The second person to be blamed would be Juliet she is immature. She is the only child of the Capulet. We learn that other children have been born to the Capulet, but they have died this is quoted in act 1 scene 2 this was what was said by old Capulet to Paris “Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she”. In the conversation between old Capulet and Paris early in the play when Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage Paris is told during the conversation that Juliet is almost fourteen years old and she is still young.
When the play opens she has never thought about marriage, but she is prepared to obey her parents and look with favour on the man they have chosen for her husband, the county Paris. But when she meets Romeo, Juliet falls in love with him, although she knows that his family and hers are deadly enemies.
Juliet is irresponsible and is dependent on her parent she’s never been out on her own except on days on which she goes to church for confessions. She is unfamiliar of how the world is. Through the play she looses her innocence but this maturity comes to late and therefore the tradegy takes place.
The third person to be blamed would be Friar Laurence although he was looking in to the families benefit at the time he didn’t consider what would happen later on, and how it would affect the star-crossed lovers later on in the play. Friar Laurence had many chances to stop the tragedy for one he shouldn’t of considered getting Romeo and Juliet married in the first place. Romeo and Juliet were to young to think for themselves. They couldn’t just fallen in love over a few minutes of talking to each other. He should of thought it over clearly before considering to getting them married. Secondly after the marriage he should of told them to run away or tell their parent that they have married (maybe not such a good idea) although if they had ran away it would have saved them from most of the trouble that was caused from them being there in the first place. Thirdly if Friar Laurence had given Juliet the potion he should of made sure he sent the message straight away to Romeo and informed Romeo’s friend Balthasar who knew about Romeo and Juliet’s marriage and tells Romeo that Juliet had committed suicide near the end of the play. Although Friar Laurence had good intensions but it only precipitated the tragedy.
A Friar of the order of Saint Francis.
The hermit Friar Laurence meditates on good and evil-in flowers and men. The Friar is a holy man and believes in peace. And collects and mixes herbal remedy potions.
The Fourth person to be blamed would be Juliet’s nurse although she only looks into Juliet’s best at the time. She doesn’t realize that later on in the play even though she doesn’t intend to she hurts Juliet’s feelings. She only looks into Juliet’s well being she doesn’t care a damn about any one else. For instance she says ok to the marriage of Romeo and Juliet and has no objections and she thinks he seems all right. But when Romeo kills Tybalt she is bewildered and frightened. Romeo is banished and Paris comes with a proposal of marriage and Capulet agrees about the marriage. Lady Capulet informs Juliet and she disagrees about the marriage. She has a row with her dad, which bewildered and frightened the nurse even more after this bit of the play. The nurse changes she doesn’t want to cause any trouble in the house so she says:
“Faith, here it is. Romeo Is banished; and all the world to nothing That he dares ne’er come back to challenge you; Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. Then, 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. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first: or if it did not, Your first is dead-or’twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him.”
On the contrary this suggests the nurse is saying:
“Romeo is banished no one in the world knows of your marriage. And he won’t dare to come back and if he does he has no proof of marriage. I personally think you should marry the county he is a lovely gentleman. Romeo is nothing compared to Paris. I think you will be happier in your second marriage. I personally think he is way better than your first choice and if it doesn’t seem so just think Romeo is dead. What’s the point of having a husband when he’s not with you.
The nurse starts to please Capulet and Lady Capulet more than she pleases Juliet because of the recent incidents in the Capulet house.
And Juliet feels helpless as the only person that understood is telling her to get married to Paris.
The nurse is a key part in the tragedy for if she wasn’t involved in trying to please everyone this tragedy would of taken place.
At the time when Shakespeare wrote his play, it was not fashionable for noble ladies (like lady Capulet) to feed their own infants. Instead they gave the baby to a peasant woman who had recently given birth to a child. And she would feed the child for three to four years and it is likely that she would develop a maternal affection for the child as though it was her own.
Juliet’s nurse has such an affection for Juliet-strengthened, probably, by the fact that her own daughter, Susan, is dead (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 18). She is eager to assist Juliet in her secret marriage, but after Tybalt’s death she is bewildered and frightened. She tries to please everyone whom she serves.
My conclusion is that both Friar Laurence and Juliet’s nurse both played a strong part in the tragedy even though neither of them intended to. They caused the tragedy
