“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the check of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear-Beauty too rich for use,
For earth too dear:” Romeo was in love at first sight. I think that Romeo is very fickle for this because not only was just in love with Rosaline who he went to the party to see but from that you can see how easily he is falling in and out of love. Tybalt hears Romeo talking aloud and Tybalt recognises Romeo’s voice and tells somebody to fetch his Rapier (sword). From this scene you get a full glimpse of how hot blooded Tybalt is and how serious the grudge is between the two families is. Just from hearing the sound of Romeo’s voice Tybalt is ready to draw for his sword. Afterwards Lord Capulet then calms Tybalt and tells him that Romeo is a dignified gentleman, this embarrasses Tybalt and may have fuelled his hatred for Romeo. During the conversation Juliet notices Romeo and also falls in love. They started to dance and then had a brief conversation to show their love. But Romeo didn’t introduce himself to Juliet so she to conceal her special interest in Romeo she asked her nurse about the other young men, while the young men were leaving. The nurse informs Juliet that his name is Romeo and a Montague the only son of your great enemy. After the party Romeo returns to the Capulet residence and spies Juliet alone at a window over looking the orchard. Romeo then say’s from his hiding place beneath the window
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and paled with grief?
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Then Juliet thinks aloud” O Romeo, O Romeo where for art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” This means Romeo should forget his parent’s last name and be with her and that if he says he loves her she will marry him and give up the name Capulet. Then they begin to talk and Juliet says to Romeo that she hates her name and he also hates his. They agrees to get married
The next morning Romeo goes and sees Friar Lawrence and tells him he is in love. He also talks a lot about how the girl is the daughter of the Capulets. The friar then grows impatient and asks Romeo in his own words to say to him what he really came to say. He tells the friar he wishes to marry Juliet. The Friar scolds him and says that Romeo falls in and out of love too quickly. But Romeo tells him that the love he has for Juliet is different that the love he had for Rosaline because Juliet loves him back. The Friar agrees to marry them because he believes it may help to mend the rift between the two families. I think that the friar was wrong for this, instead he should have told the two they must consult their parents before they marry. Not only because he is a man of god and should not promote devious things, but instead of mending the rift between the families it could have made it worst. When Romeo met up with Mercutio and Benvolio in the street, because he hadn’t returned home the night before they thought he was with Rosaline but he told them nothing.
Romeo then met up with the nurse and told him to tell Juliet that they should meet at Friar Lawrence’s cell to be wed. They get married and then Friar Lawrence excuses himself.
Later that day Benvolio and Mercutio are walking in the street and they come across Tybalt. Benvolio didn’t wish to have an argument but Mercutio did, he was deliberately trying to provoke Tybalt and drew his sword on him. Mercutio then said they should make haste and go to the duelling ground. As they were about to depart Romeo came on the scene. Tybalt was determined to argue with Romeo and started by calling him a villain. But Romeo would not enter into the argument and began to walk away. While walking away Tybalt told Romeo to draw but Romeo did not fight because he new he was in love with another Capulet. So Mercutio thought he was a coward and decided to fight on his behalf. They fight and Mercutio is fatally wounded. This angers Romeo and makes him want to fight because Mercutio became injured because of him. He fights Tybalt then Tybalt is killed. The Prince appears just after Romeo has run off. The Prince says if Romeo returns to Verona he will be executed. Romeo flees to a nearby town called Mantua.
Meanwhile the nurse is breaking the news of the fight and the banishment, at first the nurse makes it sound like it was Romeo who died. Juliet is shocked and gets depressed. Afterwards Juliet’s mother asks her subtle questions on marriage and tells her she is going to arrange for her and Paris to be married. Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence and asks his advice. He tells her that she should take a potion that will make her appear dead for a considerable amount of time. Before she takes the potion friar Lawrence has a note sent to Romeo to tell him about their plan but the letter never reached. Then when Romeo hears by word of mouth he thinks she is really dead and he buys his own potion but his one is deadly.
He goes to the vault where Juliet is buried so he can die alongside her and the he encounter Paris and his servant. The exchange insults then starting fighting. The servant goes to fetch help and Romeo Kills Paris and then he takes his lethal potion to kill himself. Juliet wakes up and sees the dead bodies the grief is too much for then she uses Romeo’s dagger to kill herself. The servant comes back to the vault with three watchman they see all the blood and body’s. Then one of the watchmen sends for the Montagues and the Capulets and the Prince of Verona. When the prince arrives he says to the Montagues and the Capulets that their hatred caused their children’s deaths.
Conclusion
I think that the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are mainly their parents and their own fault. The reason I think it is their fault is because they both did things they could have changed which would still have kept them alive.
If Romeo didn’t get banished for fighting and killing Tybalt then when Juliet’s parents were arranging for her to marry Paris it would have easier for he to tell them she loved Romeo. If she told them she loved Romeo after he was banished it would have made him seem like a bad person. Also if he wasn’t banished at that time no letter would have to be sent to inform him of Friar Lawrence’s plan so he would have already known that Juliet was staging her death.
Its Juliet’s fault because had she stood up for their love and told her parents about Romeo then she would have just dealt the consequences and wouldn’t have to stage her death.
It is their parent’s fault for being so ignorant and carrying on the old feud between them. If there was no feud then if anything their love would have been welcome not scolded.
