (and then sleep with) Paris and betray her marriage vows. And what happened? She dies.

What I wonder is why people think she should have just "listened to her parents"? And have a scandal when the truth about her first marriage came out? Have all her future children called bastards? Have Paris possibly disown her? She'd have been better off just disowned by her parents than to have to go through all THAT...

So yeah, the Capulets are at fault.

Plus also, I blame Tybalt for being an idiot. What kind of moron gets into a duel to the death over one crashed party? Loser.

PS: To those of you who think Romeo and Juliet would have been together if not for the feud, I think you're wrong. Her parents would have still wanted her to marry Paris because he had a title and Romeo didn't. So they would have been doomed either way. Even if they'd liked Romeo, they would have wanted Paris for their only child's husband much more than they'd want him.

I believe that the Nurse is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. This is because the nurse pushed Juliet to marry Paris after Romeo got banned. The nurse said, “I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first: or if it did not, Your first is dead; or 'twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him.” The nurse tries to persuade Juliet, but fails. Juliet didn't want to betray Romeo by marrying Paris. She then goes to Friar to seek a solution to avoid being married to Paris. They come up with a plan where she drinks a potion where she would appear dead, but is still alive. After her "death" she would go out to meet Romeo. This plan also fails since Romeo actually believes she died, so he comes to her funeral and kills himself with poison. Juliet wakes up after he dies and also kills herself with his dagger. If the nurse hadn't pressured Juliet, she wouldn't have come up with the plan and both of them would have still been alive.

I feel that both Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths. The both of them knew that if they wanted to be together, it would come with a set of consequences. The two fell in love too fast without considering their families hatred for each other, and this led to their deaths. It was their own choices whether they wanted to die or live, and they chose to die instead of living without each other. You may feel that it was the families fault for having conflicts in the first place, but Romeo and Juliet both knew about their problems before meeting each other. In the quote, "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die," it shows that Juliet was the one to kill herself, and that she wanted to die to be with her lover.

The two families are at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because their feud made it impossible for Romeo and Juliet to love each other. Juliet’s parents would not let her be and demanded an arranged marriage. Their family feud also interfered with their happiness since being seen together would cause an uproar, and possibly deaths. After all, Tybalt was about to kill Romeo but Mercutio stepped in and saved him. According to Romeo and Juliet, “These violent delights have violent ends”(Shakespeare, William 21). Romeo and Juliet knew that their love would bring them happiness, but it would not end well.

In my opinion I think that it is both of the families fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If there wasn't a rivalry between the families, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have to sneak around. Then again in a way it is Romeo and Juliet's fault because they both took their own lives.

In my opinion the fault of Romeo and Juliet's death is caused by various people. For example, the Montagues and Capulets, their feud was the reason that caused the whole thing. If everyone just got along there would've been no feud no deaths, and life would be normal. Its also Romeo and Juliet's fault as well, even if there was no feud, Juliet would've been married off to an older man, her family would've never accepted marriage to Romeo due to the time period they lived in. They were also never thinking about the consequences of their actions. Also falling in love and getting married without barely knowing each other wasn't the greatest decision. Another person's fault is the Friar's, when Juliet told him her plan, why didn't he oppose it and tell her otherwise. He wasn't really helping her. "Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then is it likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to scape from it: And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. (Shakespeare, 4.1. 74-78.) There were various ways to stop a marriage, and "killing" Juliet is the best they could do?

Personally, I believe that it's Juliet's fault for their deaths. There were many other solutions that were available rather than just blatantly faking your death. Not only this, but she was already showing signs of suicidal behavior. When speaking with Friar about her problem, she explained how she, "Turn to another, this shall slay them both," (Romeo and Juliet 4.1) while presenting a knife. This is her clearly expressing her will to die, even before her fake death. It would have been much smarter to just run away with Romeo, or at the very least, inform him about her plan. If she had just thought more about Friar's suggestion, they would probably still be alive and happy together.

In my opinion, I think Juliet is at fault for the death of the two lovers. She decided to drink the potion without telling Romeo that she would appear to be dead. This led to Romeo killing himself, and then Juliet's own death. The quote, "How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo Come to redeem me? there's a fearful point!" shows that Juliet was only curious about herself suffocating in the tomb (Romeo and Juliet 4:3). Instead, Juliet could have considered the possibility of Romeo not understanding what was wrong with her; she could have thought things through more, with better communication to Romeo about her plans.

There are many opinions on who's fault it is that Romeo and Juliet died, but in my own opinion I believe that both Romeo and Juliet's deaths are merely of their own faults. Although there was an internal war between the two families, Capulets and Montagues, Romeo and Juliet was fate to meet each other, but due to their families high social status, this caused their own deaths. Both Romeo and Juliet jumped into series of actions without thinking it through, such as when Juliet was about to drink the potion, she would've realized there were so many other ways to live with Romeo. They also were not able to communicate with each other, which made Romeo think that Juliet hasn't died, making him depressed and actually commit suicide. This scene is honestly the most famous because of how complicated it is because when Romeo died, Juliet wakes up and she becomes depressed she kills herself after seeing that Romeo died. Truly, this was their own decision to make. In order to back up my claim I found some evidence from the text,

"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
Doth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb." (Shakespeare)

"What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative." (Shakespeare)

I believe that the servants from both families are responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths’. If the servants never fought in the first place, the families wouldn’t hate each other. Romeo and Juliet would have gotten married with no problem. Considering that they could’ve gotten married, Juliet would have never pretended to kill herself because Paris wouldn’t be the Capulet family’s choice for Juliet’s husband. “SAMPSON Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. They fight” (Shakespeare 1.1 55). This clearly show us that Sampson, a servant for the Capulets, says this to Abraham, a Montague servant. Sampson said to fight if Abraham was brave enough to fight with him. This little situation turned into a huge situation.

I think Romeo and Juliet were at fault for their own deaths because they rushed through their decisions and made them impulsively instead of thinking it through. Also, the lack of communication between the two contributed to their deaths. If they had planned the whole thing before, like Juliet drinking the potion, then maybe Romeo wouldn't have thought she was dead and killed himself. They depended on others like Friar Lawrence to communicate to each other, for instance, when Juliet had Friar send a letter to Romeo and it didn't get there in time because Romeo had heard Juliet passed away and went mad.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet's parents are at fault for their deaths. The hatred between the two families was what I think was the core problem of their situation. If the two families had not been fighting, Romeo and Juliet would not have had to sneak around and try to hide their love. They knew that their families would disapprove. Juliet even wished that Romeo was not a Montague so that she could truly be with him. "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?//Deny thy father and refuse thy name" (Shakespeare). If the families had just stopped being stubborn and gotten over their feud, maybe Juliet and Romeo would have lived.

I think Romeo and Juliet's family is at fault for thier death because the things they had to do to be togetehr was due to their families fued. They knew thier families wouldnt approve of thier love for their family's enemy. This caused them to sneak around and even got Romeo banished. "Is she a Capulet?// O dear account! my life is my foe's debt" is said by Romeo when he finds out Juliet is a capulet. He knows Juliet is supposed to be his enemy. "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?// Deny thy father and refuse thy name." This is said by Juliet beause she wishes Romeo was not a Montague because she knows this will be a problem since their families are enemies.

In my opinion, I believe it was Tybalt's fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I believe this because he was the one who challenged Romeo to a duel. And that duel led to the death of Mercutio and Romeo's exile. " You shall find me apt. enough to that, sir, and you will give me occasion." This quote gives a reason that it was Tybalt. If Tybalt never asked for a duel, no one would have died.

I believe the hatred between the two families really caused the death of Romeo and Juliet. They were both forbidden to have contact with each other simply because their families are feuding, which lead to them eloping. If they were allowed to love each other peacefully then they wouldn't have had to elope and wouldn't end up dying.

In my opinion I think that both of the families are at fault and then Friar Laurence. Both the families "hated" each other and would have arguments and fights (Shakespeare scene 1 act 1). Then, Friar Laurence was responsible for giving Juliet the sleeping potion. "A sleeping potion ; which so took affect As i attended for it wrought on her," (Shakespeare Act 5, scene 3). If Friar Laurence did not give the potion to Juliet, then she wouldn't have faked her death, and Romeo wouldn't have killed himself.

I think that the families of both Romeo and Juliet are at fault. This is because these two families had a feud that had been going on for a very long time. The parents of Juliet had wanted her to be married to Paris and didn't listen to her opinion at all. Romeo's parents also wanted him to maintain his reputation. Juliet is telling her parents "It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, // Rather than Paris. These are news indeed!"(Shakespeare 3.4). Juliet is trying to tell her parents that she wishes to be with Romeo but her parents get very upset about that. I also blame Friar Lawrence because he could have tried to join the two families together or at least bring some peace with them. Instead, he helped them keep it secret and also by giving Juliet the potion made it worse. When he gave her the potion, he didn't tell Romeo in time that she wasn't truly dead. Friar Lawrence also didn't bother staying with Juliet after she woke up and saw Romeo dead. Friar Lawernce said "Come, come away. // Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead; // And Paris too. Come, I'll dispose of thee"(Shakespeare 5.3). Lawrence doesn't even stay to comfort Juliet, and if he had done that, she might not have stabbed herself. So in short, I think that Friar Lawrence and the families are both at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet.

I think Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He was initially the person to marry them and disobey the stipulations that the families laid down because of their feud. He put the idea in Juliet's head to fake her death and use a risky poison. Juliet was skeptical about the poison at first because she said, "What if it be a poison, which the Friar subtly hath ministered to have me dead..." (Shakespeare). He also failed to relay his message to Romeo about the plan. He said, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight," because he thought Juliet was really dead. If Friar Lawrence's messenger was reliable and got the message to Romeo, his suicide could have been avoided. I think if we go all the way back to the marriage though, Friar Lawrence is the reason they're both dead since he kind of helped their love set on fire.

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I believe the people at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death is the families, and the society that they live in. In the play, the two lovers are part of the rival families that have been at this feud for a while. These two lovers are forced to marry in secret, as this feud continues. As the play states, "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love" (Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 301-303). This showing the true enemies of the play, the families, and what they were forced to do for their love because of their families feud.

I believe that every character in the story had some blame for Romeo and Juliet's death, but Friar Lawrence had the most significance in this sequence of wild events. First of all, he impulsively agreed to marry the couple even with knowledge that this will cause issues later on. Then, Lawrence just hands a sleeping potion to Juliet after claiming it is a sin to marry a person twice (when Juliet was about to marry Paris). She even contemplates Friar's own actions by stating, "What if it be a poison, which the friar
Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead,/Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,/Because he married me before to Romeo?" (Act 4, Scene 2). And lastly, he abandoned Juliet's 'dead' body in her own tomb because he knew if he were to be discovered, he would be executed immediately for what he has done. This all happening before Romeo comes to find his lover to be declared deceased.

I think the person to blame was very clear throughout the story. Shakespeare was the one to blame

Love.... Love is to blame.
Not youth, not the families, nor friends or even society.
LOVE....
That indescribable feeling, yes indescribable, it's different for all of us. For each that we love, although the same us, a different "kind" or "feeling" of love but, love nonetheless.
Love; a Glorious Gift to some, others still a Gift, to some a Curse.
Their fathomless love for each other, the unbreakable bond, the need to be with one another.
Love killed them.... May we all be so lucky as to find a love like that.

There's probably no one answer, but I think it was the circumstances that they lived with - the rivalry between their families of course, social oppression and lack of freedom during those times, but also the fact that they were way TOO YOUNG and rushed with their marriage and were also highly emotional and even emotionally unstable teenagers. I think it was a combination of all those factors that lead to their tragic death.

I put the first blame is to the Montague & Capulat families for keeping their feud for so many years. No one ever quite knows why they feud to begin with. Also the second blame here would fall for Frier Lawrence for not getting the message quickly to Romeo about the plan he had for faking Juliet's death. Sadly time was in their side.

This book sucks so much. Lord Capulet and Friar Laurence are too blame.

I assign this essay every year. I love it!

Romeo. He thought Juliet was dead and croak. But no, Juliet couldn't just marry a man who could support her, and showed no signs of lust, while Romeo wormed his way into her bed after an hour! Then Juliet had this stupid and dangerous idea that backfired, and when she sees Romeo dead she freaks and kills herself. But no! The friar sent a sketchy letter that got stopped and Romeo thought Juliet was dead because the friar was so stupid! It was everyone's fault because everyone in this story is so stupid!

I agree with Zaid. (Feb 18th 2016) Pure human error linked to being misguided culminated in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They were young and full of raging hormones and angst, not unlike teenagers of every generation. However, the extremes they went to in order to prove their love and disapproval of their family feud went tragically wrong.

Everyone is to be blamed for Romeo and Juliet's death, but especially Friar Lawrence. After all, it was his idea and his plan that led to all of this. He should have been the wise one and not given Juliet the sleeping potion. “A sleeping potion; which so took effect // As I intended, for it wrought on her // The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo, // That he should hither come as this dire night, // To help to take her from her borrow'd grave, // Being the time the potion's force should cease (Shakespeare 5.3). But this would have never happened if Romeo and Juliet would have never been so absent minded. There are so many things that everyone wants, but most of us know our limit. Romeo and Juliet should have known their limit, and listened to their mind, not the heart. The heart can lead you blindly through love. But the mind knows whats for the best even though it might not always agree with the heart. There's a time and a place for everything. But at times, you just have to accept some facts and move on. Who knows, maybe if they broke up, Romeo would get over Juliet just like he got over Rosaline.
But, if the families wouldn't have fought, there would be no problem in the first place. If the prince ruled better, he would have put an end to the fighting before Romeo and Juliet fell in love. If Tybalt wouldn't have started a battle with Romeo, he wouldn't have been banished in the first place and Juliet would have never needed to take such a risky step. In conclusion, everyone played a part in the death of Romeo and Juliet. While for some it might've been a small part, it adds up to what was eventually Romeo and Juliet death.

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I feel that frair Lawrence is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he was the one who gave Romeo the idea to marry Juliet. Frair Lawrence wanted to two to be together and made them fall in love if he stayed out the way maybe Romeo and Juliet would have fell for each other.

I honestly believe that Romeo is at fault for causing the lovers death. Romeo becomes infatuated with every woman he meets. The second he finds someone whose good enough, he obsesses over them. This happens early on in the play, with Rosaline. Romeo instantly fell in love with Juliet, quickly marrying her.

When he thought she had died, he instantly decided that life wasn't worth living without her. Romeo made his own decision to kill himself, and without Romeo, Juliet had no reason to fake her death, and honestly didn't have any other options.

I believe that is was the nurses fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Because she was supportive of Juliet falling in love with a Capulet. The Nurse believed in love and wanted Juliet to marry a nice - looking husband. "Hie you to church. I must another way,
To fetch a ladder, by the which your love.." This quote shows how the Nurse somewhat pushes Juliet to go to her love, little does she know that she is putting pressure on the 13 year old girl.