Romeo and Juliet Death and despair is what crossed these star crossed lover's path. Romeo and Juliet is about a pair of lovers from feuding families involving death in the end of this play by William Shakespeare. Not only is Friar Lawrence to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, but also their parents and themselves. Friar Lawrence is one of the people who are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet without their parents regards hoping to end the feuding of the families. “but come, young waverer, come go with me, in one respect i'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households”. (II. iii 88-93) . What Friar Lawrence means is that with Romeo and Juliet …show more content…
As the play opens you see Sampson and Gregory talking how much they hate the Montagues. “I will push Montague's men from the wall and thrust his maids to the wall.” (I. i 16-17). This shows the utmost disgust that the two families have for each other. But had it not been for the feud then there wouldn't have been a problem with their love. Another reason it is the parents to blame because they try making Juliet marry Paris and they even move up the wedding. “Be fettle your fine joints ‘gainst thursday next, to drag thee on a hurdle there. (III. v 153). But Juliet doesn't want to be with Paris since she is already married to Romeo. If the parents had not been feuding and their love forbidden, the two lovers would still be …show more content…
If Romeo never snuck in the Capulet's party then he wouldn't of met Juliet and he wouldn't of died but may still love Rosalina. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an ethiop ear- beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” (I. iv ). “ Did my heart love till now?” (I. iv). If Romeo and Juliet never met they wouldn't of died for each other. They knew each other for less than a week before getting married, so that means they didn't really know each other. They might not have been in love but only wanted to. After romeo got banished Juliet should have listened to her parents and marry Paris, If she did she wouldn't be dead. Romeo and Juliet are their own fault that they are
Was “their parents’ strife” the reason for the love between Romeo and Juliet proving to be fatal? The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by Shakespeare demonstrates how powerful love can be while it shows how hatred towards one another would result in tragedy ending. This play is well- known by the world and it is considered as the best love story of all time because the story gives us a moral lesson for couples and everyone. “Parents ongoing strife” is certainly one of the reasons that caused the death of Romeo and Juliet as keeping their love a secret had unforeseen consequences.
James wisely Ms. Antle English 1 March 11 2023 Romeo and juliet deaths Romeo and friar Lawrence are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and juliet. Is this story they both make bad decisions that lead to the death for the both of them. Romeo wanted to marry juliet. Also friar Lawrenc wanted to get juliet poison to make it look like juliet died. In romeo and juliet by william shakespeare friar laurence and romeo are foils in the play because romeo is really impressive and easy played and fryer lawrence should have not have given them stuiped ideas to romeo and juliet and they both have a lot of bad ideas.
Romeo and Juliet have shown that they have intense love for each other, that becomes apparent when we see that they would die to be with each other. This couple shows and opens the eyes of their dearest ones to stop fighting with one another and open their hearts to one another. In the beginning of the story we are introduced to “two households both alike in dignity.” (document A), The Montagues and the Capulets.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ends with the death of Romeo and Juliet. There were many causes for their deaths and many people contributed to it. But Friar Lawrence was the largest factor in this story. Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
That is why Lord Capulet is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death.
As well as confirming the plan with Romeo. Juliet should not be left alone at the vault. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet too soon, without fully thinking things through. The Friar’s intentions were to end the two families feud by marrying Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence states, “In one respect I’ll thy assist be, For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love (II.ii.97-99).”
Who is Not at Fault for Romeo and Juliet’s Death Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. This play told the story of two young forbidden lovers, namely Romeo and Juliet, who were children of two feuding households. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet, the Montagues and Capulets were in a conflict for decades, and it was most definitely unacceptable that they loved each other. Romeo and Juliet were married by Friar Lawrence, who was an important character because he was the driving force of many events in the play. Romeo and Juliet took their own lives at the end of the play, a tragic event that affected all of Verona.
Romeo and Juliet had many events leading up to their deaths. Other than events, people are to blame for the deaths of many. Three suspects would be Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet, and Romeo. Each of them have at least one thing for the cause, and the effect was death. If you looked closely one of them had the most impact.
To begin with, the grudge between the two families, Montague and Capulet, resulted in the children making their love discrete. It was clear that because of the feud, both families would not approve of the act. Juliet's father claims he will disown her if she doesn't marry the designated person who he deemed right to become her husband. He gave off the impression that he will disapprove of anyone else. The family riot has caused Romeo and Juliet's love to continue in secrecy which lead to foolish deeds and unfortunate death.
Who’s is to blame for the various deaths in the play of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare? Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo and Juliet, teenage lovers, fell in love but their families hated each other. They got married in secret by Friar Lawrence. When Juliet didn’t want to married Paris, Friar Lawrence gave her poison to make her fate her death.
Friar Lawrence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he thinks that if they get married it will end the feud between the Montague and Capulet family. According to the text in Document C , block two “So smile the heavens upon this holy act… These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume…”.(DBQ: Project, 2013) From the reading this quote means the marriage between Romeo and Juliet and their lives will not last. Another key point is in Document C block three, line three “And, if thou darest, I’ll give you thee remedy”. (DBQ: Project, 2013)
To begin with, the two families were in a feud. The grudge between the two families made Romeo and Juliet want to hide their love to prevent any further damage to the broken relationship. It was clear that because of the feud, both families would not approve of the bond between the two children. Juliet's father claimed that he would disown her if she didn't marry who he wanted and will disapprove of anyone else. The family riot caused the children to continue their doings in secrecy to avert problematic situations.
The play could have ended differently if the characters acted more clever. The Montague and Capulet families could have approved the love of Romeo and Juliet, but they declined it, and wanted Juliet to marry Paris. If Romeo wasn’t so hasty, he would have known that Juliet was still alive, and under a drug. Friar Lawrence should have sent the letter before Juliet drank the drug, this would have made less problems. At the beginning of the story, the Montague and Capulet families were enemies, as they had an ancient grudge towards each other.
Even if Lord Capulet thought that Romeo was not going to cause any problems he should have still kicked Romeo out, because he was not invited. Lord Capulet should have been suspicious of how Romeo discovered the party. He wanted to avoid making a scene at his
In the book Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, the book is a giant tragedy between two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. There are people that love each other that much. The feud, lack of parenting, and lack of communication caused Romeo and Juliet's death in the book. Throughout the book, there is a feud between the two families (the Capulets and Montagues) started before the book and there was no real history on it other than that they don't like each other and they fight in the streets often. I feel like the feud caused some of the problems because Romeo sounded like a pusher, what I mean by a pusher is he likes to push on or bend the rules so he can see what will happen.