Juliet is another character that plays a big part in the death of her self and Romeo. This is because Lord and Lady Capulet largely pressure Juliet for marriage with Paris. Most of Juliet’s actions are played out with help and advice from the nurse. At the beginning of the play the nurse supported the romance between Romeo and Juliet. But after Tybolt’s death the nurse becomes worried and tells Juliet she should do what here parents want and marry Paris. This then confuses Juliet and makes her believe that no one wants her and Romeo to be married leading the only way-out as death.
For Juliet the nurse is the most influential character in the play. This is because the nurse plans and helps carry out the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. But the main reason the nurse is responsible for Juliet’s death is that the nurse confuses her. “Then hie you hence Friar Lawrence’s cell. There stores husband to make you wife.” In this sentence the nurse says that Juliet should go to friar Lawrence’s cell to get married. But in this next scene “I think it best you married with the county “ the nurse is worried and that Juliet should marry Paris, this leaves Juliet confused. “Myself have power to die” this leads us to believe that Juliet is going to kill herself.
Friar Lawrence is very important to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he arranges and carries out the marriage between Romeo and Juliet in secret. Friar Lawrence believes the marriage will bring the Montague family and the Capulet family together and end the feud. But it does not as Romeo is banished and Tybolt is dead. Overall I think Friar Lawrence is largely responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he gives advice and carries out the marriage in secret leading doom for the star crossed lovers.
Lord and Lady Capulet play a large role in being responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet.
In the beginning of the play Lady Capulet is planning a marriage for Juliet. “Thou know’st my daughter’s of a pretty age” explains Lady Capulet to the nurse. This means that Lady Capulet thinks Juliet is ready for marriage. Later on in the story Lord Capulet is setting up a party and invites Paris to meet Juliet. Paris is a nobleman that wants to propose marriage to Juliet.
When Juliet meets Romeo at the grand party she drifts out of love with Paris And falls in love with Romeo. Late on in the play Juliet feels she is pressured by Lord and Lady Capulet to marry Paris. After Romeo’s banishment to Mantua Lord Capulet finds out that Juliet is not in love with Paris. “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch” In this scene Lord Capulet is angry and disgraced that Juliet does not want to marry Paris. After this event Juliet believes there only way to be with Romeo is death, this shows that Lord and Lady Capulet play a large part in the death of Romeo and Juliet.
Overall I believe that the main characters share the responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This is because characters like Lord and Lady Capulet pressure Juliet for marriage and Romeo’s banishment after killing Tybolt means that he cant see Juliet unless in secret. This forces Romeo and Juliet to find another way to be together. Also Romeo and Juliet themselves are largely responsible because Romeo rushes into marriage with Juliet and he makes snap decisions about what to-do when he finds out that Juliet is dead. In conclusion I believe the main characters share the responsibility for the death of Romeo and Juliet.