The prologue refers to Romeo & Juliet as ‘star crossed lovers’. Who in your opinion is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet, or are their deaths the result of cruel fate or an accident.

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The prologue refers to Romeo & Juliet as ‘star crossed lovers’. Who in your opinion is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet, or are their deaths the result of cruel fate or an accident.

Romeo  & Juliet is a play about ‘star crossed lovers’.

Who was to blame for their tragic deaths?

In my opinion I think many minor characters were to blame for the lovers deaths.

Firstly both Romeo & Juliet’s parents were to blame, because they carried on an ancient grudge. Both families were ‘alike in dignity’, and had equal status in the community, so they were equally to blame for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet. Both families competing against each other continued the ‘ancient grudge’ trying to be the best, having the most money, being better than the other family in power, wealth and stature. ‘Three civil brawls by thee Capulet’s and Montague’s have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets’. The Capulet servants started this one Sunday morning, when wandering through the streets of Verona teasing each other, they see two of Montague’s servants approaching and their good-natured rivalry is converted to hostility. All the servants are cowards, however, they can only exchange rude words and gestures. Until the Montague servants are given confidence by the arrival of Benvolio. One of the Montague servants was first to make a challenge ‘draw if you be men’. Benvolio’s attempts to make peace are disturbed by the arrival of Tybalt and they both engage in the brawl. Both families had the power and respect to act upon this but chose not to.

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Lord & Lady Capulet chose to leave their daughter in the care of a nurse who was very selfish and manipulative. The nurse did everything she could to make herself happy, she told Juliet that Romeo was the right man for her and did everything she could to help Juliet see Romeo. Lord & Lady Capulet didn’t have any idea how their daughter was feeling or what she was doing. They didn’t play their role as parents but let someone else try and do their job for them. If they hadn’t have left Juliet in the care of the nurse, ...

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