...incident that is to blame. Most often, it is a series of events that lead up to one’s breaking point. This is the case in William Shakespeare’s drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are met with countless opposition, from feuding families to failed plans, and it seems they are doomed by fate. What began as an innocent romance between two young lovers slowly turns towards a bitter ending and both of their deaths’. Although Fate and Friar Lawrence are partially to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because the families cause the initial conflict, they deserve the most blame for the deaths of the star crossed lovers, Romeo...
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...play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it portrays a tragic story of two young lovers in the city of Verona. Friar Laurence is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because he gave poison to Juliet, trusted someone else with an important letter, and married Romeo and Juliet and kept their secret of them being together. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because he gave sleeping poison to Juliet. If Friar Laurence never would have given Juliet the sleeping poison, Romeo and Juliet would have not found each other dead and killed themselves. In act 5, Romeo declares, “Here's to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Shakespeare, 6). This quote is Romeo speaking as he drinks potion to kill himself after he finds Juliet appearing to be dead. If the...
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...The characters to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death are themselves, along with Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet are both to blame because of their impatient attitude and quick decision making, along with their adolescence. I believe that several characters are to blame for other than Romeo and Juliet, but if I had to choose, it would be Friar Lawrence. His encouragement towards Romeo and Juliet being together was a huge impact on how the story turned out. In my opinion, Friar Lawrence is most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning of the play, Friar was the one to agree to marry the two of them. Friar should’ve been the practical one, knowing that it was a bad idea to have Romeo and Juliet together, but instead he...
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...Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, the deaths of the two title characters are both tragic and regrettable. Much could have been done to prevent their suicides, but these “star-crossed lovers’ ultimately are not able to avoid their destiny. A series of unfortunate circumstances result in disaster, and although many people could be to blame for their deaths Friar lawrence plays a particularly integral role. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame because he married Romeo and Juliet. If he had not married Romeo and Juliet, there wouldn’t be so many problems. Befor he married Romeo and Juliet he should have went to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet and talked to them about Romeo and Juliet wanting to marry. Another reason Friar Lawrence is at fault is...
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...what is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. There are many different factor that contribute to the death of Romeo and Juliet, but the most powerful contributing factors to there deaths are Friar Lawrence, Fate, and coincidence. These things were chosen, because they have the most influence on how Romeo and Juliet died. Is Friar Lawrence is to blame? He wanted to help the Capulet's, and Montague's back together and to end their feud together as a family. The Friar pushed too hard for Romeo and Juliet to get back together. He pushed them so far that they both killed themselves, Romeo with poison and Juliet stabbing herself. Friar Lawrence is blamed for their...
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...“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’’ a well known tragic love story written by the great William Shakespeare. Anybody that you ask are familiar with the plot. For decades now people all around the world read this love story, and a often question is who's to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. When Mercutio was killed, Romeo was mad, and retaliated against Tybalt he ended up having to leave Verona instead of staying with Juliet. However, one of the characters who is most to blame is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence was the wise priest that looked after Romeo and Juliet through their marriage, he kept their secret and helped them be together. The selfish, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. He was the planner,...
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...Did you know that Juliet was 12 and Romeo was 17 in the story of Romeo and Juliet. Although this age difference did not stop there growing love for eachother. Romeo and Juliet is a story based on two star crossed lovers who defy their parents trust and have relations with the enemy. The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets has been endless, only the death of loved ones was able to bring them together in the end. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was caused by Friar Lawrence. One of the main reasons why I blame Friar Lawrence for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he gave Juliet the idea and the potion to fake her death. This ended up making Romeo commit suicide with a small drink of poison. “Go with me the fault,” (V,3,130) this quote is by Friar Lawrence in Act V. This quote shows that he admits the fault is his and wants to go look at what he has done. Although some people may argue that he was just trying to help these two star crossed lovers, by doing so he was breaking the law by lying to the prince. This is one of my biggest...
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...by love or romance. For example, the play "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare, is known for it's romantic tragedy between two star- crossed lovers. With all of the deaths in this tragic play, who truly is to blame? In my opinion, Friar Laurence is the most to blame. There are many reasons why I think that Friar Laurence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. Reason 1: Friar Laurence was aware that Romeo and Juliet weren't supposed to get married because of their families rivalry. The forbidden wedding of Romeo and Juliet would have never happened if Friar Laurence thought about the consequences of his actions. In scene III (three), Friar Laurence's Cell, Friar Laurence states, "For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your household's rancor to pure love." This shows that Friar Laurence was hopeful and thought that marrying Romeo and Juliet would be a good idea and could possibly end the family's feud. Without Friar Laurence agreeing to Romeo's plan for marriage, he could have saved the two families a lot of time by not grieving over everyone who has died. Friar Laurence didn't think about the possible consequences of marrying Romeo and Juliet, and therefore, I think the death of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence's fault. Reason 2: Friar...
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...In the play, “Romeo and Juliet”, there are several significant details that help the reader determine who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. First, the characters the Montagues and the Capulets feuding is to blame. Another important detail is Friar Lawrence who’s plan is to blame. The third detail important to the play is Romeo who took matters into his own hands without really thinking things through he is also to blame. . All of these details are significant because they each played a role in the Romeo and Juliet taking their own lives. The situation could have been very avoidable if each character really thought about what they were doing. The families long lasting feud is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. In the beginning of the document which is document A it states, “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean”. Meaning the two families the Montagues and the Capulets had the opportunity to end their feud but they didn’t. They decided to continue it causing many problems in...
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...lead to tragedy and despair. Romeo and Juliet may be the most famous of the great literary tragedies. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets prohibits the love and ultimately results in the death of the “star-crossed lovers”. It may be difficult to truly determine who is to blame for the tragedy because their lives were influenced and affected by many figures. But the question is, who is most to blame for the death of the two lovers? I believe that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He easily could have prevented their love from being too strong by not marrying them. If he didn’t act so courageously and think that their marriage would end...
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...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are many people to blame for the death's, but there are three characters I think played a big role of the death's in the story. The people I think who made the biggest impact on the death's are Prince Escalus, Friar Lawrence, Lady and Lord Capulet. These people had the biggest impact on the star cross lovers Romeo and Juliet who were trying to escape Verona and live happily ever after. Romeo and Juliet had to escape Verona because the two families Capulet's and Montague's were in this big rivalry and were forbidden to like each other. Prince Escalus is a major person to blame because if he would have settled things between the Montague's and Capulet's none of this would have...
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...at blame. In the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo falls in love with Juliet from a family whom he is not allowed to have any contact with. Romeo and Juliet get married by Friar Lawrence, and Romeo gets banished for the death of Tybalt. Juliet then fakes her death to be with Romeo, the plan falls through and Romeo thinks she is really dead and he kills himself; Juliet kills herself when she finds out Romeo is dead. The three characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending of the play are both families, Friar Lawrence, and Lord Capulet. One group who is responsible for the deaths of the two teens are both sides of the families. At the beginning of the play, the prologue stated “from ancient drudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” (pg 2). That meaning, the family has an ancient feud, which starts the play out knowing Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be together. The first act of the play started up by a fight between the Capulets and Montagues. The Prince stated if anybody else was to fight again, they would be put to death. In the fight between Mercutio, Romeo's best friend, and Tybalt, Tybalt antagonized Mercutio and Mercutio fought him. During the fight, Tybalt stabbed Mercutio in the shoulder on accident. Romeo then kills Tybalt because the killing of Mercutio. If the two...
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...You are to blame. Often people look at other people to censure when something goes wrong. Most times it is the person blaming someone else that has done the wrong. But in this case the victims are no longer able to point fingers. William Shakespeare brought the world the story of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a very dreamy story at first until one thing goes wrong and then everyone starts dying. Romeo and Juliet are the lovers that end up committing suicide for each other. Mercutio is the best friend that sets off the story by dying first. Tybalt is the main reason why Mercutio dies and the Friar Lawrence brought Romeo and Juliet together in hope it would end the feud between the families. The Capulets and the Montagues...
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...Juliet and the Friar were the main causes of the problems in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet caused most of the trouble, but the Friar caused a major portion of the trouble as well. Juliet was the main cause of the trouble in Romeo and Juliet. Because of her, most of the chaos in the story occurred. She drank the potion, which caused her to appear dead and caused the death of Romeo, Paris, and herself. She decided that drinking the potion from the Friar was the easiest way to stay with Romeo, but it was probably the most complex decision she could have made. Also, the way she wanted to approach the marriage of her and Romeo was not very smart. Juliet should not have drank the potion from the Friar. “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee”(Shakespeare pg 457). There were so many terrible consequences that occurred because of it...
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...Friar Lawrence is the character that deserves the most blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, he could’ve easily stepped in and changed the whole outcome of the story. Even though there were multiple participants in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that could’ve easily change the outcome; Friar was the most active participant in their secret romance. Friar was the one that agreed to marry them because it could possibly end the feuding between the two families; he did not only take part in their romance he encouraged it which makes him the main attribute to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He also came up with the plan for Juliet to drink the potion and fake her which was essential in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Friar Lawrence was reluctant at first when Romeo approached him about marrying Juliet but his concern was about whether the love he had for her was real; Friar never had a problem with the risk that were associated with secretly marrying them he only was worried about his own personal agenda. In act 1 scene 3 Friar says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (lines 90-92). This quote is after Romeo...
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