Romeo and Juliet question

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I would say that the feud between the parents of the family. If they didn't have a feud between each other, then Romeo and Juliet would love each other in peace. “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” The feud was why Romeo and Juliet decided to leave somewhere together. However, because of Frair Lawrence, they both saw each other dead, and killed themselves. It all started with the feud between he two families.

I believe that the feud between the Capulets and Montagues is to blame for their deaths. They had different beliefs which did not allow the teens to adventure. Romeo, being a Montague, was able to stay out late and do whatever. However, Juliet could not do that because she was raised differently. I feel as though they saw their suicide as a way to end the feud. In the story, it states: ¨Do with their death bury their parents' strife.¨ This quote is significant because it shows that their death was the only way to end the feud. I think that they committed suicide because how limited their lives were. They wanted to be with each other, but the families morals got in the way.

The death of Romeo and Juliet, in my opinion, was not the fault of a person but the impatience of Romeo and Juliet themselves. If Romeo had simply waited for Friar Lawrence or at least waited and mourned for Juliet, he would have discovered she was alive. According to the story, Romeo claims,"Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark.
Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary,
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. (Act 5 Scene 3 Page 6)" Because Romeo could not bear the pain, he took his own life instead of being patient, thus causing him and Juliet to commit suicide.

I think Romeo and Juliet is at fault for the death for Romeo and Juliet because they took their own life because of the other person.
An example is when Romeo killed himself because he thought Juliet was dead and then Juliet killed herself after she found out that Romeo died.

The friar is to blame because he gave Juliet the idea and the means to fake her death. The messenger is also to blame because he didn´t deliver the whole message, this would lead to Romeo´s suicide followed closely by Juliet´s suicide.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet's parents are responsible for the death of their children. This is because they never bothered to tell children about the family backgrounds that they came from. They could not understand their parents which is why they never took advice from them. An example is when Juliet went to the Nurse for advice on Romeo rather than Lady Capulet. Romeo did the same in the beginning of the story when he went to Mercutio for love advice on Rosaline. These were the reasons that they were not understanding of the family feud. This lead to them falling in love with each other despite the family feuds.

I believe that it is Friar Lawrence who is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He would have saved their lives without giving Juliet the poison. After Juliet drinks the poison, it forced Romeo to kill himself in order to forever be with his love, Juliet.

In the story it said, " A thing like death to chide away this shame,
That copest with death himself to scape from it:
And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. " This shows that Friar gave the potion to Juliet and set the plan.

I think that the families are responsible for Romeo and Juliet's deaths. If there wasn't a feud between the two families, Romeo and Juliet would have been able to love each other freely and out in public without having to keep their relationship a secret because of the rivalry. In the play, Juliet says "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet." Juliet is expressing the frustration of how because of their name they are unable to be together. If it wasn't for Montague and Capulet family grudges, they would be able to be together without a strong disapproval from their families.

I believe that there is no one to blame but Romeo and Juliet themselves. After all, it was their actions that caused their death, others were not involved. If they hadn't been so hotheaded and brash decision-makers, they both would have lived. Perhaps it was their parent's feud to blame to begin with, but if they had just accepted the fact that that's the way things are, then they would have been fine. But they couldn't, and their foolishness lead them to their demise. Another thing is, if Romeo had just been patient, and allowed himself to grieve a little longer, Juliet would have woken and they would have been reunited. Yet Romeo's impatience proved to fault them both.

I believe the parents are at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Firstly, the parents forced Juliet to marry Paris despite her attempts to sway them away. The parents tell Juliet to " just see if you can like him at the party tonight. " This arranged marriage drove Juliet to fall in love with Romeo, a Montague. Juliet's parents are Capulet, and the two families have had a giant rivalry for many years. So the parents do not approve of their relationship, causing Romeo and Juliet to suicide.

I believe that it is both Romeo and Juliet's fault for their own deaths. Yes they wouldn't have to go through all this trouble if the Capulet and the Montegue didn't have a feud but if the two didn't have a feud, they probably wouldn't have met. Juliet should have waited for Romeo to come get her instead of pretending to kill herself. Romeo also should have waited a while longer because right when he killed himself, she woke up. I believe that Romeo and Juliet believed that they were so destined to be together to the point where they couldn't see logically. They were so hung up on each other to the point where they believed that they were meant to be together even though they met a couple days ago. In the story, Romeo says, "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's ear --Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!" This shows how much he thinks he knows her after knowing her for a couple days.

I think it was their own love for each other that killed them. As it said in the book Romeo killed himself because he could not imagine life without his Juliet. Juliet also does the same when she finds Romeo dead too. And the only reason she concocted the plan to fake kill herself was to be with Romeo in where ever he was exiled to.

I believe that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet, because he was secretive, and didn't communicate very well. He is a coward. He could have easily prevented the deaths and stopped the grudge. According to the play," So smile the heavens upon this holy act. That after-hours with sorrow chide us not."

It is my belief that the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet were afraid of the issues between the two families, which did not allow them to express their true love for each other. This makes them to eventually kill themselves. This can be directly proven, since the prologue says, ¨Do with their death bury their parents' strife¨. This quote proves that the despise between the two families, were what caused the death of Romeo and Juliet.

I believe that the responsible people for the death of Romeo and Juliet would be the parents. The reason i blame the parents is because if the parents did not argue and have so much hatrid for eachother then they would have gotten along more and not would've caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

I believe that it was the parents fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I think it was because no one supported them being together. Their parents had originally had their significant others picked out for them from their own clans. Another reason had to do with their names because both of their clans didn't like one another and only had to marry someone from their clan. In this quote "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet", it explains how Juliet doesnt care about their family name and what their parents say.

I believe that Friar Lawrence was responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death. The reason behind this is because he was the one to suggest marriage in order to create peace between the two families.
Friar Lawrence was the one to provide the poison and sleeping potion to Romeo and Juliet. He also didn't relay the important message of the special plan to Romeo correctly. If Romeo had understood the plan, he wouldn't have thought that Juliet was dead and killed himself.
After Juliet woke up, Friar Lawrence "told" Juliet to come out before they get caught. Friar Lawrence should have done anything possible in order to bring Juliet out of the crypt. However, all he did was leave the crypt and let Juliet kill herself.
Even the prince in the final scene of the play says, "We still have known thee for a holy man". This means that everyone has known Friar Lawrence as a holy man, but he has made such terrible suggestions to Romeo and Juliet which caused the deaths of them.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

Friar Lawrence plays a main roll in the cause of Romeo and Juliet's death. This is because Friar told Juliet of the absurd idea to poison herself to trick her family into thinking she was dead. He encouraged her to become rebellious. The aftermath was a snowball effect that led to miscommunication, and the death of the two lovers.

I also believe that Romeo and Juliet caused their own death, because, in the end, they were the ones who took their lives.

I believe that the fault of Romeo and Juliet's death belongs to Friar Lawrence because he was keeping the secret between Romeo and Juliet and helped the two of them be together. The reason he helped them was because he wanted the hatred between the two families to end and it was Friar's idea to give Juliet the potion to put her in a coma for 42 whole hours. In the story, Friar wrote a letter to Romeo explaining his plan after he had used the potion on Juliet, but the note never got to Romeo causing Romeo to feel alone and as believing the love of his life is dead. After Romeo believes this, Romeo commits suicide because he believes Juliet is dead and believes that they will be together again if he dies too. This is the reason why I think that the cause for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is because of Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet and put them together so he basically started everything in the first place. Friar Lawrence in the book says, "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’ rancour to pure love." This is a quote from Friar showing that he was going along with Romeo when Romeo said he wanted to marry Juliet. He went along with this because he thought that the marriage would end the feud between the two families.

I think that it was Friar John's fault because he was charged with the job of telling Romeo the "master plan" because if Romeo had known that Juliet wasn't really dead then he wouldn't have died and neither would Juliet. He would have shown up and be like "Juliet wake my lazy lady" and she would wake up and they would run away together and live happily ever after. But NO, Friar John just had to go and mess up everything, with his whole thing with him being late to Romeo and Romeo not getting the message. Then Romeo thought that Juliet was dead, and he wasn't going to live without her so he went and drank some poison so he could die with her. That was his mistake, Juliet woke up moments later and tried to get the poison out of his mouth, but that didn't work, so she killed herself with Romeo's dagger, saying “O happy dagger, / This is thy sheath,” she then falls on Romeo's body and dies.

Personally, I think it's a lot of different characters contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet. The Capulet and Montague house feud to begin with; if they hadn't been feuding, there wouldn't be a reason to get married in secret / hide their relationship at all. Another is Friar Lawrence, who wouldn't publicly announce their wedding (which would've forced the houses to accept their love, since divorce almost never happened back then). A third is the Nurse, who pressured Juliet into marrying Paris and not Romeo, which prompts her into going to the Friar in the first place.

There's also the Friar responsible (Friar John) for getting the message to Romeo about the sleeping potion/fake death plan, who fails to do so and thus is directly responsible for Romeo killing himself. Romeo's death makes Juliet kill herself. It's a long chain of blame. The initial blame is the feud, which prompts the Nurse to convince Juliet to Paris, which turns Juliet to Friar Lawrence, who in turn trusts critical information to Friar John, who fails to deliver it and prompts Romeo to kill himself, and when Romeo kills himself, Juliet follows. It's a tangled mess- Almost all the characters can earn some kind of blame.

Rosaline and Benvolio can earn blame, too. Rosaline, for rejecting Romeo in the first place, which causes him to go to the party to meet Juliet. Benvolio, for suggesting going to the party, and so on. It's, unfortunately, not as complicated as just saying "X is to blame", because some blame can be given to almost every character in the play.

I believe it was Romeo and Juliet fault that they died. They were over dramatic, and foolish to kill themselves just because the person they loved died. Let alone the fact that they killed themselves moments after it happened. In the story Romeo sees "dead" Juliet, and just decides that he needs to be dead too so he kills himself, but right after he dies she wakes up and does the same. If they were courteous enough to wait and say goodbye to their families then they would have seen that they were still alive and just being stupid over dramatic teenagers. If Romeo and Juliet just accepted what happened and moved on with their lives then no one would have died.

I believe that it is mainly Romeo and Juliet's fault. It was their foolish choice to kill themselves. If they were both a little more patient and sensible, they both would have gotten out alive. Though it was mainly their fault, I also believe that there was other factors like Friar Lawrence's responsibility to get the letter to Romeo. If Romeo had seen this, he would have known that Juliet wasn't dead and he wouldn't have killed himself, which led to Juliet killing herself. Another factor was the feud between their family which made them have that pressure of not being able to be together.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet's fault for their own death because they were stupid enough to fall in love with each other in the first place. In Act 2 Scene 2, Romeo says, ¨Alas, one angry look from you would be worse than twenty of your relatives with swords. Just look at me kindly, and I’m invincible against their hatred.¨ This shows that Romeo knew that he could get killed for just talking to Juliet, but he still kept seeing her. Also, I believe that it was Friar Lawrence's fault because he never gave the message to Romeo about Juliet's plan to run away together.

I feel that Romeo and Juliet's death was pure human error and the work of fate. A lot of contributing factors (namely that feud between the Montagues and Capulets made the love between R&J difficult, but it couldn't have ultimately led to their passing. The part where Friar Lawrence's plan wasn't delivered to Romeo was where the beginning of the end for their love. Romeo didn't know that Juliet had taken the sleeping potion and instead heard that she had passed away. Driven mad, he takes a death potion with him to Juliet's grave, kills Paris, and commits suicide. Immediately after, Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and subsequently kills herself as well. If the last bit hadn't happened, Romeo and Juliet would have lived happily ever after.

I believe that the two lovers families are the ones to blame for their death. Sure they shouldn't have moved so quickly in their relationship, but it's how they were brought up. Even Juliet's mother got married at a young age. Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris right after Tybalt's death. Also, Romeo was banished from Verona which made matters worse. All of this news was too much for a young girl and it made her feel like she had to go to extremes in escaping her responsibilities. If Juliet and Romeo were able to express their feelings about each other to their parents then they wouldn't have gotten into a big mess.

I think that Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths. No one put a sword up to their throat and forced them to stab themselves or forced a potion down their throats. Seeing as how they were the children of two sworn enemies, they out of all people should have known that there would be consequences for their rebellion. Also, as if dating each other wasn't rebellious already, they decided to get married. Even if they hadn't been dumb enough to kill themselves, one of the Capulet's or the Montague's would have disagreed with their relationship and killed Romeo or Juliet.

I believe there is more than one person responsible for Romeo and Juliet, because each character contributed to them killing themselves. But I believe them main reason is the feuding families, they were constantly tearing them apart and the Capulet's were trying to marry Juliet to Paris. But another contributing factor that played an important role was Friar Lawrence, he is the one who married Romeo and Juliet, but also gave Juliet the poison. Which was then followed by the death of Juliet and then Romeo.

It was Romeo and Juliet. They were the cause of their own deaths. They took their own lives, even if they were pressured by others. They are impulsive teenagers who didn't really think it through.

In my opinion, I feel that Juliet was at fault of Romeo and her own death. Their communication between each other wasn;t the way they both wanted it to be or as good as they thought it would be or it is. Juliet had drunk the potion which when Romeo came he thought Juliet had died since she was not replying. Romeo then drank poison and died himself. Juliet then gained consciousness and saw the poison bottle and saw that Romeo had drunk the poison and died, so she became foolish and drank it too and died with him. In some ways, it is their parents fault as well for not letting both of them marry each other with proper consent which led them to elope and getting married to each other. If Juliet's parents and all the Capulets let them marry then everything would have been in place and they all would have been living happily together.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

To be honest in my opinion it is the feud between the two families that caused Romeo and Juliet's death because although the Friar had given them terrible advice and the nurse had helped them secretly get married but in the end it all leads back to the feud between the two families. If it weren't for the hatred between the two families Romeo and Juliet would not have to sneak around. If they were allowed to see each other freely their wouldn't be a huge lack of communication between the two character. When Juliet was taking the sleeping potion she couldn't even see Romeo much less tell him her plan to drink the sleeping potion and fake her death. On to of that if there was no feud in the first place Juliet never would have taken the potion and Romeo never would have drank the poison.

I believe the two families, are the reason Romeo and Juliet took their lives. I say that because had the two families come together Romeo and Juliet could have had a happy life. But no, the families hated each other which made Romeo and Juliet love impossible. So they took their lives over unhappy love.

The death of Romeo and Juliet is the fault of the two families, Capulet and Montague. If it wasn't for the two families foolish hatred, Romeo and Juliet would still be alive and have a family. But due to their families, they were unable to be together. Their parents didn't care about their children's feelings. Juliet's parents wanted her to marry Paris. She didn't want to, and out of desperation, she married Romeo instead. But they couldn't be together because of their parent's hatred, and their family name. If the parent's sat down and talked, they might have solve the problem. The parents were too single minded and old fashion to bend the rules. Due to the lack of freedom, Romeo and Juliet decided to end their lives together.

I believe that the fault of the couple's death were the ones who claimed a rival between the Capulet and Montague family. But another answer that is more specific is Juliet's parents and even Tybalt. They gave her strict demands of what she will do with her life and who she will marry. She barley had freedom and it's common for people that don't have freedom to rebel against orders and rules. Romeo had more freedom than her. I think it's fair to say that her parents don't act like parents but more like a leader who is always putting out demands. It wasn't Juliet's decision to marry Paris but her parents, this led her to faking her death just to get away from them and the marriage. Because Romeo didn't know her death was fake, he killed himself but when Juliet woke up and saw him dead, she actually killed herself as well. To me, this was all because of the lack of freedom and all the demands that were placed on Juliet by her family and even Romeo's family for being a part of the feud.

I think that folly of the youth was to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. They were both acting childish, and over reacted. Romeo thought that Juliet was dead, so instead of moving on marrying Rosaline, he kills himself. And when Juliet finds out Romeo is actually dead, she does the same.

I think Romeo and Juliet are responsible for the death of each other, because they took there lives in there own lives. Their actions contributed to the death of their lives. I also believe that the lack of communication lead to the death of these two lovers.

I believe that it is Capulet's fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If they would have never tried to push Juliet to marry Paris, she would have never had to fake her death. Without Juliet faking her death, Romeo would have never killed himself and neither would Juliet. All of Capulet's force towards Juliet caused both her and Romeo to go to extremes.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

Everyone is partially at fault for it, But I got to push most of the blame on Romeo and Friar lawerence, For romeo, Had he waited a moment, he wouldve lived with juliet, and Friar gave Juliet the sleeping potion

I think it's the Romeo's fault for the death of the two lovers because of how much pressure he was putting on this little 13 year old girl who doesn't even know what love is. Sure, they had that family rivalry but if Romeo wasn't trying to find love so quickly and actually took the time to meet someone he really loved, the story wouldnt have gone the way it did and both of them would be alive and most likely happier.

Personally I think it's Juliet's fault because she agreed to have the wedding a day earlier. So friar Lawrence did not have enough time to get his letter to Romeo. That's when Balthasar comes in and tell Romeo about Juliet and he think so died so that lead to their death... so if Juliet just waited 1 day it would have worked out

I believe that Friar Lawrence is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This is because he basically advised them both to do the wrong things. He thought that by marrying the two he would solve the feud between the two families. He was the one who advised and gave Juliet the poison to put her in a coma-like state. He was also the one who wrote a letter to Romeo explaining the situation. But, the letter never even reached Romeo. So I believe that Friar Lawrence literally killed Romeo and Juliet.

Honestly, if I were to be literal, both Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths. Both deaths are the biggest near-misses in literature. If Romeo had just waited a day, everything would've worked out. But, he was so eager to be with Juliet that he impulsively decided to kill himself. "Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." is a quote from Act 5, Scene 3. This then domino effected Juliet to kill herself because of her now dead love. If you want to be metaphorical about it, sure her parents could be to blame but realistically, I don't think that they're a good enough reason to die.

In my opinion, everyone was at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The first group of people up to blame are the parents of Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets and Montagues. The hate boiled between the two is what pushed Romeo and Juliet to force their relationship into hiding. If they hadn't had a feud between each other Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have to hide their relationship from their parents or anybody. Second up to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is Romeo and Juliet themselves. The two had never thought out the plan and think about the consequences or the effects it would have. They both had known of the plan two days before their deaths which would give them enough time to save themselves and think it through. Not only did they have time to think the plan through but they didn't exactly have anyone forcing or telling them to kill themselves. The plan had simply included Juliet appearing to be dead not for the two to commit suicide.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. I think that Romeo and Juliet knew how dangerous it was for them to be together. In the text, Juliet says "Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy." This shows that she knew that Romeo was her family's enemy, yet she still decided to be with him. I think that they were both fully aware of the consequences of their relationship. At the end of the story, Romeo kills himself because he thinks that Juliet has died. After Juliet realizes what happened, she kills herself as well. They both knew what they were doing, and at the end, it was their decisions to end their life.

The person who is responsible for their own death of Romeo and Juliet is actually Romeo and Juliet. I believe this because they both were aware of the possible consequences for being in love since their families hated each other. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife" (Shakesphere, prologue). Even though it is a possibility that they wouldn't have killed themselves if they wouldn't have gotten married, I still think they would've. Also, I don't think that anyone who assisted them in making their relationship a success was at fault because Romeo and Juliet were the ones who wanted it.

I think that the Montague and Capulet families are at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death. Their feud is the reason they have to hide their love. "Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. //
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes // The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, // And the continuance of their parents' rage, // Which, but their children's end, nought could remove," (Shakespeare). They killed themselves because they couldn't be together in the real world. The Montague and Capulet feud was so strong that even the death of their descendants couldn't bury the hatchet. Though Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague didn't know the details about their children's relationship, I believe that they wouldn't accept them and they would make it even worse. They wouldn't understand, especially Juliet's parents. Since Lord and Lady Capulet had set up an arranged marriage for her, they would be angry at her for ruining their plans with Paris.

Honestly, I blame everybody in the play for Romeo's and Juliet's deaths.
First, I blame Romeo and Juliet, because (even though they're young), they should at least have some understanding of the choices they're making, and the consequences their choices will have. I also blame Romeo a little bit more than Juliet because Romeo was in love with Rosaline first, but after she didn't return the affection, Romeo turned to the next girl he saw!
Second, I blame their parents - especially Lady Capulet. Juliet had never thought of love before Lady Capulet had come in and said, "Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers: by my count, I was your mother much upon these years." She planted the idea in Juliet's head, and then Juliet found Romeo.
And lastly, I blame Friar Lawrence. Honestly, he knew everything that was happening, and didn't stop any of it! He encouraged Romeo to move on from Rosaline, married Romeo and Juliet in secret, then he encouraged Juliet's (fake) death, and this whole time didn't tell anybody - not their parents, friends, or family - until it was too late!

I believe that the Capulet - Montague feud itself is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet; "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."(Shakespeare, Prologue, 2-3). This is exactly what happened - this "new mutiny," is the cause for their death - since they believed that their families wouldn't let them marry, so they decided to refuse their names.: "[...] Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

Friar Lawrence is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He was the one who originally told Romeo he would help him marry Juliet. If Friar Lawrence had told Romeo to wait and hold off on the marriage, the two teenagers would have more time to think about their actions before taking them. After Friar Lawrence wedded them, Friar Lawrence was the one Romeo ran to after being banished. Friar Lawrence was also the one who put the idea of death in the young lovers heads. "Not in a grave, To lay one in, another out to have." (Act 2, scene 3, lines 83-84). Friar Lawrence was also given the task of passing on Juliet's letters to Romeo, which Romeo never received. Then when Romeo did return, Lawrence was too late to tell Romeo she wasn't dead, even though Lawrence knew exactly where Romeo would go.

I think that Friar Laurence is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he knew about the entire plan as they went through it. Romeo discussed his feelings about Juliet after he met her, and how Romeo planned about marrying Juliet as soon as possible. Friar Laurence says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love" (Romeo and Juliet, 2.3, 90-93). Friar Laurence agreed to this and he said that if they married, the two families might finally be peaceful with each other. Friar Laurence is also the one who married Romeo and Juliet, which makes him one of the characters to blame for their unfortunate deaths. He is the one who 'helps' Juliet when he provides the plan (which did not work as how it should have) that they should follow after they find out Romeo was exiled. Because his plan did not work, this all resulted in first Juliet's fake death, then Paris's and Romeo's death. When Juliet saw Romeo dead, she actually stabbed and killed herself.

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