Romeo And Juliet Dbq

Avalon Davis
Mrs. Cerone
English 1 CPA
10, April 2023

Whos to blame
Blame is someone who you assign responsibility for a fault or wrong. The idea of someone else being at fault for the actions of others is seen in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The story is about two teenagers who fall in love despite being in families that are feuding. Ultimately, after pursuing a forbidden love affair, both lovers end up taking their lives. However, the people responsible for their deaths are Fate, Friar Lawrence, and Balthasar. Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control; therefore, Fate was one of the main reasons for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. They were considered to be“two star-crossed lovers” (Doc. A) meaning no matter what happens they are both going to die in the end.
Even Romeo says, “Is it even so? Then I defy you stars!” (Doc. E) because he knows that Fate cannot be changed, and Fate is keeping him and Juliet apart. Therefore, he tries to go against Fate by dying so they can meet in the afterlife. For these reasons, Fate is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them, and says, “For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without knowing that Juliet was engaged. Since Juliet was already engaged to CounPariss she did not want to tell the Friar because she knew he would say no. The Friar says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” (Doc. C) the Friar gave Juliet a potion. The potion was going to put Juliet to sleep for 48 hours and it will look like she is dead, everyone will think she is dead but Friar Lawrence, he did not tell Romeo of his plan which was the biggest flaw in the plan. That is the biggest reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and