Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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In Shakespeare’s story Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet’s love story tragically ends in both of them dying. Their love is what lead them to their deaths, but the cause is debated. “Was it Romeo and Juliet’s themselves? Was it fate? Could it have been the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues?” these are a few of the assumed causes of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, but the real causes of their deaths were Friar Laurence and the Nurse. In Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence and the Nurse are portrayed as mentors for Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse and Friars Laurence are approached throughout the play for guidance and advice. Their guidance and advice however, ended up guiding Romeo and Juliet to their deaths. In Act 2 scene 3, when Romeo asks …show more content…

This situation could be used to try and disprove the claim that the Nurse and Friar Laurence are why Romeo and Juliet died, but when the Nurse told Juliet to leave her husband and marry Paris, Juliet lost trust in the Nurse and she felt that the Nurse’s suggestion was disrespectful towards her. Juliet’s feeling of distrust and disrespect from the Nurse is what caused her to turn to Friar Laurence and his risky plan. Friar Laurence’s plan, that Juliet was desperate enough to go through with, had risks that could’ve been prevented. The first way would be to not suggest the plan in the first place. If Friar never suggested for Juliet to fake her death, Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself and Juliet wouldn’t have killed herself because of romeo. In another situation Friar Laurence and Juliet go through with the plan, but instead of putting the weight of the plan on one letter that’s supposed to inform Romeo of the plan, he should’ve had a more reliable way to tell Romeo, like telling him in person. If Friar Laurence went and told Romeo about the plan in person, he would’ve been sure that Romeo knew the plan. If he knew he wouldn’t have made it back in time for Paris’s and Juliet’s wedding, he could’ve postponed the wedding because he’s the one that has to wed Paris and Juliet, and the wedding can go on without him.

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