Romeo and Juliet question

Simply put, Romeo and Juliet were the cause of their own deaths. They were both fully aware that they are from rival clans, and that their relationship could get them punished, or even worse, killed. Despite this, they continued their relationship while knowing the risk. The prologue of Romeo and Juliet even states this: "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" This quote means that they were both destined by fate to take their lives, despite their relationship.

Although I believe that almost everyone had faults in Romeo and Juliet's death, Friar Lawrence was most guilty. He was the wise adviser to Romeo and Juliet. He kept their marriage a secret and helped them be together. He was also the one who came up with the idea of giving Juliet a potion to put her in a coma-like state for 42 hours. He even wrote a letter to Romeo explaining the plan, but he never got it. Friar Lawrence, being a man of god and the church, could've simply gone to both of the families and told them the feuding had to end. However, he concocted an unnecessary, complicated plan, that led to Romeo and Juliet's deaths.

I think that the parents are at blame when it comes to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They are so blinded by their hatred for one other that they fail to even take care of they're parents.
Juliet's parents are the worst of them though. They try and force their 13-year old daughter to get married to a man she doesn't love and threaten to disown her if she doesn't.
Juliet states, “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear / It shall be Romeo—whom you know I hate— / Rather than Paris” (3.5.121–123). Juliet clearly doesn't want the match but her parents don't care.
Romeo's parents are barely even present and don't even pay much attention to their only son. So the blame is on both parents for their children's death

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In the story, there is no single person who is directly responsible for Romeo and Juliette's death. All those people listed had at least something done which contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet. When a person does something another person does another thing and it becomes a chain reaction. One event causing another. No single person caused this, but what did cause this is the hatred between the two families. Because the two families hated each other, each wished something bad happened to the other. For example, the death of Mercutio leads to the death of Tybalt because of Romeos act of revenge. And then this leads to the banishment of Romeo. If you think about it, Tybalt still would be a quick-tempered person even if the families didn't hate each other but at least then he probably would not have had the intent to kill. "This by his voice should be a Montague, fetch my rapier boy. What dares the slave. Come hither covered with an antic face. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now by the stalk and honor on my kin, To strike him dead I hold not a sin."(Act 1 scene 5). You can see the hatred going on in this quote. The two families despise each other and they don't find it wrong to kill each other.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet caused thier own death. Thier developing, young minds make them take some pretty dumb decision ultimately ending their lives. I agree that the answer might be pretty obvious because both of them committed suicide at the end but there is more than meets the picture. The first thing is that they should put of thier marriage to a later date. Using common sense both of them should have gotten to know each other before they decided to get married. Secondly, Juliet shouldn't have listened to Friar Lawrence when pretending to kill her self. She should have thought about it and instead just run away with Romeo. The quote As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night. (2.1.44–64).

This quote by Romeo clearly explains that he is all for the looks, assuming that she is compatible for him just because she looks good.

I believe that it is the feud between the two families that is to blame for the tragic death of the two lovers. If not for their feud, the children would have been more free to express their love to one another. Tybalt would never have challenged Romeo to a duel for attending the party, as they would not have been enemies. As such Romeo would have not been exiled from Verona, and the plan to allow Romeo to return would have never been formulated. Therefore, the two would not have died, and may have lived a happy life together as a couple.

I think that it is there own fault because i think that they could have just sneak away or they could have just not been with each other. In the scene where Romeo is about to commit suicide, he says, "Here's to my love", meaning he made the irrational decision to kill himself after seeing Juliet's dead body, If he only waited a few minutes he would have been able to see that Juliet was still alive. In conclusion, both Romeo and Juliet are the only ones responsible for their deaths.

Many say that it was Romeo and Juliet's fault for their deaths or their families, but who I think is guilty is Friar Lawrence. The reason why I think he is guilty is because it was his plan to have Juliet trick everyone to think she was "dead." He supplied the poison and made sure she was in the coffin. He did say that he will send Romeo a message, telling him about the plan, but the message had gotten lost. So when Romeo found out, he decided to kill himself, which led to Juliet killing herself. If Juliet wasn't "dead" then none of them would've died. Another point is that he could've thought of a different plan or distraction, without using death as a a solution. To help back up my claim, Friar Lawrence said this, "If, rather than to marry County Paris,/Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,/ Then is it likely thou wilt undertake./A thing like death to chide away this shame," (Act 4 Scene 1, Shakespeare). This plan started a chain of events, which then led to the couple's deaths , so therefore Friar Lawrence is guilty.

I honestly believe that it was the hatred between the two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, that caused the death of Romeo and Juliet. I mean, first off, after all it does say in the play that "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" (prologue). This quote tells us that because their families destined them to be enemies since before their births, Romeo and Juliet were forced to kill themselves because they happened to fall in forbidden love. Not to mention, secondly, it was because Romeo and Juliet were trying to avoid the hatred between their families that they had to meet in secret, marry in secret, and had to create such an elaborate plan leading to their deaths. And third off, it was because of the desire to end the feuding of the families that Friar Lawrence helped come up with the whole sleeping potion plan. We know this when the text states "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancor to pure love" (act 2 scene 3). These words are spoken by the friar and it tells us that the friar is helping Romeo and Juliet be together just to end the Capulets and Montagues feuding. All of this considered, it was the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets that caused their children's deaths.

Friar was that one who caused Romeo and Juliet to die. As he took such a hard path for them to get married, which involved several things to work out, and if one thing didn't check out then the whole things was done for. In this case no one told Romeo that Juliet was actually sleeping. So he got real sad and killed himself, same happened to Juliet. This mainly puts the blame on the Friar, as both Romeo and Juliet trusted him to help them so that they could be together.

I believe that it is the quarrel and conflict between the families that brought Romeo and Juliet to there graves. I say this because Juliet was forced to take the potion to be put to death because of the love she possessed for Romeo. This love was something that the Capulets did not like whatsoever. This puts the blame on the families for making her drink the potion. If Tybalt had not died, Romeo also would not have been banished, this is where Tybalt's death could have a factor on the death of the starcrossed lovers. But, the Montagues were not happy about Romeo's love for Juliet either. When they sold him the poison, they wanted him to drink it, so he would die. When Juliet awoke, seeing Romeo dead made her kill herself. This all leads back to the families, all in all, they are to blame.

Friar Lawrence is the cause of the death of Romeo and Juliet. He got them both married and when the conflict increased, they were forced to use the hard path which included the sleeping potion and the miscommunication. It would have been better if he did get the message that Juliet was in a sleeping potion rather than dead so Romeo knew what was happening. Without knowing the truth, Romeo killed himself and so did Juliet. With this, we can see that the blame mainly goes to the Friar because Romeo and Juliet trusted him to get them together, not apart.

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I believe that it was Balthasar who was at fault that both Romeo and Juliet died in the story. He was the one who delivered the news that Juliet was "dead" to Romeo, but decided to forget the most important part which was that she just drank a potion to get out of the marriage between Paris and Juliet. According to text it says, " I brought my master news of Juliet's death;
And then in post he came from Mantua
To this same place, to this same monument.
This letter he early bid me give his father,
And threatened me with death, going in the vault,
I departed not and left him there" (Shakespeare). This quote means that the messenger saw Romeo's overreaction, and didn't even try to calm him down along with messing up the message. If he had given the correct message to Romeo, there would have been no deaths between the star-crossed lovers.

In my opinion, Romeo and Juliet were destined to die and fail as an everlasting couple ever since the beginning of the play. However, I think some particular actions that they committed and miscommunication, were the causes of their death. One of these actions was the choice of getting married so soon after they met. They were given a warning by the Friar who said, " These violent delights have violent ends" ( Act 2 Scene 6, line 9). Although the Friar tried to warn the couple, they were blinded by their love. Since they were married, Juliet felt that she had to be dedicated to Romeo. When she was forced to get married to Paris, Juliet goes to the Friar and agrees to drink a potion that would make her seem dead. Due to the miscommunication, Romeo believes that Juliet is actually dead. He says, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift"( Act 5 Scene 1, lines 33-36), to show that he would do something that would let him die with Juliet. Eventually, Romeo buys poison and then drinks it at Juliet's tomb and Juliet stabs herself after she sees Romeo dead. This shows that the miscommunication between them caused Romeo and Juliet to be the cause of their own deaths.

I believe that the hatred between the families was the reason for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet fell in love and wanted to get married, but they couldn't because of their parent's anger towards each other. If their parents forgot their grudges and made peace with one another, Romeo and Juliet may have lived. Capulet says, "O brother Montague, give me thy hand.This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more.Can I demand"(Act 5, Scene 3). This quote shows that Capulet and Montague had the ability to make up and resolve their issues, but they needed their children to die in order to realize that. This proves that it is not the fault of Romeo and Juliet for falling in love, it is the fault of their families for forbidding that love.

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I think the feud between the families was the cause of Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. If there was never a feud, no one would have ever died and Romeo and Juliet could have gotten married happily. According to Romeo and Juliet, "These violent delights have violent ends"(Shakespeare, William). Without the violence amongst the families, nobody would have ever died on both sides.

Well I think mostly the rivalry between their families is to be blamed. But at a few instances they are themselves responsible for their rash decisions. It's bitter but true that they are 10% responsible according to me.

I believe that it was the family's fault because Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have gone through all that trouble just to be together if they weren't rivals. They would have been happy living together. They even realized this when the two families found them dead together. “Poor sacrifices of our enmity” (Act 5, Scene 3)

I honestly think Romeo is to blame here. Romeo is quick to kill himself, as some people say, and kind of foolish because if he had waited just a few minutes more, they would have both lived.

I would say that the person responsible for their death would be Tybalt. I think that this is the case as it was his actions which lead to Romeo's being banned from Verona, thus separating him from Juliet. It was also because of this separation that Juliet and Friar Lawrence had to carry out their plan of faking Juliet's death, which then also lead to Romeo and Juliet's real death.
As is seen in the story: "Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? Not Romeo, prince, he was Mercutio's friend; His fault concludes but what the law should end, The life of Tybalt. And for that offence Immediately we do exile him hence..."
(Shakespeare Act III scene I)

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I believe that the responsibility of the deaths between Romeo and Juliet is due to the fact of the hatred between the two families. I think that this is the reason because if the families never had a dispute in the first place, they wouldn't have had to get married in secret. Juliet wouldn't have had to fake her death and Romeo wouldn't have to have the whole elaborate plan of running away with her. Her parents would not leave her alone and kept on persuading her to have an arranged marriage. Their family problems clashed with their happiness because when they are seen together would cause a big commotion. After all, Tybalt was going to kill Romeo but Mercutio interfered and made sure it didn't happen.

I feel like Tybalt should take some blame. In Act 3 Scene 1, after having challenged Romeo to a duel (being a hot-head, as usual), he tries to get Romeo to fight, but Mercutio takes Romeo's place after Romeo refuses politely, as the story says,

"ROMEO
Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
To such a greeting. Villain am I none.
Therefore, farewell. I see thou know’st me not.

TYBALT

Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw"
(Act 3 Scene 1, Lines 33-40).

Tybalt killing Mercutio set Romeo off, who took revenge and killed Tybalt. After that, the exile happened, which led to Friar Lawrence giving Juliet the sleep potion, and you know the rest.
In other words, if Tybalt never pulled through with his duel idea, the following events wouldn't have occurred.

Though there are multiple contenders in Romeo and Juliet's death, the biggest contribution to their demise would be Friar Lawrance's scheme. For reference, Friar Lawrence conjures a plan for Romeo and Juliet to live together on their own: by faking Juliet's death. By giving her a strange elixir, Juliet will figuratively die for a short time, only to awake hours after. However, Romeo was never informed of such (especially because he was evicted from Verona), despite Lawrence saying that "In the mean time, 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" (Shakespeare, Act 4 Scene 2). Despite promising Juliet that Romeo would know she was fine, Romeo was never told and caused him to kill himself due to heartbreak, leading Juliet to do the same. Friar had a chance to unite the two star-crossed lovers, and failed.

I believe that the person responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is their parents. This is because all of their affections for each other and emotions had to be kept a secret as their parents would be enraged at the fact that their child is marrying someone from the one family that they dispise. From the beginning of the story, you could see that both families hated each other to death. In Act 1, Scene 5, Tybalt says, “Peace, i hate the word, as I hate hell, all montagues and thee" (1. 5).” If it was not for their parent’s hate, Romeo and Juliet could have lived their entire lives in peace. But because of the hatred, they had to keep all their actions in secret. In the end, the families themselves realized that they were fighting for no reasons and because of their actions, their children had died. In Act 5, Scene 3, the Prince says, “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!” (5.3). This scene shows that it was because of the families grudge that caused the death of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Laurence continued to make things even worse by lying to Lord Capulet in helping Juliet fake her death. For all of these reasons, Friar Laurence is indirectly responsible for their deaths. However, he is rightly pardoned by the Prince, because ultimately, their deaths are the fault of Lords Capulet and Montague. For example, in the text the author states, ¨No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life(Shakespeare act 4 scene 1). This quote shows when Friar offers Juliet a solution, by faking her death. This solution misfires and goes wrong as the servant was not able to deliver the message Juliet faked her death to Romeo, which ultimately leads to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar’s solution was not well though-out and was the reason that Romeo and Juliet died.

My opinion is that it is the families fault because if the Capulet's and Montague's weren't ever enemies then Romeo and Juliet could just live the lives they choose. Since it wasn't like that they saw each other and being only human they liked the thought of finding out more about each other because it sounds spontaneous and fun. Also it says on the script page 58 how Lady Capulet kept making the wedding between Juliet and Paris closer only made Juliet and Romeo rush things more and try making outrageous solutions in little time. That is why the main conflict and reasoning to Romeo and Juliet's death were the Parents.

I think its Friar Lawrence's fault. It was Friar Lawrence's fault because he was the one that faked Juliet's death, which caused Romeo to take his life. In Act 4, Scene 1-2, this shows how Friar offers the plan to take the potion to fake her death so Juliet doesn't have to marry Paris anymore. But this plan fails because when Romeo finds Juliet 'dead', He takes his own life. Then when Juliet wakes to find Romeo dead, she takes her own life. If Friar never proposed this plan or found another plan, this would have never happened because Romeo would have never found Juliet "dead".

I believe that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. I believe this because their life was int heir own hands, they could've chose to stay alive instead of killing themselves. If Romeo didn't make the decision to kill himself and take a hurried decision, he could've been with Juliet. However, Romeo hurriedly decided to kill himself, "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). This quote describes what Romeo said before killing himself. Then, after Juliet wakes up, she kills herself after seeing Romeo dead.

I believe that multiple characters, including the families of Capulet and Montague, Tybalt, and Friar Lawrence, are all at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death. Each of these characters at fault contributed something which caused the occurrence of the death of Romeo and Juliet. The characters which had the highest impact on the death of both Romeo and Juliet are the two families of Verona, Capulet and Montague. The enmity of these families is a major part of what causes their death. As Romeo was part of the Montague family and Juliet was a part of the Capulet family, they were supposed to consider each other enemies. Both of them knew as long as they were part of their family they would never be able to be with each other. This caused them to devise the master plan, which in the end killed them both. This means that if there was no enmity between the two families, Juliet and Romeo would never have been in danger for loving each other. Another character which had an impact on the death of the two lovers is Friar Lawrence. The reason he had an impact is because he was the one which created the plan of Juliet drinking the potion, and both Romeo and Juliet escaping together. If he had thought about each part of the plan, and the risks which accompanied it, he could’ve devised a better plan which could’ve kept everyone safe. Tybalt and Mercutio are also at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If Tybalt had not become ruthless toward all Montagues and unleash his fury on Mercutio and Romeo, than he would’ve never caused the death of Mercutio. If Mercutio had kept his anger under control and not accepted Tybalt’s challenge leading to his death, it could’ve prevented Romeo from fighting Tybalt. Killing Tybalt caused Romeo to be exiled by the Prince leading to both Romeo and Juliet needing to create a plan as quickly as possible, which was filled with risks. Overall, most of the characters portrayed in the story had at least a small impact on Romeo and Juliet’s death.

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In my opinion, I believe that although most fault goes onto Romeo and Juliet themselves, as they were the ones that killed themselves, Juliet's parents are also to blame. This is because her parents forced Juliet to marry Paris against her own will, when Juliet asked them not to. Adding on to this, Lord Capulet forced her to the ground and threatened her, saying that if she doesn't marry Paris, they will take her out of the house, and they will never speak to her again. As it states in Act III, Scene IV, "And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in
the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,..." This is Lord Capulet threatening Juliet. If they never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have never took the sleeping potion, which led to the killing of Romeo and Juliet.

I think that Romeo and Juliet's deaths are because of the Friar. Friar Lawrence seeked to unite the two houses that were warring and yet chose to keep their relationship secret, illegally and secretly married them ,and then told Juliet to fake her death. All of this never helped achieve the peace that was much needed. The better thing to do was talk to the parents about an allyship or union instead of forcing them to believe that this was their only option. While the external forces may have had a factor in their deaths, I believe that even if there was no grudge, some sort of thing would have kept them apart. Secretly conducting this liaison was never the answer, but Friar Lawrence kept to himself and manipulated desperate children without knowing the consequences.

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Tybalt. He only got mad because Romeo went into the Capulet party then fought him. Lord Capulet already knew about the Prince's punishment if another fight occurs, which is death. Although Tybalt knew, and was there when the Prince announced it, Tybalt still wanted to fight Romeo. It was just a party! He should've known that its unreasonable to fight Romeo, even if its for pride. Romeo already surrendered to Tybalt before they even fight, saying, "I do protest, I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my love. And so, good Capulet — which name I tender as dearly as my own — be satisfied" (Act 3 Scene 1). If they didn't fight, everything would've been better, especially if Tybalt tried understanding Romeo's words. Instead he became angrier, and Mercutio felt the need to fight Tybalt for Romeo. Eventually, Mercutio dies and gets Romeo vengeful. In the end, Tybalt and Mercutio dies with Romeo to be exiled.

Juliet did become sad about Tybalt's death, but in reality she was sadder about Romeo's exile. She got over Tybalt's death quicker. The Capulet thought that Juliet was just mourning over Tybalt's death. But, obviously, Juliet can't tell her parents that she's sad over her husband's exile, also known as Tybalt's murderer. Because of Juliet's sadness, her parents thought it'd be a great idea to cheer her up by marrying her to Paris. Of course, that makes things worse because Juliet wants to be a loyal wife. Except, her father was going to disown her if she didn't marry Paris saying, "Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what. Get thee to church a Thursday. . . we scarce thought us blessed that God had lent us but this only child; But now I see this one is one too much" (Act 3, Scene 5). Even the Nurse thought it would be better to be wed her to Paris. Now, Juliet had no where to turn to for advice, but the Friar and she and Romeo eventually die.

This was all a chain reaction that started with Tybalt. Juliet's parents aren't the ones to be blamed because they initially cared for Juliet's feelings about marrying her to Paris. Lord Capulet only became frustrated because he had worked hard on trying to get Paris, and he's desperately trying to get Juliet's mood up. Friar Lawrence shouldn't be blamed either because he just wanted to get rid of the problem of wedding first before publicizing Romeo and Juliet's wedding. None of this would've happened if Tybalt wasn't so short-tempered and impulsive.

I believe that it was Romeo and Juliet who caused their own death. Since they were young and naive they made bad decisions throughout the entire play which lead to their deaths. It all started when Benvolio told Romeo to "examine other beauties" so that he wouldn't be said that he loved Rosaline and she didn't love him back. "With all the admired beauties of Verona: Go thither; and, with unattainted eye, Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow"(Act 1 Scene 2). After Benvolio and Juliet go to the party, Romeo see's Juleit for the first time. Romeo had asked if he could kiss her, Juliet had accepted. If Juliet wasn't so naive then she would have said no. "Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged. Then have my lips the sin that they have took"(Act 1 Scene 5). Juliet had then instantly fallen in love with Romeo without knowing anything about his past or where he came from. If she were to be more informed about him, for example, if she knew he was a Montague. Then she would never been near him in the first place. Juliet had also asked the Friar Lawrence to come up with a plan to get her and Romeo married. The Friar had come up with a plan that had many flaws in it, but Juliet was desperate so she agreed. “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 (Act 4 Scene 1). In conclusion, if Romeo and Juliet were more mature and think before they act. They would have never died.

I feel as though there is not one single person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I believe everyone played some sort of role which led to their eventual death, so I guess the question is who played the biggest role in their death.

First there is the Capulets (Lady Capulet and Capulet, Juliets parents). I feel as though they were rather forceful with her and did not take enough consideration as to how Juliet felt. While, yes, in Act 1, Scene 2 Capulet wanted to respect his daughters wishes on her marriage, at the end they were practically forcing her to wed Paris. When Juliet refused, they even threatened to disown her which took a huge toll on Juliet.

Then there's the Nurse and the Friar. Those two were basically the reason Juliet and Romeo were able to get married in the first place (the Friar also did much more which I'll discuss later). They were the ones that suggested the marriage and saw it through. The Friar was the reason Juliet faked her death too. For him it may have just been bad timing but the Nurse? Oh my goodness the Nurse, she totally turned on Juliet later in the story. She was so supportive and then she totally switched up. Uncalled for and rather rude if I do say so myself.

Benvolio could even be at fault as he was kind of the reason the two met in the first place. When Romeo told him about his undying love for Rosaline and when the two found out about the ball, Benvolio told him to go to the ball and fall in love with one of the beautiful women there. If he hadn't suggested that, they would have never died in the first place.

And then theres Romeo and Juliet. Technically, they are responsible for their own deaths as they died from their own hands. It was their choice to kill themselves. However, I do not feel as they were to blame due to their age (younger people DO tend to be less rational and more emotional, they were naive if anything) and circumstances (a letter that was never received, a family feud, it was pretty bad).

In general, I don't think there is a simple person to blame. But, if you really want to point fingers and blame one person, blame Shakespeare. He did write the story anyways.

I think it is Juliet’s parents who are at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death. While I believe that many of the characters contributed to their death I feel as though Lady Capulet and her husband are to the blame the most. In Act 3, Scene 5 Juliet’s father is yelling at her and says, “How, will she none? Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not proud? Doth she not count her blest, Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought.” This is after Juliet tells her father that she does not want to marry Paris. He believes she has betrayed her family and implies she is selfish and ungrateful. This has a big impact on Juliet and I would think that she would be even more upset about Romeo and her relationship being hated against.

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I think the idea of being rebellious teenagers is at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Not one person can be blamed, so Romeo and Juliet’s feelings altogether are the cause of their deaths. Romeo is feeling bored with the life he has now because he’s stuck in this system of always being the good and loyal boy in the Montague family. Same goes for Juliet. Princess Juliet of the Capulet family is the apple of everyone’s eye and she’s dying to do something, anything to make her preppy royal life interesting. I don’t think it’s plainly Romeo and Juliet’s fault, they’re young teenagers who have no idea what they’re feeling, all they know is that they love each other. I do think it’s the lust mixed with the love forming together to result in teens who are tired with the life they’re living now. Paris, (and I assume many other boys other than Romeo) are just dying to get Juliet’s hand in marriage so they can get all the love, and all the attention, at their show-off-ish wedding. The Nurse was more of a mother to Juliet than her own, Lady Capulet was, causing Juliet to have all this pent up anger that she needed to release. Romeo was stuck crushing on plain old Rosaline, also a Capulet. Romeo has a theme with which kind of girls he likes and to put it simply, they’re Capulets. Maybe Romeo longs to be a Capulet himself that causes him to be angry about belonging to the Montagues instead. Whatever you decide, no person is to blame, only the in-the-moment anger, frustration, boredom, love, and of course, lust.

I believe everyone in the story is responsible for their death. Romeo and Juliet are at blame because they started a relationship, aware of the fact that they could get in trouble. When Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague 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 loathèd enemy).

The rivalry is at fault because if the Capulets and Montagues were not rivals, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have to hide their relationship.

Frair Lawrence is at fault because he gives Juliet the sleeping potion, and fails to tell Romeo that it was part of a plan.

Benviolio is at fault because he was the one who told Romeo to go to the feast, saying that he would see more beautiful women. Romeo even says that he felt like it would lead to something bad, ('Of a despisèd life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death.')

Everyone else in the story also had an influence on the ending.

"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 whatever..."
Romeo and Juliet's death was the caused by their own two warring families. If the Montague and Capulet families could have put aside their anger for once, and listened to what their children wanted, Romeo and Juliet might have been able to get their happy ending without going to all the trouble. The Capulet and Montague's have had a feud forever as it is made to seem, but we never find out the reason, perhaps because they don't remember. Shakespeare wrote, "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word
As I hate hell, all Montague, and thee"(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet). The hatred between the Capulet and Montague were passed down generation after generation, with years of slaughtering, until Tybalt killed Romeo's friend and Romeo killed Tybalt. This then set of the chain of events that led to both their deaths, all because of the hatred between the two houses. In the end, the only cause of their death was their own family.

In my opinion, Romeo and Juliet were faced with unfortunate events that occurred because of fate. An example of this is Friar John not being able to deliver the letter to Romeo, causing Romeo to believe Juliet was dead when he received the news from Balthasar. What I don't believe was fate is Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Romeo decided to go to the apothecary and poison himself in the Capulet tomb and when Juliet awoke, she intentionally stabbed herself. In Scene 3 of Act 5 Juliet says, "Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! / This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die." The characters thought to end their lives and followed through with it. It wasn't accidental. I believe they were the cause of their own deaths.

I believe that it is Friar Lawrence fault and Juliet's fault that Romeo and Juliet died. Friar Laurence was supposed to tell Romeo that Juliet wasn't really dead however he was delayed and probably thought that his message wasn't too important. It was also Juliet's fault for executing a plan as dangerous as this without directly telling Romeo. If this had never happened, then Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have killed themselves. I believe however that Juliet was less responsible because she was only 13 years old and she acted on impulse. It says that" Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off" This is proof that Friar Lawrence is at fault for making the plan. It also says, "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift." Friar Lawrence is guaranteeing that Romeo will know about their plan and is not taking into account that his message won't be delivered. Juliet says, "Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee." This is Juliet acting impulsively without considering the consequences. Friar John got unlucky delivering the letter, however Friar Lawrence is at fault for not taking this into account. This is why Friar Lawrence and Juliet are responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death.

I believe that Tybalt is the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. Without Tybalt starting that fight with Mercutio, Romeo would not have been banished from Verona. In the play, it states "Give me my Romeo, and when I shall die
Take him and cut him out in little stars."
This proves that Juliet would do anything for her lover, and Romeo would do the same. Tybalt knew that if he fought Mercutio and Romeo, they would be banished by the Prince.

I believe that this entire relationship should not have existed in the first place. The parents had a strict feud, and both Romeo and Juliet had promising futures. However, all of that was rocked away because they met. So the person responsible for their deaths is the person that got them to meet. This allows us to blame 3 people: King Capulet, Benvolio, and Mercutio.

First of all, Benvolio and Mercutio were the ones who thought it would be a good idea to take Romeo to the party in order for him to meet someone else to get his mind off of Rosaline. Their plan was well thought out, but there were 2 problems. One, Rosaline was attending said party, and Two, this was a party for Capulets, which meant it was dangerous to attend, especially for a person of Romeo’s caliber. Then King Capulet contributed to the mess by allowing Romeo to stay and look at his daughter, even to go so far as to look past Tybalt’s suspicion and ordering him into submission.

In the end, though, Romeo and Juliet’s death was more healing to everyone than harmful. It destroyed the feud. No one would have to go through such cursed love again.

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I think that Romeo and Juliet's parents were responsible for their deaths. In Act III : Scene 1 Mercutio says, "A plague o' both your houses!" because their feud is like a plague and is effecting Verona and this hatred is causing a problem throughout the town. Not only is their feud affecting the town but, Romeo and Juliet's love. If the parents didn't have this much hate for each other, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have to hide their love and feelings for each other and they could've happily been in love. The parents had to face the consequences of their own stupidity because after their children died they realized there was no proper reason for their hate and their children died because of their own ego and stubbornness.

Mercutio. If he hadn't been so rash and eager to fight with Tybalt, then he wouldn't have been killed. When Tybalt challenged Romeo to a duel, Mercutio said, "Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?"(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1). If he hadn't said this, Romeo would have never had to kill Tybalt, so he wouldn't have been banished. He and Juliet wouldn't have had to go with the "fake death" plan, and they would have survived. Their deaths are Mercutio's fault.

I do not believe any singular person was in charge of the death of the two star crossed lovers. The cause of Romeo and Juliet's death was the time period they were in. In normal circumstances today you do not find situations like this, yes I realize that this is a story and is dramatized. In the time period Romeo and Juliet lived in, according to the play marriages were highly influenced by the choices of the parents, and due to the fact that people did not live as long as we do today girls were married of very young. For example within the play Juliet's father states, "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years, Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride" (Shakespeare Act I Scene II). This quote reveals that Juliet is only the mere age of fourteen and her father believes she is ready for marriage. Due to the factors in their environment it lead them to rush their relationship and end up dying. In conclusion no one killed Romeo and Juliet besides time.

It was both Romeo and Juliet's fault. They were two teenagers that didn't know anything about love and they fell in love which caused so many complications to occur. It caused Romeo to kill Tybalt and get banished and it caused Juliet to take a potion to appear dead. These two fell in love without knowing what they were getting themselves into. Also, when Juliet was making her plan where she would act dead there was a major communication error and Romeo never knew about the plan. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo states, "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" (Shakespear Act 5 Scene 3). This caused not only Romeo to kill himself but also Juliet did too right after.

I think Romeo is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt he would have not been banished. Romeo having to leave Verona was what eventually led to both Romeo and Juliet's death. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt, Tybalt would have been banished for killing Mercutio, Juliet might not have been forced to Paris and Romeo and Juliet would not have died.

I believe that the parennts feud is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death. According to the prologue, "Two households, both alike in dignity... From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
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...
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love..." (Prologue, Romeo and Juliet). The prologus shows how the family feud is the reason for Romeo and Juliet's death.

The person who caused Romeo and Juliet to take their life was the messenger named Balthasar. The message,Balthasar that told Romeo was not complete. He told Romeo that Juliet is dead, and did not tell Romeo that Juliet was actually still alive. This then lead to Romeo taking his own life, so that he will not have to live without Juliet. The text states, "Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,
And her immortal part with angels lives" (Shakespeare Act 5 scene 1). This quote supports my claim because this is the part when Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own death. Romeo poisoned himself because he wanted to thought Juliet was dead and wanted to be with her. Juliet stabbed herself with Romeo's dagger because she saw poisoned Romeo after she woke up. Shakespeare wrote, "Come, bitter poison, come, unsavory guide! You desperate pilot, let’s crash this sea-weary ship into the rocks! Here’s to my love" (Shakespeare, Act 5 Scene 3). In this quote we can see that after fighting and killing Paris, Romeo is ready to join Juliet. He bought the strongest poison that can kill you in an instant showing his commitment to her. There is no one else to blame other than themselves for their death. They took it upon themselves to die and took that big leap of commitment.
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