Mercutio's Fault

Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Though the Friar is trying to help Romeo and Juliet, he is the catalyst of their destruction. Friar Lawrence’s hubris starts the chain reaction of tragic events for these “two star crossed lovers” (Prologue. 6). He then performs the marriage of Romeo and Juliet and even fabricates a foolish plan to keep them together when Juliet is forced to marry Paris.

His first fault was going to the party to see Rosaline, which was where he meet Juliet. If Romeo had kept loving Rosaline then none of this would have ever happened; his quick love shift caused the two’s

Romeo and Juliet Semester Two Essay Final Draft Impetuosity and impulsiveness cause the death of the two main characters in Romeo and Juliet. The two are so impulsive not because of passion and love or fate, they are like this due to the two not being in true love. Some examples of how they are impulsive and impetuous is how Juliet immediately agrees with the Friar 's plan to put her to sleep to avoid the marriage with Paris and how Romeo kills Tybalt and Paris.

Responsibility and tragedy seem like two ideas that do not fit together. The play, Romeo and Juliet breaks that stereotypical thinking. Two star-crossed lovers who mistakenly and tragically take their own lives, and someone is responsible for their ends. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he is the one who marries them “in secret,” and he also poorly executed their plan to escape to Mantua, where Romeo had been exiled to.

While Romeo was known for his impulsiveness, it didn 't go to help him out later on. Romeo had been convinced to sneak into the Capulet 's party, and would then lock eyes with a girl that he will forever be in love with. An analysis of Romeo’s character in the play Romeo and Juliet, reveals that his fatal flaw was his impulsiveness due to him falling in love and marrying Juliet, becoming a murder after he had killed Tybalt and Paris, and him killing himself. One reason why Romeo was impulsive was because he had fallen in love with Juliet at first sight.

The whole plan was for The Friar to give Juliet a plant to basically put her into a very deep sleep and slow her heart down so it was as if she was dead. Then The Friar would notify Romeo so he doesn 't think that Juliet is really dead. He would then give the letter to The Friar John, who was supposed to give it to Romeo. That didn 't work so much because Romeo ends up getting poison from someone and drinks it and dies, then Juliet wakes up and she

Juliet only loves Romeo so this drives her to go to Friar Laurence whereupon attempted suicide he prescribes a potion that will make her appear dead. Romeo and Juliet’s decision to be married starts a string of events including Juliet’s “death”, Romeo killing Paris, Romeo killing himself, and Juliet killing

Romeo is to blame for the deaths of him and Juliet, Getting exiled from the town, and Juliet and Paris aren 't getting married. Romeo came into the picture and ruined the plans that Juliet’s family had set out for her. Since Romeo came to the Capulet’s party he and Juliet laid eyes on each other and instantly fell in love. This messed everything up because that is where Juliet and Paris were supposed to meet. When Romeo meets Juliet, he stated “ Have not saints lips and palmers” Shakespeare (1.5,100).

The Death of Romeo and Juliet The foolishness of Romeo and Juliet can almost be tasted in the classic love story “Romeo and Juliet.” It is obvious that foolishness and foolish decisions is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because they were foolish enough that they kissed before they even got to know each other and their names and they wouldn’t stop meeting even though they knew Romeo could get killed for seeing Juliet and they knew they were moving too fast. They also chose to get married without their parents permission and without them knowing which led them to saying they were going to kill themselves multiple times which is quite childish and foolish.

Throughout the play, due to love, various acts of impermanence strike Romeo and Juliet through the change of love, the loss of trust, and the disowning of family. Romeo shows the impermanence of love as he drops his affection for Rosaline. In the beginning of the play, Romeo, with a deep passion, loves Rosaline before Juliet. Romeo describes his love with Rosaline as, "One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match

(I.iv.109-111). Romeo unconsciously predicts that something bad might happen if he shows up at the party, where he meets Juliet. Romeo says it himself, so it’s fate that they meet. Their deaths are the “consequence” that he speaks of. Since they are supposed to be foes, the bitterness that starts the pathway to their ultimate tragedy is their first encounter.

Saint Basil once said “Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger”. Many a time, people curse things intending to bring harm, when in reality they bring a greater good. Such is the case in William Shakespeare’s play, The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The play tells the story of two forbidden lovers and their feuding families. But some question who actually caused the death of both Romeo and Juliet.

1. Which single character is most responsible for driving the plot of Romeo and Juliet? Do you consider this character also to be the protagonist of the play?   Why or why not?

In Act Three Scene One Mercutio is killed and says the famous quote, "a plague a' both your houses!" The Capulets and Montagues are both responsible for the death of Mercutio. The first reason is that the families choose to fight. My second is that there is no effort by both families to stop the fighting. My third reason is that it takes such an extreme measure to end the fighting and hostility between the families.

Romeos to Blame Romeo is the reason that six guiltless individual are deceased. If Romeo would have just stayed home and not snuck into a party, that Montagues were not welcomed, none of this would've happened. Adding to consideration, he was at the party to compare a different women. Also, Romeo murdered half of the people with his own hands. Romeo is most responsible for the deaths in Romeo and Juliet.