Essay Who Is To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

There has always been a point in our lives when we lacked the patience and the ability to reason. Maybe it’s due to stress or anger, but it does not change the fact that it clouds the mind. This could not be more true than with Romeo. In the play known as Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers named Romeo and Juliet are from two different families that despise each other. They both fall in love with one another and eventually take their lives. It is their deaths that end the conflict between both of their families. But this tragedy had to be someone’s fault. I believe that Romeo is to blame for the deaths of himself and Juliet due to his lack of patience and control of his emotions.

Throughout the text Romeo has shown that he has very little ability to control his emotions. For example in act 1 scene 1 Romeo is depressed because he claims to loves a girl

He was so quick to forget about Rosaline after meeting Juliet. Even Friar Laurence notices this on act 3 scene 3 when he says “Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken?”(Shakespeare p. 979). Friar Laurence knows just how desperate Romeo is, and even scolds him for it. He is seen frequently telling Romeo to slow down. Juliet has also noticed how quickly Romeo falls in love. “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; too like the lightning, which doth cease to be…”(Shakespeare, p. 975). Juliet feels like they are moving much faster than they should be.

Despite popular belief I feel like Friar Laurence is not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He was good at heart. We know this when he married Romeo and Juliet hoping that it would end the crisis of both of their families. And due to Lord Capulet making the wedding between Juliet and Paris so soon he had very little to work with when it came to making an effective plan. On top of that, the plan would have worked if he had just decided to send a different messenger such as