Think that although a lot of people where involved with Romeo and Juliets deaths the main people to blame were in fact lord and lady Capulet. Had they have shown more compassion and love for their daughter

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Romeo and Juliet

        Romeo and Juliet was written around 1595 when William Shakespeare was about 26 years old and at the high in his writing career. Romeo and Juliet has turned out to be one of Shakespeares most famous plays with many modern day films based on the play.

        Romeo and Juliet was written in the Elizabethan period where women had a very basic role in society which was to simply become a wife and mother. Any kind of profession was out of the question and extremely frowned upon. Women were however educated but only to the stage where they could become a reasonable companion for their husbands. The role of the father was to ensure that he gained as much from his daughter’s marriage as possible. He would want to make sure that he gained a son-in-law who was influential, well–born, and who could be of assistance to him and would also look after his daughter well.

        Although dowries were not required, any property owned by the young woman or due to be inherited by her, would automatically pass from her to her husband. No married woman was allowed by law to own property in her own right. This meant that a young woman who was due in the course of time to inherit a great deal from her father would be pursued by impoverished young men who would see her as a meal ticket. Remember that she could do nothing about this seizure of her property – once she was married all she owned and might own in the future belonged to her husband

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        Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy where two star crossed lovers in the middle of a family feud couldn’t find a way to be together so they planned to run away together. However Romeo found Juliet ‘dead’ and killed himself, shortly after Juliet awakens to find her lover dead and kills herself with his dagger. Their deaths were down to, not just one, but many of the characters in the play.

        The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were not solely down to one person but in fact down to many different actions of many different characters. Of course their ...

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