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 believe that Friar Laurence is mostly responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Since it was his plan and he was the adult figure in the whole thing, he should have had the responsibility of making sure that Romeo got the letter and basically making sure that everything went right. However, he gives someone else the letter to give to Romeo and it ends up not even getting to Romeo. In the text it says, “I could not send it,--here it is again,--Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection.” This is when Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he wasn’t able to get the letter to Romeo. If Friar Laurence had taken the letter, he possibly could’ve gotten the letter to Romeo and the plan would have worked.

I think it everyone fault it drove everyone crazy with everything it was not just one person fault

Roméo et Juliette est une tragédie écrite par William Shakespeare en 1594 puis jouée, pour la première fois, en 1595. Cependant, c’est en 1597 que l’on découvrira la première édition (John Danter) de cette oeuvre. Cette histoire met en exergue un amour tragique entre deux jeunes gens de 14 ans, issus de deux familles rivales et importantes, dans la cité de Vérone : Roméo, un Montaigu, Juliette, une Capulet.

Analyse de Roméo et Juliette

In the beginning of the play, Romeo and Juliet were already predestined to commit suicide because Shakespeare made our two lovers star-crossed. Even before any actions in the play, the readers were already told that in the prologue. It is true the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets caused both lovers to go to great lengths in order to be together. It was the family feud that separated Romeo and Juliet from each other in life and death. Friar Laurence did failed to make Romeo aware of Juliet’s fake death. The nurse abandoned Juliet, and advised her to marry Paris. Furthermore, despite our two star-crossed lovers being the one who ultimately made the decision to take their life, they are star-crossed nonetheless. All the events in Shakespeare’s playwright all too perfectly led to Romeo and Juliet death. They were fated to die.

I think, the cause of the death of Romeo and Juliet was the hatred between both the families. They fell in "love at first sight" and in the despair of never being together and never having their forbidden love accepted by their families. Their death was brought on by hatred in the Montague and Capulet families. Of course Friar Lawrence gave Juliet poison and they were perhaps both destined to die, but none of this would have been brought on if the families had simply forgiven each other before their unfortunate deaths.

I personally believe that Romeo and Juliet's death cannot be associated with just one person. Characters such as Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence can be held responsible for this tragedy. However other factors such as the ongoing feud between the the two families and fate could have also contributed to their death. First, Friar Lawrence was responsible for giving Juliet the vial of potion to fake her death. He then fails to ensure that Romeo is aware of her being alive. He should have been with Juliet supervising her, until she woke up since he was the only person aware of her state. Next, Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths because of their impulsive behavior. Romeo is known for his impulsive behavior, and this is an example of it. This decision was placed in their hands, and it was their decision to take away their lives. Another, factor that could be responsible for the death of the star crossed lovers, is the feud between the families. If there would not have been a feud between the families, there would have been no need for Romeo and Juliet to hide their relationship. This is what makes this story a tragedy, the loss of loved ones to realize their mistakes.This feud also made the lovers feel like they were dead from the moment they caught feelings for each other. Lastly, fate could have been responsible for this death. Fate was what brought these two star crossed lovers together. It was also what did not allow Friar Lawrence to get to Juliet in time to inform Romeo of her state. The lovers were destined to die in order for the rivaling families to make up.

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I think, Juliet's cousin is at fault for the death of Roméo and Juliet. The folly of youth is the second fault; they are too young to face all their family's problems, and their parents are the first at fault of their death.

I believe both the families' conflict and Friar Lawrence are mainly at fault here.
If not for the bad blood between the Montagues and Capulets, there would be no reason for Romeo and Juliet to feel their love so shunned. The conflict doesn't have stable roots either, as there is no explanation. It's just a common, passed-down ideology that is expected of the families' next generation.
As for Friar Lawrence, he's the one who provided 13, 14 year old Juliet with a poison and expected it to turn out well. Not very wise.

I believe that it is Friar John who is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Although, Juliet and Friar Lawrence’s plan was dangerous, Friar John was who started the immediate failure of the plan. His actions that led to Romeo and Juliet’s death can be seen in Act 5, Scene 2, where it states, “Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth. So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed...I could not send it,--here it is again,--Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection.” Since he is unable to deliver the letter to Romeo telling him the plan, Romeo does not know that Juliet is under the sleeping potion, and therefore thinks she has died. This leads to Romeo death, and when Juliet sees her love’s dead body, kills herself as well. So, we can understand that the death of Romeo and Juliet was due to the failure of the delivery of the letter, which was on Friar Johns behalf.

I believe it was the government's fault or mainly how it is governed. The way the Prince has set up the government and the way he governs did not help in this story. When he could have punished the two families for feuding at the beginning of the story, he let them off with a warning. He stated, "If ever you disturb our streets again,/Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace"(1.1,86-87). This only let the feud continue and did nothing to halt them. They were just as angry at each other and the grudge still existed. His methods were not efficient nor working.

Another part of the government was the health officials. They stopped Friar John from actually reaching Romeo. If he was able to reach him, these deaths would never have happened. Friar John stated, "And finding him, the searchers of the town,/Suspecting that we both were in a house/Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth"(5.2,8-11). The health officials had not actually checked them and quarantined Friar John without any evidence. The government had messed up and because of that, Romeo and Juliet died.

I think the person responsible the Romeo's and Juliet's death was Friar John. I think this person was responsible because he was the one supposed to deliver the letter and because the letter never reached Romeo, he never knew that Juliet wasn' t actually dead. If Romeo knew that she never died, then the events that took place after would have never happened. As is stated, "I could not send it, — here it is again, — / Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, - So fearful were they of infection (Act 5 Scene 2, Lines 14 - 16). Showing that Friar John never delivered the letter, even my sending another messenger and that he couldn't because he was in quarantine.

I believe that the parents caused Romeo and Juliet's death. This is because of the grudge between the Montague and Capulet family, which forces Romeo and Juliet to run away from their families, leading to the fake death and suicides. When Tybalt states, "Uncle this man is a Montague- our enemy. He's a scoundrel who's come here out of spike to mock our part." (Act 1 Scene 5) This shows that even though Romeo did nothing but arrive at the party, Tybalt felt the need to attack him just because he belonged to his families' enemy. This shows how strong both families hate each other, which later leads to Juliet to fake her death to escape from her family to live happily with Romeo, which ends with both Romeo and Juliet dead.

The one most responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet was the foolishness of the lovers. The reason for this is that Romeo who had loved Rosaline had just met Juliet and somehow fell in love with her instantly. Juliet who had decided with Friar Laurence that the only way with Romeo was to fake her death to get to Romeo. The plan however which never reached Romeo had caused him to go kill Paris then say after drinking the poison "O true apothecary!Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die"(Act 5, Scene 3). He dies soon after drinking the poison because he couldn't live without Juliet. Juliet who had just woken up kills herself when she sees Romeo dead. In general, Romeo had just wanted to feel love that much that he would kill himself for it.

I think the family feud is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If they didn't have a problem with each other, Romeo and Juliet could have been together with no problems. The family feud caused them to keep their love for each other a secret. In the text, it says " These violent delights have violent ends". This quote shows that Romeo and Juliet know that what they have will end badly. They're happy it's like a 'delight' but it always has violent ends.

I think fate was the cause of Romeo and Juliets death. After Romeo is banished, Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan to reunite the two lovers. He sends a letter to Romeo to tell him what the plan is. But his messanger never gets there. Instead the messanger gets quarantined in a house because of an outbreak of plague. The messanger states, "Where the infectious pestilence did reign/Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth"(Act 5 Scene 2). Romeo thinks Juliet is actually dead and he buys a vial of poison from an apothecary. Romeo and Juliet both end up killing themselves. This freak outbreak of plague is responsible for their death. The plague is fate working against Friar Lawrences plan.

In the prologue it states "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life"(prologue). This is another example of fate working against the lovers. The statement literally translates to two lovers born to die. In shakespeare plays the prologue is a short summary of what will happen. If this is stated in the summary then the cause of Romeo and Juliet's death must be fate.

I think that the Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own death. It was their own choice to die for each other and it was their decision. If Romeo had just waited for a little longer, instead of drinking the poison right away, he could of seen Juliet alive. However, Romeo decided that he could not live without Juliet and made the decision of drinking the poison. Before drinking it he says "From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death!" (Act 5, Scene 3). After this, Juliet wakes up and sees that Romeo is dead. After this, Juliet takes Romeo's dagger and kills herself.

I believe that Friar Lawrence is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence didn't end up telling Romeo about his plan to fake Juliet's death. If Romeo was involved with the plan, then Romeo wouldn't have to kill himself to find Juliet dead. The author, William Shakespeare, wrote, "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,/and hither shall he come, and he and I/Will watch thy waking, and that very night/Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua" (Shakespeare, William). The plan didn't get to Romeo, and when he ended up fighting Paris in front of the Capulet's tomb, he killed himself after seeing Juliet dead. If he had let Romeo in on the plan, then he wouldn't have killed himself. Juliet wouldn't have killed herself. They would've stayed alive and gotten married.

I think that Benvolio is at fault here because Romeo met Juliet at the Capulet feast. "Benvolio refocuses their attention on actually getting to the feast. Romeo voices one last concern: he has a feeling that the night’s activities will set in motion the action of fate, resulting in an untimely death"(Act 1, Scene 4) If Romeo never even went there in the first place or he never caught sight of Juliet, they would never have fallen in love, ultimately leading to their deaths.

I believe it is Romeo and Juliet who are at fault of their own death. According to the prologue it states, "The Chorus states that from these two houses, two “star-crossed” lovers will appear. These lovers will mend the quarrel between their families by dying." So this means that they weren't even supposed be in love according to fate and the families feuds. They also begun to do unreasonable things such as saying they would kill themselves because the other significant other hasn't even looked at each other.

I believe that the only person that was up to be blamed for in the story was the nurse. While the families rivalry may have been a key factor to both of the lover's deaths, their deaths was caused directly by the nurse. For example, when Juliet formed a plan to be with Romeo instead of Paris, the Nurse completely negated the plan. In contrast, everyone else she told supported her plan. According to the poem, "But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,/ Thou pout’st upon thy fortune and thy love./ Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable./ Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed" (Lines 141-148). If the nurse were to give mental support to Juliet, she may have been able to pull off the plan and announce the plan to Romeo instead of relying on other sources to give the information to Romeo.

I believe that the death of Romeo and Juliet's fault is mostly how the two families were feuding. If the Montagues and Capulets were in peace, Romeo and Juliet could have dated without any way of sneaking out or tension. When Tybalt (Capulet) challenged Romeo to a duel and Romeo had a hard time beating him, Mercutio (Montague) jumped in to help his best friend Romeo. Tybalt's reasoning for this duel was for when Romeo came to a Capulet party and he was going to kick him out but his uncle which also was the dad of Juliet said to leave the situation alone. Mercutio ended up dying because Romeo tried to stop him and Tybalt fighting and eventually Tybalt killed him. This lead to Romeo getting revenge on Tybalt for his best friend by killing him. This just leads Romeo to get in an even worse predicament and the Prince banished him from Verona. "FRIAR LAURENCE: A gentler judgment vanish'd from his lips, Not body's death, but body's banishment."
"ROMEO: Ha, banishment! be merciful, say 'death;' For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death: do not say 'banishment.' "
"FRIAR LAURENCE: Hence from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide."
If the two families were not feuding in the first place, then Tybalt would have not cared if he was at the party. The duel would have never occurred so Mercutio would have not been dead and Romeo would have not gotten revenge by killing Tybalt. Therefore, Romeo would have not been banished and would have been able to be with Juliet. There would have been no need to sneak around with her. Juliet would have not been forced to marry Paris because she would be allowed to love someone from a different family. "JULIET: Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life:
I'll call them back again to comfort me: Nurse! What should she do here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning? No, no: this shall forbid it: lie thou there." Juliet took a potion from Fiar Lawrence so it would appear that she is dead so she does not have to marry Paris. This would have never happened because Juliet would be allowed to like people from the Montagues family.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet's death was caused by Romeo and Juliet. Yes, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse encouraged their romance, but in the end, they were the two people that chose to sustain it. They could have given up their love (as they knew very well that being from rival families, they would not have a happy ending), but they did not.
In addition to that, Romeo and Juliet were the people that made the choice to kill themselves. In Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo says, "Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide. Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark" (Shakespeare, 1597). He purposely takes the poison to kill himself. In addition to that, Juliet says, "Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger,This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die" (Shakespeare, 1597). Juliet makes the choice to take Romeo's dagger and kill himself.

Romeo and Juliet's death is due to the feuding families. Tybalt would not have felt so much hatred for Romeo if the feud did not exist. Tybalt himself says that "I can tell by his voice that this man is a Montague. (to his PAGE) Get me my sword, boy.—What, does this peasant dare to come here with his face covered by a mask to sneer at and scorn our celebration? Now, by the honor of our family, I do not consider it a crime to kill him."(Tybalt Act 1 Scene 5). He only hates Romeo because of the feud, which untimately go Tybalt killed and Romeo exiled, which led to Romeo and Juliet's death.

I believe that the 2 houses/families are the ones responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. This is mainly due to the fact that they are enemies and their fighting has caused both sides to hate each other. But this isn't the case with Romeo and Juliet, who indeed madly love each other. But because of the war between the houses, Romeo and Juliet were forced to marry in secret as they both knew that their parents would never approve of the choice. So the famalies are to blame since if they never had this war going on between them, they would have had the chance to get publicly married and they would have lived happily with no problem whatsoever. This is made clear to us in the quote, "The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love... Which, but their children's end, nought could remove"(Act 1, Prologue). Based on this quote you can tell that their parents had fued with each other and there was no way that these two lovers could get married peacefully. We also learn from the quote that these two lovers are destined to die since it says "death-mark'd love". So in conclusion, we can conclude that the families of Romeo and Juliet are the ones to blame for the death of these two lovers.

I believe that the people at fault for Romeo and Juliet's deaths are Juliet's parents for isolating Juliet and forcing her to take drastic measures. Yes, Friar Lawrence gave an awful idea, but he wouldn't have had to give that idea if Juliet's parents didn't force her to marry Paris.

In the beginning, we can see that Juliet's mother was very gentle. She says, "What say you? can you love the gentleman?/ This night you shall behold him at our feast;/ Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,/ And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;" She offered the chance, and Juliet, at that time, was very calm and able to say "I'll look to like, if looking liking move:" She was willing to try.

However, near the end, when Juliet reveals her love, they treat her horribly. Capulet says, "Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,/ Or never after look me in the face:" He is threatening to abandon her if she doesn't obey him. If this isn't bad enough, Lady Capulet refuses to help Juliet in any way. And, likely because of her parent's influence, the nurse also abandoned Juliet.

Juliet then turned to Friar Lawrence, which then led to the chain of events that led to Romeo and Juliet's death.

Overall, because Juliet, after being nurtured in a gentle way, got threatened so badly by the ones she trusted, she took drastic measures that could have otherwise been avoided. If this was taken in a different, more gentle way, perhaps Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have died.

I believe lust was responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo fell in love with Juliet's appearance after solely a glance. They vowed to devote their lives to each other after a couple of days and were wed. Romeo was in fact, deeply in love with Rosaline and in a matter of second, he fell for Juliet. As said in the play, "By heaven, I love thee better than myself" (Act 5, scene 3). Romeo obviously doesn't know what true love feels like. He confuses himself with love and lust, as he simply falls in "love" with her presence. Due to his confusion, he murders himself because he believes he loves Juliet more than himself. If he took time to find the person he was meant to love, they both would have been alive.

I believe that lust was responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was always obsessed with Juliet and it was this obsession that caused him to do anything for her, like killing himself. And since Juliet lusted for Romeo's love, when she saw his lifeless body she longed to be with him and killed herself. This is shown in Act 1, Scene 5 of the play, where Romeo says, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." Romeo says that this is the first time he has seen real beauty.

The death of Romeo and Juliet can only be blamed upon Romeo and Juliet themselves. The naive nature of Juliet and moody attitude of Romeo contributed to their inevitable death. According to the text Juliet says, "Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die..." This is explicit proof that the two star-crossed lovers are willing to . die for each other. This may have been said in a hyperbolic manner, but the outcome wasn't far off.

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..."It is Mercutio's fault that Romeo and Juliet are dead. He says "Will you pluck your sword out of his pitcher by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your
ears ere it be out" (Act 3). This shows that he insists Tybalt to fight with him. If they had just left, Romeo wouldn't kill Tybalt and he wouldn't be banished. Further, Juliet wouldn't have to follow the plan and die either. All in all, it is Mercutio's fault that Romeo and Juliet die.

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..."

It seems as though almost every character has contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in some way. Benvolio convinced Romeo to look for other women, and that will cure his lovesickness for Rosaline, "By giving liberty unto thine eyes; / Examine other beauties" (Act 1, Scene 1). This would lead Romeo to find Juliet. As for Rosaline, her rejection of Romeo is what brought him wandering in the first place, with Lord and Lady Montague asking Benvolio to help him, "See, where he comes: so please you, step aside; / I'll know his grievance, or be much denied" (Act 1, Scene 1). And before the party, Mercutio also encourages Romeo to go out with them to the party, "we'll draw thee from the mire / Of this sir-reverence love, wherein thou stick'st / Up to the ears. Come, we burn daylight, ho!" (Act 1, Scene 4). You can also fault Lord and Lady Capulet as well, they tried to encourage Juliet to marry Paris by bringing her to the feast, and they threw that feast just so that could happen, "What say you? can you love the gentleman? / This night you shall behold him at our feast; / Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, / And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;" (Act 1, Scene 3). And Friar Lawrence married them in secret and used the complicated plan of giving Juliet a sleeping potion, "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / Till holy church incorporate two in one" (Act 2, Scene 6); "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" (Act 4, Scene 1). All of these things determined the fates of Romeo and Juliet, and they were pressured and out of their naïveté, killed themselves.

I strongly believe that if it weren't for the long lasting rivalry between the two houses of Capulet and Montague, then both of the children would not have died. Instead they would have shared their love with their families and been married publicly, freely. This happened because they had realized that they were enemies. You can tell because Romeo says " Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe's debt." Soon after he finds out that she is a Capulet. Even Juliet realizes later that she could not marry him freely because she says "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy." Because of all of this they decide that they shall be married in secret and run off somewhere. However, the plan had gone wrong and resulted with both of the children dying. In the end, the fault is one the houses of Capulet and Montage, the parents who always viewed each other as enemies.

Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of both Romeo and Juliet. He is the one who devises the plan in the first place, so who's to say he didn't plan on it in the first place. ''In the meantime, against thou shalt awake,
Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,
And hither shall he come, and he and I
Will watch thy waking, and that very night
Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.
And this shall free thee from this present shame,
If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,
Abate thy valor in the acting it.'' We see that Friar Lawrence pressures Juliet in a way, that taking the potion is the only solution to be with Romeo the rest of her life. Therefore, setting up the plan to diminish their relationship.

I think it's the family's fault. It is their fault because their argument made it hard for Romeo and Juliet to be together. This led up to Romeo and Juliet getting married in secret and then killing themselves in the process. If the families weren't arguing in the first place, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have to hide their relationship and they wouldn't have ended up dying.

I feel that the death between Romeo and Juliet was purely the fault of the two families. If there was no hatred between the two families, and the two sides did not hold such a silly grudge for such a long period of time, then there would be no deaths in this story.
"Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet.
Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague!
See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate,"
This quote explains how their family hatred problems came to the point where it caused death towards the two lovers.
Though this was such a sad story, there would be no intriguing factor if there was no death and fuss between the two families.

I believe that the family feud is the cause of death. If there was no fight between the two families, the couple wouldn't have needed to keep the marriage in secret without their family knowing. Due to the pressure and being scared of their parents finding out about their marriage in secret and them both being in love ever since the ball dance, Juliet decided to run away from Verona in order to be with Romeo who was banished from Verona. However, Friar Laurence had misinterpreted the information about Juliet's fake death, thinking she was actually dead and informed Romeo. Romeo was heartbroken and died with his dagger. Eventually, when Juliet got out of her course, she was shocked to see her husband dead and decides to kill herself too with his dagger. This caused the families to stop their long-lasting feud. If there was no feud between the Capulets and Montague, there would have been no chance of death if their parents accepted the marriage since they wouldn't be enemies anymore, resulting in a happy life for the married couple, Romeo and Juliet and it wouldn't be considered Friar Laurence's fault.

Ex. Lord Capulet expects to have a relationship with Juliet which is obedient. Juliet doesn't obey of marrying Paris and her mother also begins to sin, Juliet of her actions, because she is not marrying Paris. The mother states, "I would the fool was married to her grave!" which would mean that she wishes Juliet to die since she won't marry who they commanded her to. If the families weren't in a feud, Romeo could have asked the Capulets for Juliet's hand and the parents would have accepted the offer and they would have had a successful marriage of Romeo and Juliet.

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 believe that the person responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet are their parents and the fued they had with each other. Becuase Romeo and Juliet's parents hated each other they were never allowed to come in contact with each other. Because of this they had to keep their relationship a secret. Not only that, but if it weren't for the arranged marrige, then Juliet would have never had to take the sleeping potion and niether Romeo or Juliet would have died. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife." This quote shows us that because of their parents' fued they had to die to keep their relationship.

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 believe that that the Capulet and Montague Households are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Their feud caught both children in the middle of it all, creating a chain reaction of events that led to not only Romeo and Juliet's death, but many others as well. If the families hadn't been fighting so harshly against one another, than Romeo and Juliet would have been able to follow the burning passion in their hearts. They loved each other, and with such pure content. Unfortunately for them, even the thought of them living a happy life together was diminished well before their birth. In the Prologue it states, "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life." “Star-crossed” means opposed by the stars, which makes sense due to the fact that they never even had a chance due to the start of the whole conflict: the families feud.

I believe many factors contributed to the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet and their profound love. For one, Romeo and Juliet put themselves into these situations when they first fell in love at the ball because they knew their families were feuding. Despite knowing they were in a forbidden love (as shown in the following lines where Juliet finds out about Romeo being a Montague, "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.") Romeo and Juliet chose to stay together, which contributed to their end. In a way, it is also Romeo and Juliet, the Nurse's, and Friar Lawrence's fault because they could have just told Romeo and Juliet's parents before. Although there would be chaos, it would not lead to their end. Furthermore, it is also Friar Lawrence's fault because he told a servant (Balthasar) to inform Romeo of Juliet's "death." Balthasar did not know of Juliet's plan, and therefore told Romeo false information in the lines, "Then she is well, and nothing can be ill: Her body sleeps in Capel's monument." This lead Romeo to kill himself. Finally, I believe fate and bad timing lead to Romeo and Juliet's death. The fact that they fell in love right at the moment Juliet was supposed to fall in love with Paris while their families were feuding is more than just a mere coincidence. Furthermore, the fact that they were born just to fall and love, and have their love kill them adds to the fact that this contributed to their death.

In my personal opinion, I believe that the feuding families were the ones that led to Romeo and Juliet dying. This totally makes sense to me and I feel that this is the mother problem that stems to all of the other problems that have happened. I felt that the couple felt so pressured and it became complicated for them because they had to hide their marriage from their parents. If there was peace in Verona, there wouldn't have been fights, like the time that Tybalt killed Mercutio and Romeo killed Tybalt in rage for killing his friend. Tybalt was such a fool to go out and just do that even though the prince warned everyone not too long ago to not disturb the streets again! The prince promised that there would be consequences and that was just what happened.

Quote from the play: "If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" (Act 1, Scene 1).

Romeo ended up getting banished!

Quote from the play: And for that offence Immediately we do exile him hence" (Act 3, Scene 1).

It was such a shame that this happened just because of a family feud. I don't even know why haters are just going to keep on hating. I also noticed that the play never mentioned how the feud even happened. It must have been such a huge event, otherwise, why would people act like Huntsman and go on killing their enemies in the middle of the streets. So much of blood lust! Other things have happened with Romeo and Juliet because of this, like the time that Juliet was informed that she was going to marry Paris sooner. She felt so upset that she had to marry the one that she did not love. She was already Romeo's wife, but she couldn't just tell her parents that! She was in such distress! Even her nurse wasn't even on her side and totally approved the fact that Juliet was going to marry Paris!

Quote from the play: "I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first: or if it did not, Your first is dead; or 'twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him" (Act 3, Scene 5).

I just feel very sympathetic in this case for a young thirteen-year-old to go through all of this. Overall, I just feel that all of these fights, the letter that did not come to Romeo in time for Juliet's fake death, and them ACTUALLY dying because one could not live without the other, in the end, would never have happened if the Montagues and the Capulets were cool with each other. But I guess this was William S's plan after all. He is an amazing poet that adds layers of juicy dramatic effects on his writing. This tragic love story is just one of these examples.

Quote at the very end of the play: "A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (Prince).

I think that it was Friar Lawrence's and the bad timing's fault. The reason being is because of the overall story and plot. Friar Lawrence was the one to suggest that Romeo and Juliet to get married- which contributed to Juliet's father's rage and various events because of this suggestion. Not only this, but Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the sleeping potion for her fake ‘death’. “A sleeping potion; which so took effect // As I intended, for it wrought on her // The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo, // That he should hither come as this dire night, // To help to take her from her borrow'd grave, // Being the time the potion's force should cease (Shakespeare Act 5 Scene 3). Lawrence also failed to deliver the message to Romeo causing the distress afterwards in the church. Along with Lawrence's actions, the timing was horrible. If Romeo waited for Juliet to wake up, then maybe their story could have worked out. If Lawerence didn’t leave Juliet right away, maybe she would have not stabbed herself. Overall, I feel as if Romeo’s and Juliet's death was responsible from timing and Lawrence.

I believe that the Friar is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. "When you’re in bed, take this vial, mix its contents with liquor, and drink. Then a cold, sleep-inducing drug will run through your veins, and your pulse will stop. Your flesh will be cold, and you’ll stop breathing. "He was the one who thought of the plan to fake Juliet's death, which went terribly wrong. Some could argue that it was the Montagues and Capulets fault, but if Friar Laurence never proposed the complicated death idea, Romeo and Juliet would still very well be alive. If he'd properly communicated to Romeo about the plan, they would both be alive.

The Friar is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. It was his plan to give Juliet the potion that makes her appear to be dead. The potion part is fine, but the real problem is the letter. It was his responsibility to make sure that the letter received Romeo. However, it turns out the Friar was quarantined and was required to stay in his house at the time. If he cant even leave his house and make sure that every stage of his plan works, he shouldn't have gone through with the plan. However, he just assumed that the letter would reach Romeo. That is the main mistake he made. He shouldn't have gone through with this plan since there is no guarantee of the letter reaching Romeo, mainly because he didn't have the ability to oversee the delivery of the letter. Since the Friar used this plan and didn't execute it properly, he is the one that caused the death of Romeo and Juliet.

I believe that Friar Lawrence, Romeo, Juliet, and the two households are at blame equally. I claim this because if the two households weren't enemies at the beginning, none of this would have even occurred. I also believe that Romeo's friends are at blame since they encouraged him to forget about Rosaline and look at other girls. Mercutio states in the play, "You are a lover; borrow Cupid's wings/ And soar with them above a common bound," this shows that Mercutio is encouraging Romeo. Friar Lawrence also had an important role in the play, although he was just simply trying to help the two star-crossed lovers. Truly; Romeo and Juliet are the ones to blame themselves because no one asked them to die nor did anyone want them to die. It was their decision that threw them off. If the two had good communication, understanding, and wise decisions; they could have solved their own conflict. Personally, I feel that Romeo and Juliet should have talked to each other first and then ask Friar Lawrence for help, instead of Juliet just asking for help.

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 think that Romeo and Juliet are the only ones to blame for their own deaths, because while they were young, they weren't young decide that a love of four days straight was enough to kill for each other. It's said in the play itself that Juliet is about 13 years old, and Romeo is somewhere between 18-23 years old. The two decided to get married within 24 hours of knowing each other, which is a little extreme for love.
“Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night;
Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night...”

Juliet literally chooses to kill herself because she sees Romeo dead. No one, even at the age of 13-23, would probably kill themselves after knowing their "lover" for less than a week.

Romeo, being the supposedly more mature one, still ends up being more immature and kills himself after seeing Juliet dead.

These two are the only ones who can be blamed for their own deaths.

I think that the families' hatred for each other is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If it wasn't for their families they would have never had to hide their love, and they never would have made that plan to run away where Juliet pretends to die. The play states that, "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love" (Act 5, Scene 3). Even the prince himself thinks that the hatred that Capulet and Montague have for each other is what caused the death of their children.

I do not think any person was responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death. I think their future was already written for them. They could not change their lives because they can not change their destiny. The families have been feuding for decades and there was really nothing that Romeo, Juliet, or anybody else could have done to change that. It would have been extremely difficult. The prologue states that Romeo and Juliet were destined to never be together, "Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean./From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;/Whose misadventured piteous overthrows/Do with their death bury their parents' strife" (Shakespeare, William). The words "fatal loins" represent Romeo and Juliet. On the other hand, Romeo and Juliet could have also caused each other's death. "Fatal" means something that causes death. Romeo and Juliet caused each others death because if Juliet had not gulped down the fake poison, Romeo would not have believed that she was dead and would not have killed himself. When Juliet woke up, she saw Romeo had died and killed herself to be with him. So in a way, they both caused each other's deaths. To conclude, I think Romeo and Juliet and destiny are responsible for their deaths.

Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are to blame for Juliet and Romeo's death. If they weren't rivals, then Romeo and Juliet would never have found the need to kill themselves. The small feud between Lord Capulet and Montague is what has caused generations of fighting. In the prologue, it states, "and the continuance of their parents' rage/Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove" (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue) showing how only the death of their children could stop their parent's feud. This statement itself shows how Romeo and Juliet's death was caused because Lord Capulet and Montague were in the way of two lovers. If there was no rivalry, Romeo would never have gotten exiled, and Juliet would not have needed to fake her death. This small fight has been the cause for a lot of anger, and even death. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet's death was caused by Lord Capulet and Lord Montague's fight.

In my opinion I believe that the fault of both of the lovers deaths are due to the youth of the two lovers. As young as they are they both died due to the fact they had let there emotions get to them and this had caused them to be overwhelmed in many emotions. In our younger years we feel many emotions that can trigger much over affection for others due to our hormones and all other sorts. There emotions can be greatly shown at the party when they meet. In the text it states, Can I go forward when my heart is here?Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre¨. (Act II Scene I) He thinks he feels something for a girl he just met showing that he had just fallen for her at the sight of her with no real knowledge about anything of her making it so that there love may as well be due to there own youth. Proving that in the end that there love and devotion to death is due to how young and not sensible they had been.

I feel that Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If they had not felt the need to fight because of a petty thing, Juliet and the friar would not have to make a plan that confused Romeo and caused his death. If there had not been fights between the two families, there would be no reason to hide their love for each other. At the beginning of the story, there is a fight between the two families in which Lord Capulet says "My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, and flourishes his blade in spite of me.", which shows the foolishness of the fight between the families, because Capulet is only fighting because Montague looked at him.