Who do you think is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

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Who do you think is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo and Juliet is a love story about two 'star cross'd lovers' who die together as an unhappy couple. The play was set in Verona, Italy and it finishes with them having to leave each other which break's their hearts. There are lots of different reasons for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but it is a difficult task to identify who or what was the major cause of their deaths as different people have different opinions.

In the city of Verona, Italy there was a feud between the two families, the Montague's, and the Capulet's. There were fights on the streets, arguments and even deaths caused by the feud. Such as Romeo and Juliets', which only happened as they were trying to have a secret relationship. It was running the society, making peoples lives a misery. The people of Verona thought that if they jointed in with the feud it would help stop it. But it just made matters worse. They were causing allot of disturbance on the streets and sometimes they wasted the time of the watch for stupid reasons whiles serious things could be happening. The families should have sorted it out at the start and not carried on showing hatred to each other.

Some people believe that the nurse was the one to blame for their deaths. She was very close to Juliet and she had brought her up. If she were ever in need of help she would ask the nurse, so she was the one who helped Juliet sort out all her problems. So that's why Juliet turned to the nurse for help when she had fell in love with someone from the rival family. So the nurse helped her keep their relationship secret by delivering messages and she then told Juliet to marry Romeo, in an honest way: "Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence cell, there stays a husband to make you a wife." By doing this she is the one responsible for telling Juliet that Romeo wanted to marry her and telling her that Friar Laurence would marry them. After Juliet had married Romeo, the nurse told her to marry the County Paris: "The since the case so stands as now it doth I think it best you married with the county, O he's a lovely gentleman: Romeo's a dishclout to him." Juliet couldn't believe what she was saying as the nurse was always on Juliet's side and now she was seemingly indifferent to her flight.
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Others think that fate was to blame, as it plays its part in both of their deaths. Romeo and Juliet are described as star cross'd lovers, as they weren't right for each other and their relationship just wasn't meant to be, this is written in the prologue. The night they first set eyes on each other and fell in love was at the Capulets' feast and just before the feast, Romeo had a vision of an untimely death: "I fear, too early; for my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin his fearful ...

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