Essay Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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Who are to blame for the deaths of the star-crossed lovers? Romeo and Juliet start off with two families fighting, and Romeo’s depressed because he’s love sick. He gets married to Juliet and everything is great and dandy, for two hours. Romeo then gets exiled and Juliet fakes her death. Romeo then finds Juliet in the chamber dead and kills himself. Juliet wakes up from the fake death then kills herself. What a story. But what are the main causes of their deaths? Tybalt and timing play an essential role. Tybalt plays an essential role in the story because he’s the one that got Romeo exiled. Well, Romeo got himself exiled for killing Tybalt, but Tybalt is the one that started all this. Assuming that he’s in the range of Romeo and Juliet’s age as it doesn’t quite give you his age. You would expect him to be as mature as Mercutio and work things out, instead of killing him when he drew his sword. “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate …show more content…

That is true, they both made horrible decisions. However, according to the “Teenage Brains are Malleable.” Article. "’Instead of acting impulsively, the teens are making sure they get it right,’ Casey says. She says this shows how teens' sensitivity to rewards can sometimes lead to better decisions.” This means that Romeo and Juliet did what they thought was right. They’re young, they kill themselves because they thought it was right. Think of it as “If this person isn’t going to live then I won’t either.” This also has to do with people mimicking each other. For instance, when people yawn people around that person yawn. Vice versa. This is exactly what it is, but on a completely different level. Another example is when Romeo killed Tybalt. Romeo killed Tybalt because Tybalt killed Mercutio. Romeo thought it was right for Tybalt to die because Tybalt killed Mercutio. That’s the reason why he got exiled instead of just getting killed

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